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U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Kareem Hitt, an air traffic controller with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, listens and responds to air traffic at MCAS Camp Pendleton, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Aug. 6, 2019. Hitt joined the Marine Corps in August 2017, and has been serving at the air traffic control tower at MCAS Camp Pendleton since June 2018. Hitt was recently recognized as the air traffic controller of the third quarter, fiscal year 2019. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Cortez)

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Kareem Hitt, an air traffic controller with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, listens and responds to air traffic at MCAS Camp Pendleton, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Aug. 6, 2019. Hitt joined the Marine Corps in August 2017, and has been serving at the air traffic control tower at MCAS Camp Pendleton since June 2018. Hitt was recently recognized as the air traffic controller of the third quarter, fiscal year 2019. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Cortez)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Cortez

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Kareem Hitt, an air traffic controller with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, looks for incoming aircraft through binoculars at MCAS Camp Pendleton, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Aug. 6, 2019. Hitt joined the Marine Corps in August 2017, and has been serving at the air traffic control tower at MCAS Camp Pendleton since June 2018. Hitt was recently recognized as the air traffic controller of the third quarter, fiscal year 2019. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Cortez)

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Kareem Hitt, an air traffic controller with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, looks for incoming aircraft through binoculars at MCAS Camp Pendleton, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Aug. 6, 2019. Hitt joined the Marine Corps in August 2017, and has been serving at the air traffic control tower at MCAS Camp Pendleton since June 2018. Hitt was recently recognized as the air traffic controller of the third quarter, fiscal year 2019. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Cortez)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Cortez

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Kareem Hitt, an air traffic controller with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, teaches Lance Cpl. Nathan Reichwein, an air traffic controller with H&HS, MCAS Camp Pendleton, how to direct air traffic at MCAS Camp Pendleton, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Aug. 6, 2019. Hitt joined the Marine Corps in August 2017, and has been serving at the air traffic control tower at MCAS Camp Pendleton since June 2018. Hitt was recently recognized as the air traffic controller of the third quarter, fiscal year 2019. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Cortez)

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Kareem Hitt, an air traffic controller with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, teaches Lance Cpl. Nathan Reichwein, an air traffic controller with H&HS, MCAS Camp Pendleton, how to direct air traffic at MCAS Camp Pendleton, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Aug. 6, 2019. Hitt joined the Marine Corps in August 2017, and has been serving at the air traffic control tower at MCAS Camp Pendleton since June 2018. Hitt was recently recognized as the air traffic controller of the third quarter, fiscal year 2019. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Cortez)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Cortez

Robert Fleisher, a lieutenant paramedic with the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Fire Department, performs a function check on a fire engine's air brakes during the duty change over at MCB Camp Pendleton Fire Department Station Five on MCB Camp Pendleton, California, Aug. 1, 2019. The MCB Camp Pendleton firefighters operate on 48-hour shifts, and spend the first morning of their shift assessing and cleaning vehicles and equipment to ensure mission readiness. The fire department has 11 stations on the installation and over 100 firefighters to act as first responders in the event of a fire or emergency. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels)

Robert Fleisher, a lieutenant paramedic with the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Fire Department, performs a function check on a fire engine's air brakes during the duty change over at MCB Camp Pendleton Fire Department Station Five on MCB Camp Pendleton, California, Aug. 1, 2019. The MCB Camp Pendleton firefighters operate on 48-hour shifts, and spend the first morning of their shift assessing and cleaning vehicles and equipment to ensure mission readiness. The fire department has 11 stations on the installation and over 100 firefighters to act as first responders in the event of a fire or emergency. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels

Jeremy Horton, a firefighter with the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Fire Department, performs a function check on a chainsaw during the duty change over at MCB Camp Pendleton Fire Department Station Five on MCB Camp Pendleton, California, Aug. 1, 2019. The MCB Camp Pendleton firefighters operate on 48-hour shifts, and spend the first morning of their shift assessing and cleaning vehicles and equipment to ensure mission readiness. The fire department has 11 stations on the installation and over 100 firefighters to act as first responders in the event of a fire or emergency.

Jeremy Horton, a firefighter with the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton Fire Department, performs a function check on a chainsaw during the duty change over at MCB Camp Pendleton Fire Department Station Five on MCB Camp Pendleton, California, Aug. 1, 2019. The MCB Camp Pendleton firefighters operate on 48-hour shifts, and spend the first morning of their shift assessing and cleaning vehicles and equipment to ensure mission readiness. The fire department has 11 stations on the installation and over 100 firefighters to act as first responders in the event of a fire or emergency.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels

U.S. Marine military working dog Argo, with Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Law Enforcement Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, rides into the ocean on a combat rubber raiding craft at Red Beach as part of a multipurpose canine subject matter expert exchange hosted by 1st Marine Raider Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 25, 2019. The purpose of the MARSOC-hosted SMEE was to bring canine handlers together from different agencies and branches to conduct maritime and land-based training while exchanging tactics, techniques and procedures. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Cortez)

U.S. Marine military working dog Argo, with Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Law Enforcement Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, rides into the ocean on a combat rubber raiding craft at Red Beach as part of a multipurpose canine subject matter expert exchange hosted by 1st Marine Raider Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 25, 2019. The purpose of the MARSOC-hosted SMEE was to bring canine handlers together from different agencies and branches to conduct maritime and land-based training while exchanging tactics, techniques and procedures. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Cortez)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Cortez

U.S. Marine military working dog Argo waits next to his handler, Cpl. Nicholas Hoecker, military working dog handler with Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Law Enforcement Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, before beginning training at Red Beach as part of a multipurpose canine subject matter expert exchange hosted by 1st Marine Raider Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 25, 2019. The purpose of the MARSOC-hosted SMEE was to bring canine handlers together from different agencies and branches to conduct maritime and land-based training while exchanging tactics, techniques and procedures. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Cortez)

U.S. Marine military working dog Argo waits next to his handler, Cpl. Nicholas Hoecker, military working dog handler with Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Law Enforcement Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, before beginning training at Red Beach as part of a multipurpose canine subject matter expert exchange hosted by 1st Marine Raider Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 25, 2019. The purpose of the MARSOC-hosted SMEE was to bring canine handlers together from different agencies and branches to conduct maritime and land-based training while exchanging tactics, techniques and procedures. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Cortez)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Cortez

A New Zealand military working dog takes down a role player during a training evolution at Red Beach as part of a multipurpose canine subject matter expert exchange hosted by 1st Marine Raider Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 25, 2019. The purpose of the MARSOC-hosted SMEE was to bring canine handlers together from different agencies and branches to conduct maritime and land-based training while exchanging tactics, techniques and procedures. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Cortez)

A New Zealand military working dog takes down a role player during a training evolution at Red Beach as part of a multipurpose canine subject matter expert exchange hosted by 1st Marine Raider Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 25, 2019. The purpose of the MARSOC-hosted SMEE was to bring canine handlers together from different agencies and branches to conduct maritime and land-based training while exchanging tactics, techniques and procedures. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Cortez)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Cortez

Military working dog handlers with the U.S. Army Rangers and U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command multipurpose canine handlers fast-rope from a U.S. Navy MH-60 Seahawk helicopter during a multipurpose canine subject matter expert exchange hosted by 1st Marine Raider Battalion, MARSOC, on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 24, 2019. The purpose of the MARSOC-hosted SMEE was to bring canine handlers together from different agencies and branches to conduct maritime and land-based training while exchanging tactics, techniques and procedures. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels)

Military working dog handlers with the U.S. Army Rangers and U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command multipurpose canine handlers fast-rope from a U.S. Navy MH-60 Seahawk helicopter during a multipurpose canine subject matter expert exchange hosted by 1st Marine Raider Battalion, MARSOC, on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 24, 2019. The purpose of the MARSOC-hosted SMEE was to bring canine handlers together from different agencies and branches to conduct maritime and land-based training while exchanging tactics, techniques and procedures. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels

A U.S. Army Ranger military working dog handler fast-ropes from a U.S. Navy MH-60 Seahawk helicopter during a training evolution as part of a multipurpose canine subject matter expert exchange hosted by 1st Marine Raider Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 24, 2019. The purpose of the MARSOC-hosted SMEE was to bring canine handlers together from different agencies and branches to conduct maritime and land-based training while exchanging tactics, techniques and procedures. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels)

A U.S. Army Ranger military working dog handler fast-ropes from a U.S. Navy MH-60 Seahawk helicopter during a training evolution as part of a multipurpose canine subject matter expert exchange hosted by 1st Marine Raider Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 24, 2019. The purpose of the MARSOC-hosted SMEE was to bring canine handlers together from different agencies and branches to conduct maritime and land-based training while exchanging tactics, techniques and procedures. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels

U.S. Marines with Fox Battery, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, load a 155mm round into an M777 howitzer during Summer Fire Exercise 19 at 62 Area on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 23, 2019. The Marines are conducting Summer FIREX, a live-fire regimental-level exercise, from July 22 to Aug. 1. The exercise is designed to bring the entire regiment together and maximize the training areas available on Camp Pendleton to enhance their ability to conduct real-world operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alison Dostie)

U.S. Marines with Fox Battery, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, load a 155mm round into an M777 howitzer during Summer Fire Exercise 19 at 62 Area on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 23, 2019. The Marines are conducting Summer FIREX, a live-fire regimental-level exercise, from July 22 to Aug. 1. The exercise is designed to bring the entire regiment together and maximize the training areas available on Camp Pendleton to enhance their ability to conduct real-world operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alison Dostie)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alison Dostie

U.S. Marines with Fox Battery, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, fire an M777 howitzer during Summer Fire Exercise 19 at 62 Area on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 23, 2019. The Marines are conducting Summer FIREX, a live-fire regimental-level exercise, from July 22 to Aug. 1. The exercise is designed to bring the entire regiment together and maximize the training areas available on Camp Pendleton to enhance their ability to conduct real-world operations.

U.S. Marines with Fox Battery, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, fire an M777 howitzer during Summer Fire Exercise 19 at 62 Area on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 23, 2019. The Marines are conducting Summer FIREX, a live-fire regimental-level exercise, from July 22 to Aug. 1. The exercise is designed to bring the entire regiment together and maximize the training areas available on Camp Pendleton to enhance their ability to conduct real-world operations.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alison Dostie

A U.S. Marine with Fox Battery, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, fires an M777 howitzer during Summer Fire Exercise 19 at 62 Area on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 23, 2019. The Marines are conducting Summer FIREX, a live-fire regimental-level exercise, from July 22 to Aug. 1. The exercise is designed to bring the entire regiment together and maximize the training areas available on Camp Pendleton to enhance their ability to conduct real-world operations.

A U.S. Marine with Fox Battery, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, fires an M777 howitzer during Summer Fire Exercise 19 at 62 Area on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 23, 2019. The Marines are conducting Summer FIREX, a live-fire regimental-level exercise, from July 22 to Aug. 1. The exercise is designed to bring the entire regiment together and maximize the training areas available on Camp Pendleton to enhance their ability to conduct real-world operations.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alison Dostie

U.S. Marines with Sierra Battery, 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, fire an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System during Summer Fire Exercise 19 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 23, 2019. The Marines are conducting Summer FIREX, a live-fire regimental-level exercise, from July 22 to Aug. 1. The exercise is designed to bring the entire regiment together and maximize the training areas available on Camp Pendleton to enhance their ability to conduct real-world operations.

U.S. Marines with Sierra Battery, 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, fire an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System during Summer Fire Exercise 19 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 23, 2019. The Marines are conducting Summer FIREX, a live-fire regimental-level exercise, from July 22 to Aug. 1. The exercise is designed to bring the entire regiment together and maximize the training areas available on Camp Pendleton to enhance their ability to conduct real-world operations.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alison Dostie

U.S. Marines with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, patrol through the Infantry Immersion Trainer on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 23, 2019. The Marines patrolling were under camera surveillance as part of the IIT’s Tactical Video Capture System, a training reviewing system used by infantry Marines and their leadership to enhance after action reviews and increase the unit's ability to make corrections to their patrolling tactics, techniques and procedures. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels)

U.S. Marines with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, patrol through the Infantry Immersion Trainer on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 23, 2019. The Marines patrolling were under camera surveillance as part of the IIT’s Tactical Video Capture System, a training reviewing system used by infantry Marines and their leadership to enhance after action reviews and increase the unit's ability to make corrections to their patrolling tactics, techniques and procedures. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels

Daniel Slagill, left, a system operator with Training Engineering Support Personnel, Maintenance Training Support Services, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, and Francisco Williams, a system technician with TESP, MTSS, MCB Camp Pendleton, review patrol surveillance footage during a simulated combat patrol at the Infantry Immersion Trainer on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 23, 2019. The technicians and operators are an essential part of the IIT’s Tactical Video Capture System, a training reviewing system used by infantry Marines and their leadership to enhance after action reviews and increase the unit's ability to make corrections to their patrolling tactics, techniques and procedures. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels)

Daniel Slagill, left, a system operator with Training Engineering Support Personnel, Maintenance Training Support Services, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, and Francisco Williams, a system technician with TESP, MTSS, MCB Camp Pendleton, review patrol surveillance footage during a simulated combat patrol at the Infantry Immersion Trainer on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 23, 2019. The technicians and operators are an essential part of the IIT’s Tactical Video Capture System, a training reviewing system used by infantry Marines and their leadership to enhance after action reviews and increase the unit's ability to make corrections to their patrolling tactics, techniques and procedures. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels

A U.S. Marine with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, interacts with a role player at the Infantry Immersion Trainer on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 23, 2019. The Marines patrolling were under camera surveillance as part of the IIT’s Tactical Video Capture System, a training reviewing system used by infantry Marines and their leadership to enhance after action reviews and increase the unit's ability to make corrections to their patrolling tactics, techniques and procedures. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels)

A U.S. Marine with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, interacts with a role player at the Infantry Immersion Trainer on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 23, 2019. The Marines patrolling were under camera surveillance as part of the IIT’s Tactical Video Capture System, a training reviewing system used by infantry Marines and their leadership to enhance after action reviews and increase the unit's ability to make corrections to their patrolling tactics, techniques and procedures. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels

U.S. Marines with Sierra Battery, 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, load an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System into a KC-130J Hercules during Summer Fire Exercise 19 at Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, California, July 23, 2019. The Marines are conducting Summer FIREX, a live-fire regimental-level exercise, from July 22 to Aug. 1. The exercise is designed to bring the entire regiment together and maximize the training areas available on Camp Pendleton to enhance their ability to conduct real-world operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alison Dostie)

U.S. Marines with Sierra Battery, 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, load an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System into a KC-130J Hercules during Summer Fire Exercise 19 at Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, California, July 23, 2019. The Marines are conducting Summer FIREX, a live-fire regimental-level exercise, from July 22 to Aug. 1. The exercise is designed to bring the entire regiment together and maximize the training areas available on Camp Pendleton to enhance their ability to conduct real-world operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alison Dostie)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alison Dostie

U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Daniel Conley, center, the new commanding general of Marine Corps Installations West, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, signs a document for his assumption of command at the base headquarters building July 22, 2019. A native of Falmouth, Massachusetts, Conley was commissioned in 1988 as a logistics officer. Conley was previously deployed to Afghanistan as the commander of Bagram Air Field and the deputy commander for U.S. National Support Element – Afghanistan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Dylan Chagnon)

U.S. Marine Brig. Gen. Daniel Conley, center, the new commanding general of Marine Corps Installations West, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, signs a document for his assumption of command at the base headquarters building July 22, 2019. A native of Falmouth, Massachusetts, Conley was commissioned in 1988 as a logistics officer. Conley was previously deployed to Afghanistan as the commander of Bagram Air Field and the deputy commander for U.S. National Support Element – Afghanistan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Dylan Chagnon)

Photo by Cpl. Dylan Chagnon

U.S. Marines stationed at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton pose with retired 1st Sgt. John Farritor as part of his 100th birthday celebration at the Pacifica Senior Living Center in Vista, California, July 9, 2019. Farritor not only fought in the battles of Iwo Jima, Inchon Landing and Chosin Reservoir as an artillery Marine, he was also a part of the 55-mile march from Camp Elliott to Camp Pendleton when the installation opened in 1942. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels)

U.S. Marines stationed at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton pose with retired 1st Sgt. John Farritor as part of his 100th birthday celebration at the Pacifica Senior Living Center in Vista, California, July 9, 2019. Farritor not only fought in the battles of Iwo Jima, Inchon Landing and Chosin Reservoir as an artillery Marine, he was also a part of the 55-mile march from Camp Elliott to Camp Pendleton when the installation opened in 1942. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels