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Critical skills operators with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, use their target language to build rapport with town's people during a week-long, simulated deployed role play event at the Infantry Immersion Trainer on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 19, 2017. The event is a constantly moving cultural specific environment where students are engaged by role players over various scenarios. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Bryann K. Whitley)

Critical skills operators with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, use their target language to build rapport with town's people during a week-long, simulated deployed role play event at the Infantry Immersion Trainer on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 19, 2017. The event is a constantly moving cultural specific environment where students are engaged by role players over various scenarios. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Bryann K. Whitley)

Photo by Cpl. Bryann K. Whitley

Critical skills operators with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, use their target language to build rapport with town's people during a week-long, simulated deployed role play event at the Infantry Immersion Trainer on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 19, 2017. The event is a constantly moving cultural specific environment where students are engaged by role players over various scenarios. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Bryann K. Whitley)

Critical skills operators with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, use their target language to build rapport with town's people during a week-long, simulated deployed role play event at the Infantry Immersion Trainer on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 19, 2017. The event is a constantly moving cultural specific environment where students are engaged by role players over various scenarios. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Bryann K. Whitley)

Photo by Cpl. Bryann K. Whitley

Critical skills operators with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, use their target language to explain first-aid care to their instructors during the Foreign Internal Defense event at the Marine Raider Training Center on Stone Bay, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 7, 2017. The FID event allows CSOs to use their newly acquired language skills in a controlled environment, and practice mission-required objectives before being sent down range. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Bryann K. Whitley)

Critical skills operators with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, use their target language to explain first-aid care to their instructors during the Foreign Internal Defense event at the Marine Raider Training Center on Stone Bay, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 7, 2017. The FID event allows CSOs to use their newly acquired language skills in a controlled environment, and practice mission-required objectives before being sent down range. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Bryann K. Whitley)

Photo by Cpl. Bryann K. Whitley

Critical skills operators with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, use their target language to build rapport with town's people during a week-long, simulated deployed role play event at the Infantry Immersion Trainer on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 19, 2017. The event is a constantly moving cultural specific environment where students are engaged by role players over various scenarios. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Bryann K. Whitley)

Critical skills operators with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, use their target language to build rapport with town's people during a week-long, simulated deployed role play event at the Infantry Immersion Trainer on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 19, 2017. The event is a constantly moving cultural specific environment where students are engaged by role players over various scenarios. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Bryann K. Whitley)

Photo by Cpl. Bryann K. Whitley

Critical skills operators with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, use their target language to explain weapon nomenclature and safety to their instructors during the Foreign Internal Defense event at the Marine Raider Training Center on Stone Bay, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 7, 2017. The FID event allows CSOs to use their newly acquired language skills in a controlled environment, and practice mission-required objectives before being sent down range. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Bryann K. Whitley)

Critical skills operators with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, use their target language to explain weapon nomenclature and safety to their instructors during the Foreign Internal Defense event at the Marine Raider Training Center on Stone Bay, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 7, 2017. The FID event allows CSOs to use their newly acquired language skills in a controlled environment, and practice mission-required objectives before being sent down range. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Bryann K. Whitley)

Photo by Cpl. Bryann K. Whitley

Critical skills operators with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, use their target language to explain land navigation to their instructors during the Foreign Internal Defense event at the Marine Raider Training Center on Stone Bay, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 7, 2017. The FID event allows CSOs to use their newly acquired language skills in a controlled environment, and practice mission-required objectives before being sent down range. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Bryann K. Whitley)

Critical skills operators with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, use their target language to explain land navigation to their instructors during the Foreign Internal Defense event at the Marine Raider Training Center on Stone Bay, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 7, 2017. The FID event allows CSOs to use their newly acquired language skills in a controlled environment, and practice mission-required objectives before being sent down range. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Bryann K. Whitley)

Photo by Cpl. Bryann K. Whitley

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)

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)

Photo by Cpl. Bryann K. Whitley

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ethan Mawhinney, a Marine Air Ground Task Force planner with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, competes in an 880-meter Tactical Hill Climb during the Marine Corps third annual HITT Tactical Athlete Competition at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 28th through 31st, 2017. Mawhinney won this year’s competition, successfully defending his title two years in a row as Male Division Champion at the 2017 competition. (Photo credit to MCCS Camp Pendleton)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ethan Mawhinney, a Marine Air Ground Task Force planner with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, competes in an 880-meter Tactical Hill Climb during the Marine Corps third annual HITT Tactical Athlete Competition at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 28th through 31st, 2017. Mawhinney won this year’s competition, successfully defending his title two years in a row as Male Division Champion at the 2017 competition. (Photo credit to MCCS Camp Pendleton)

Photo by Cpl. Bryann K. Whitley

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ethan Mawhinney, a Marine Air Ground Task Force planner with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, powers through a Tactical Water Challenge during the Marine Corps third annual HITT Tactical Athlete Competition at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 28th through 31st, 2017. Mawhinney won this year’s competition, successfully defending his title two years in a row as Male Division Champion at the 2017 competition. (Photo credit to MCCS Camp Pendleton)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ethan Mawhinney, a Marine Air Ground Task Force planner with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, powers through a Tactical Water Challenge during the Marine Corps third annual HITT Tactical Athlete Competition at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 28th through 31st, 2017. Mawhinney won this year’s competition, successfully defending his title two years in a row as Male Division Champion at the 2017 competition. (Photo credit to MCCS Camp Pendleton)

Photo by Cpl. Bryann K. Whitley

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)

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)

Photo by Cpl. Bryann K. Whitley

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ethan Mawhinney receives an award from Brig. Gen. Kevin Killea and Sgt. Maj. Shawn Isaacson for winning High Intensity Tactical Training Tactical Athlete Competition’s Male Division at Paige Field House on Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 31, 2017. Mawhinney has participated in all three years of the HITT Tactical Athlete Competition, taking 1st place the past two years. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brienne Collins Miller)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ethan Mawhinney receives an award from Brig. Gen. Kevin Killea and Sgt. Maj. Shawn Isaacson for winning High Intensity Tactical Training Tactical Athlete Competition’s Male Division at Paige Field House on Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 31, 2017. Mawhinney has participated in all three years of the HITT Tactical Athlete Competition, taking 1st place the past two years. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brienne Collins Miller)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Brienne Collins Miller

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ethan Mawhinney, a Marine Air Ground Task Force planner with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, jumps his way through the Tactical Athlete event during the Marine Corps third annual HITT Tactical Athlete Competition at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 28th through 31st, 2017. Mawhinney won this year’s competition, successfully defending his title two years in a row as Male Division Champion at the 2017 competition. (Photo credit to MCCS Camp Pendleton)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ethan Mawhinney, a Marine Air Ground Task Force planner with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, jumps his way through the Tactical Athlete event during the Marine Corps third annual HITT Tactical Athlete Competition at Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 28th through 31st, 2017. Mawhinney won this year’s competition, successfully defending his title two years in a row as Male Division Champion at the 2017 competition. (Photo credit to MCCS Camp Pendleton)

Photo by Cpl. Bryann K. Whitley

Critical skills operators with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, reconstitute 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)

Critical skills operators with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, reconstitute 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)

Photo by Sgt. Salvador Moreno

Critical skills operators with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command simulate administering freeze-dried plasma to a role-playing casualty during a Raven pre-deployment exercise at Camp Shelby Joint Force Training Center, Miss., May 1, 2017. After FDP returns from a deployment it’s put into quarantine and used during training exercises by CSOs and the Special Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsmen. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Salvador R. Moreno)

Critical skills operators with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command simulate administering freeze-dried plasma to a role-playing casualty during a Raven pre-deployment exercise at Camp Shelby Joint Force Training Center, Miss., May 1, 2017. After FDP returns from a deployment it’s put into quarantine and used during training exercises by CSOs and the Special Amphibious Reconnaissance Corpsmen. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Salvador R. Moreno)

Photo by Sgt. Salvador Moreno

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)

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)

Photo by Sgt. Salvador Moreno

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. MARSOC critical skills operators provided hands-on instruction to participants on rappelling and other skills. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Bryann Whitley, released)

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. MARSOC critical skills operators provided hands-on instruction to participants on rappelling and other skills. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Bryann Whitley, released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Bryann K. Whitley

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. Participants fired SOF-specific service pistols at MARSOC’s indoor range after receiving firearms safety briefs from Marine Raiders. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Bryann Whitley, released)

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. Participants fired SOF-specific service pistols at MARSOC’s indoor range after receiving firearms safety briefs from Marine Raiders. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Bryann Whitley, released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Bryann K. Whitley

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)

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)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Bryann K. Whitley

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. MARSOC critical skills operators provided hands-on instruction to participants on rappelling and other skills. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Bryann Whitley, released)

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. MARSOC critical skills operators provided hands-on instruction to participants on rappelling and other skills. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Bryann Whitley, released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Bryann K. Whitley

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. Participants fired SOF-specific service pistols at MARSOC’s indoor range after receiving firearms safety briefs from Marine Raiders. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Bryann Whitley, released)

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. Participants fired SOF-specific service pistols at MARSOC’s indoor range after receiving firearms safety briefs from Marine Raiders. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Bryann Whitley, released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Bryann K. Whitley