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Lance Cpl. Jonathan Galeana, a percussionist for the U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific Band, and Fontana, Calif., native, plays the concert snare for ceremonial band rehearsals, Sept. 26, 2013. The music military occupational specialties are the only jobs in the Corps that require extensive experience and auditioning before enlisting in the Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Matthew A. Callahan) - Lance Cpl. Jonathan Galeana, a percussionist for the U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific Band, and Fontana, Calif., native, plays the concert snare for ceremonial band rehearsals, Sept. 26, 2013. The music military occupational specialties are the only jobs in the Corps that require extensive experience and auditioning before enlisting in the Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Matthew A. Callahan)

Cpl. Benjamin Cavanaugh, a Covington, Wash. Native and student in the Marine Corps Martial Arts Instructor Course, climbs the rope of the obstacle course for a third time before moving on to the assault bayonet course at Boondocker training area, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Sept. 6, 2013. The assault bayonet course teaches Marines how to fight with a bayonet in a close-quarters environment. Marine squad advisors with the instructor course hid throughout the path, attacking the students, who must then fend them off with counter strikes. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Matthew Callahan) - Cpl. Benjamin Cavanaugh, a Covington, Wash. Native and student in the Marine Corps Martial Arts Instructor Course, climbs the rope of the obstacle course for a third time before moving on to the assault bayonet course at Boondocker training area, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Sept. 6, 2013. The assault bayonet course teaches Marines how to fight with a bayonet in a close-quarters environment. Marine squad advisors with the instructor course hid throughout the path, attacking the students, who must then fend them off with counter strikes. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Matthew Callahan)