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170911-M-IL801-0016.JPG - Sgt. Ethan Mawhinney, a Marine Air Ground Task Force planner with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, successfully defended his championship title at the Marine Corps third annual HITT Tactical Athlete Competition at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 28th through 31st, 2017. The competition brings together the top male and female Marines from each Marine Corps installation in a demanding competition of military function fitness and to promote the advanced dynamics found in the High Intensity Tactical Training program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Bryann K. Whitley)

170501-M-BT412-155.JPG - Critical skills operators with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command train with freeze-dried plasma during a Raven pre-deployment exercise at Camp Shelby Joint Force Training Center, Miss., May 1, 2017. CSOs go through a condensed version of FDP training to familiarize themselves with the product for use in the field. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Salvador R. Moreno)

170606-M-IL801-389.JPG - U. S. Special Operations Command’s Special Operations Forces Civilian Leadership Development Program (SOF CLDP) visited U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., June 5th through 7th, 2017. Marine Raiders provided rock wall climbing instruction to the participants, all civilian employees of U.S. Special Operations Command. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Bryann Whitley, released)

. - Maj. Gen. Carl E. Mundy III, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command commander, gives a condolence speech during a celebration of life ceremony aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 31, 2017. The ceremony honored the seven MARSOC service members lost July 10 in a KC-130T Hercules transport aircraft crash. The seven included Staff Sgts. Robert Cox and William Kundrat, Navy special amphibious reconnaissance corpsman, Petty Officer 1st Class Ryan Lohrey , and Sgts. Chad Jenson, Dietrich Schmieman, Joseph Murray and Talon Leach. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Salvador R. Moreno, released)

170818-M-IL801-029.JPG - The motor transport unit, Marine Raider Support Group, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operation Command, participate in an interactive Peer 2 Peer exercise during a Four Lenses Temperament Discovery class at Stone Bay, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 18, 2017. Over 30 Marines from MRSG’s motor transportation unit attend the 2-hour class on understanding the four main communication styles in their personal and professional lives. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by LCpl. Bryann K. Whitley)

170814-M-BT412-100.JPG - Harold S. Sheffield and Henry Kudzik, World War II Raiders, sit on the stage and participate in the entertainment portion of the evening with The Lindy Sisters during the 2017 Marine Raider Association Reunion in San Diego, Aug. 11. Seventeen World War II Raiders attended the annual event at the San Diego Town and Country Resort, San Diego, where the USMRA hosted a 1940s USO-style dinner and dance for Marine Raiders of past and present. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Salvador R. Moreno, released)

Below the Joint Tactical Aerial Resupply Vehicle (JTARV) is a small electro-magnate that holds cargo on board while in flight. Once the JTARV has reached its destination, it will release its cargo and autonomously return to its predetermined return destination. An IV-solution bag equipped with a metal plate was loaded on the JTARV for transport from a simulated forward operating base to a Marine Special Operations Company in the field aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 7, 2017. - Below the Joint Tactical Aerial Resupply Vehicle (JTARV) is a small electro-magnate that holds cargo on board while in flight. Once the JTARV has reached its destination, it will release its cargo and autonomously return to its predetermined return destination. An IV-solution bag equipped with a metal plate was loaded on the JTARV for transport from a simulated forward operating base to a Marine Special Operations Company in the field aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 7, 2017.

U.S. Marine Col. Brett Bourne, commanding officer, Marine Raider Training Center, with Master Gunnery Sgt. Jerome Root, MRTC senior enlisted advisor, uncase the new MRTC colors during a redesignation ceremony aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., June 21, 2017. The Marine Special Operations School was redesignated as the Marine Raider Training Center, reactivating the unit for the first time since the original Marine Raiders were disbanded in 1944. (Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Scott Achtemeier) - U.S. Marine Col. Brett Bourne, commanding officer, Marine Raider Training Center, with Master Gunnery Sgt. Jerome Root, MRTC senior enlisted advisor, uncase the new MRTC colors during a redesignation ceremony aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., June 21, 2017. The Marine Special Operations School was redesignated as the Marine Raider Training Center, reactivating the unit for the first time since the original Marine Raiders were disbanded in 1944. (Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Scott Achtemeier)

Marine Special Operations School Individual Training Course students plan a mission during Field Training Exercise Raider Spirit, May 3, 2017, at Camp Lejeune, N.C. For the first time, U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen spent three months in Marine Special Operations Command’s initial Marine Raider training pipeline, representing efforts to build joint mindsets across special operations forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ryan Conroy) - Marine Special Operations School Individual Training Course students plan a mission during Field Training Exercise Raider Spirit, May 3, 2017, at Camp Lejeune, N.C. For the first time, U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen spent three months in Marine Special Operations Command’s initial Marine Raider training pipeline, representing efforts to build joint mindsets across special operations forces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ryan Conroy)