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180112-M-IL801-020.JPG - A military dog handler lifts his canine out of a zodiac and onto a U.S. Coast Guard Fast Response Cutter in a simulated boat raid during U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command’s multi-purpose canine handler training in Key West, Fla., Jan. 12, 2018. Dog handlers drilled on advanced insertion techniques and mission profiles during the final phase of their 16-week training pipeline, leading to their certification as special operations multi-purpose canine handlers. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Bryann K. Whitley)

171206-M-BT412-231.JPG - Marines and Sailors with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, demonstrate proper removal of a gas mask from a simulated chemical contact victim while training for the medical management of chemical and biological causalties during an exercise at Stone Bay on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 6, 2017. Long prohibited by international agreements, chemical weapons have been increasingly used on the battlefield by American adversaries including violent extremist organizations. Raiders gained valuable practical application skills in handling casualties in complex and dangerous chemical environments. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Salvador R. Moreno, released)

A commando with a Dominican Republic counterterrorism unit known as Secretaria De Las Fuerzas Armadas Commando Especial Contra Terrorismo, posts rear security during close quarter battle training at Ciudad Del Niño here, March 10. A team of Marines with Marine U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, trained the commandos as part of U.S. Southern Command, Special Operations Command-South’s Exercise FUSED RESPONSE. - A commando with a Dominican Republic counterterrorism unit known as Secretaria De Las Fuerzas Armadas Commando Especial Contra Terrorismo, posts rear security during close quarter battle training at Ciudad Del Niño here, March 10. A team of Marines with Marine U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, trained the commandos as part of U.S. Southern Command, Special Operations Command-South’s Exercise FUSED RESPONSE.