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Sea Life Park trainer Kaycie Merrihew and Uilani the sea lion perform during the Kolohe Kai Sea Lion Show during the USO Hawaii’s “Twilight Tribute to the Troops” at Sea Life Park, June 15, 2013. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Janelle Y. Chapman) - Sea Life Park trainer Kaycie Merrihew and Uilani the sea lion perform during the Kolohe Kai Sea Lion Show during the USO Hawaii’s “Twilight Tribute to the Troops” at Sea Life Park, June 15, 2013. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Janelle Y. Chapman)

MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII - Participants push themselves during the Ab Express class at the Semper Fit Center on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, May 23. There are a variety of exercises, working the participant’s entire core, back, legs and also helping their balance.(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Janelle Y. Chapman) - MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII - Participants push themselves during the Ab Express class at the Semper Fit Center on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, May 23. There are a variety of exercises, working the participant’s entire core, back, legs and also helping their balance.(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Janelle Y. Chapman)

MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII - Lance Cpl. Alexander Kreg, an infantry automatic rifle gunner with 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, shoots his weapon in the standing position during a squad level advanced marksmanship course at Kaneohe Bay range training facility, May 23, as Lance Cpl. Marius Loots, a 2nd Bn., 3rd Marines range coach, watches his performance. Chief Warrant Officer 3 Brian Somers, the 2nd Bn., 3rd Marines gunner and native of Fort Calhoun, Neb., said the Marines received classroom instruction on employment of the IAR weapon system, then moved to the range for four days to cover basics and enhanced marksmanship with M27 infantry automatic rifles. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Suzanna Lapi) - MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII - Lance Cpl. Alexander Kreg, an infantry automatic rifle gunner with 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, shoots his weapon in the standing position during a squad level advanced marksmanship course at Kaneohe Bay range training facility, May 23, as Lance Cpl. Marius Loots, a 2nd Bn., 3rd Marines range coach, watches his performance. Chief Warrant Officer 3 Brian Somers, the 2nd Bn., 3rd Marines gunner and native of Fort Calhoun, Neb., said the Marines received classroom instruction on employment of the IAR weapon system, then moved to the range for four days to cover basics and enhanced marksmanship with M27 infantry automatic rifles. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Suzanna Lapi)

MARINE CORPS TRAINING AREA BELLOWS, Hawaii - Marines with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment conduct noncombatant evacuation operation training with role-players at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows military operations on urban terrain town, May 16. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Suzanna Lapi) - MARINE CORPS TRAINING AREA BELLOWS, Hawaii - Marines with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment conduct noncombatant evacuation operation training with role-players at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows military operations on urban terrain town, May 16. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Suzanna Lapi)

HALEIWA, Hawaii — Visitors enjoy the water at the base of Waimea Falls in Haleiwa, April 28. Waimea Valley is filled with 1,875 acres of plant life, bodies of water and wildlife. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Janelle Y. Chapman) - HALEIWA, Hawaii — Visitors enjoy the water at the base of Waimea Falls in Haleiwa, April 28. Waimea Valley is filled with 1,875 acres of plant life, bodies of water and wildlife. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Janelle Y. Chapman)

U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Frank Dugger, the maintenance control chief for Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463, poses with one of his squadron’s CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters on Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, July 25, 2012. The 41-year-old native of Tallahassee, Fla., nearly died from two cardiac episodes while deployed to Afghanistan in 2009. Dugger used his second chance to turn his life around. He quit drinking, began eating more healthily and decided to complete a triathlon. Less than a year later, he completed an Ironman triathlon in Cozumel, Mexico. In total, he’s finished 9 marathons and 30 triathlons. - U.S. Marine Gunnery Sgt. Frank Dugger, the maintenance control chief for Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463, poses with one of his squadron’s CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters on Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, July 25, 2012. The 41-year-old native of Tallahassee, Fla., nearly died from two cardiac episodes while deployed to Afghanistan in 2009. Dugger used his second chance to turn his life around. He quit drinking, began eating more healthily and decided to complete a triathlon. Less than a year later, he completed an Ironman triathlon in Cozumel, Mexico. In total, he’s finished 9 marathons and 30 triathlons.