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Cpl. Noel Desantiago (center), squad leader for first platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and a 23-year-old native of Porterville, Calif., is carried to safety after being “shot” by opposing forces during a battalion-level training exercise at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Nov. 19, 2013. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew Bragg) - Cpl. Noel Desantiago (center), squad leader for first platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and a 23-year-old native of Porterville, Calif., is carried to safety after being “shot” by opposing forces during a battalion-level training exercise at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Nov. 19, 2013. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew Bragg)

Crates of explosives and their components sit ready for disassembly and employment by infantry assaultmen with 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment at Kaneohe Bay Range Training Facility, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Oct. 9, 2013. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Matthew Callahan) - Crates of explosives and their components sit ready for disassembly and employment by infantry assaultmen with 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment at Kaneohe Bay Range Training Facility, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Oct. 9, 2013. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Matthew Callahan)

Marines with first platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, dart across a danger area to clear remaining compounds in their area of operation at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii, Sept. 30, 2013. The Marines conducted Military Operations in Urban Terrain training to enhance skills in urban war fighting. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Matthew Callahan) - Marines with first platoon, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, dart across a danger area to clear remaining compounds in their area of operation at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii, Sept. 30, 2013. The Marines conducted Military Operations in Urban Terrain training to enhance skills in urban war fighting. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Matthew Callahan)

The machine gunners from each company of 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, spent two weeks together for crew served weapons training and conducted their live fire-culminating event at Schofield Barracks, Oct. 8 to 10, 2013. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Suzanna Knotts) - The machine gunners from each company of 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, spent two weeks together for crew served weapons training and conducted their live fire-culminating event at Schofield Barracks, Oct. 8 to 10, 2013. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Suzanna Knotts)

Lance Cpl. Ryan Lee, team leader with second platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and 20-year-old native of Brandon, Miss., top, explains lateral limits to his junior Marine, Lance Cpl. Cody Morris, an infantry automatic gunner with second platoon, Bravo Co., 1st Bn., 3rd Marines, and 20-year-old native of Long Beach Island, N.J., as he sights through the scope of his rifle. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew Bragg) - Lance Cpl. Ryan Lee, team leader with second platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, and 20-year-old native of Brandon, Miss., top, explains lateral limits to his junior Marine, Lance Cpl. Cody Morris, an infantry automatic gunner with second platoon, Bravo Co., 1st Bn., 3rd Marines, and 20-year-old native of Long Beach Island, N.J., as he sights through the scope of his rifle. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew Bragg)

Marines with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, make landing in F470 Zodiac Combat Rubber Raid Craft on Pyramid Rock Beach, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Aug. 30, 2013. The boat company secured the beach, allowing follow-on forces to conduct an amphibious assault. The battalion is attached to the 13th MEU on a deployment to the Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Matthew Callahan) - Marines with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, make landing in F470 Zodiac Combat Rubber Raid Craft on Pyramid Rock Beach, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Aug. 30, 2013. The boat company secured the beach, allowing follow-on forces to conduct an amphibious assault. The battalion is attached to the 13th MEU on a deployment to the Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Matthew Callahan)