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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

Retired U.S. Marine 1st Sgt. John Farritor gives a speech during 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)

Retired U.S. Marine 1st Sgt. John Farritor gives a speech during 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

U.S. Marines stationed at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton assist retired 1st Sgt. John Farritor on reaffixing a ribbon to his Dress Blues during his 100th birthday celebration at the Pacifica Senior Living Center, 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 assist retired 1st Sgt. John Farritor on reaffixing a ribbon to his Dress Blues during his 100th birthday celebration at the Pacifica Senior Living Center, 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

U.S. Marine Sgt. Cameron Rios, a postal clerk with Headquarters and Service Company, Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations West, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, poses for a photo at the Las Pulgas Postal Office on MCB Camp Pendleton, California, June 28, 2019. Rios joined the Marine Corps in 2011 as a postal clerk and currently serves as the Las Pulgas postal office noncomissioned officer-in-charge. He is also a Marine Corps Martial Arts Instructor-Trainer. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Dylan Chagnon)

U.S. Marine Sgt. Cameron Rios, a postal clerk with Headquarters and Service Company, Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations West, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, poses for a photo at the Las Pulgas Postal Office on MCB Camp Pendleton, California, June 28, 2019. Rios joined the Marine Corps in 2011 as a postal clerk and currently serves as the Las Pulgas postal office noncomissioned officer-in-charge. He is also a Marine Corps Martial Arts Instructor-Trainer. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Dylan Chagnon)

Photo by Cpl. Dylan Chagnon

U.S. Marine Sgt. Cameron Rios, a postal clerk with Headquarters and Service Company, Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations West, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, inserts a letter into a post office box at the Las Pulgas Postal Office at MCB Camp Pendleton, California, June 28, 2019. Rios joined the Marine Corps in 2011 as a postal clerk and currently serves as the Las Pulgas postal office noncomissioned officer-in-charge. He is also a Marine Corps Martial Arts Instructor-Trainer. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Dylan Chagnon)

U.S. Marine Sgt. Cameron Rios, a postal clerk with Headquarters and Service Company, Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations West, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, inserts a letter into a post office box at the Las Pulgas Postal Office at MCB Camp Pendleton, California, June 28, 2019. Rios joined the Marine Corps in 2011 as a postal clerk and currently serves as the Las Pulgas postal office noncomissioned officer-in-charge. He is also a Marine Corps Martial Arts Instructor-Trainer. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Dylan Chagnon)

Photo by Cpl. Dylan Chagnon

Junior high school-aged students from Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton and local area schools measure a pendulum during the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, 2019 Science Week at the Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity Command Center, MCB Camp Pendleton, California, June 17, 2019. The 2019 Science Week is geared towards introducing students to new areas of technology outside of their every day school curriculum. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alison Dostie)

Junior high school-aged students from Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton and local area schools measure a pendulum during the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, 2019 Science Week at the Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity Command Center, MCB Camp Pendleton, California, June 17, 2019. The 2019 Science Week is geared towards introducing students to new areas of technology outside of their every day school curriculum. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alison Dostie)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alison Dostie

Junior high school-aged students from Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton and local area schools watch a 3D printing demonstration during the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, 2019 Science Week at the Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity Command Center, MCB Camp Pendleton, California, June 17, 2019. The 2019 Science Week is geared towards introducing students to new areas of technology outside of their every day school curriculum. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alison Dostie)

Junior high school-aged students from Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton and local area schools watch a 3D printing demonstration during the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, 2019 Science Week at the Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity Command Center, MCB Camp Pendleton, California, June 17, 2019. The 2019 Science Week is geared towards introducing students to new areas of technology outside of their every day school curriculum. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alison Dostie)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alison Dostie

Junior high school-aged students and their teachers from Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton and local area schools launch a water rocket during the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, 2019 Science Week at the Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity Command Center, MCB Camp Pendleton, California, June 17, 2019. The 2019 Science Week is geared towards introducing students to new areas of technology outside of their every day school curriculum. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alison Dostie)

Junior high school-aged students and their teachers from Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton and local area schools launch a water rocket during the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math, 2019 Science Week at the Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity Command Center, MCB Camp Pendleton, California, June 17, 2019. The 2019 Science Week is geared towards introducing students to new areas of technology outside of their every day school curriculum. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alison Dostie)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alison Dostie

A fire burns at Ranges 108 and 109 on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 12, 2019. The Camp Pendleton Fire Department encounters several wildfires each year, some of which they will let burn in order to prevent larger fires in the future. The firefighters will also avoid fighting a fire if there's a potential for unexploded ordnance to be in the area, and will instead monitor the blaze until it goes out. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels)

A fire burns at Ranges 108 and 109 on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 12, 2019. The Camp Pendleton Fire Department encounters several wildfires each year, some of which they will let burn in order to prevent larger fires in the future. The firefighters will also avoid fighting a fire if there's a potential for unexploded ordnance to be in the area, and will instead monitor the blaze until it goes out. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Dillan Binegar (left), a radio operator with Headquarters Company, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, instructs Lance Cpls. Kamari Denson and Jose Montoya, transmission system operators with HQ Co., 1st Bn, 1st Marine Reg. on the use of an RF-7800H tactical radio system at Camp Horno, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 11, 2019. Binegar, a Chillicoth, Ohio native, enlisted in the Marine Corps in 2015 as a radio operator, and after a long tour and a deployment with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, currently serves at the regiment headquarters where he provides training to new Marines to perform their duties in the Fleet Marine Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Dylan Chagnon)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Dillan Binegar (left), a radio operator with Headquarters Company, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, instructs Lance Cpls. Kamari Denson and Jose Montoya, transmission system operators with HQ Co., 1st Bn, 1st Marine Reg. on the use of an RF-7800H tactical radio system at Camp Horno, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 11, 2019. Binegar, a Chillicoth, Ohio native, enlisted in the Marine Corps in 2015 as a radio operator, and after a long tour and a deployment with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, currently serves at the regiment headquarters where he provides training to new Marines to perform their duties in the Fleet Marine Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Dylan Chagnon)

Photo by Cpl. Dylan Chagnon

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Dillan Binegar, a radio operator with Headquarters Company, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, poses for a photo with an AN/MRC-142 digital radio system at Camp Horno, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 11, 2019. Binegar, a Chillicoth, Ohio native, enlisted in the Marine Corps in 2015 as a radio operator, and after a long tour and a deployment with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, currently serves at the regiment headquarters where he provides training to new Marines to perform their duties in the Fleet Marine Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Dylan Chagnon)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Dillan Binegar, a radio operator with Headquarters Company, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, poses for a photo with an AN/MRC-142 digital radio system at Camp Horno, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 11, 2019. Binegar, a Chillicoth, Ohio native, enlisted in the Marine Corps in 2015 as a radio operator, and after a long tour and a deployment with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, currently serves at the regiment headquarters where he provides training to new Marines to perform their duties in the Fleet Marine Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Dylan Chagnon)

Photo by Cpl. Dylan Chagnon

U.S. Marines from 1st Marine Raider Battalion visit Charles J. Kundert, Marine Corps veteran, at The Chateau at Harveston, Temecula, California, June 11, 2019. The visit was organized to recognize Kundert’s service as a Marine Raider during World War II. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Lance Cpl. Melissa I. Ugalde)

U.S. Marines from 1st Marine Raider Battalion visit Charles J. Kundert, Marine Corps veteran, at The Chateau at Harveston, Temecula, California, June 11, 2019. The visit was organized to recognize Kundert’s service as a Marine Raider during World War II. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Lance Cpl. Melissa I. Ugalde)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Melissa Ugalde

U.S. Marines from 1st Marine Raider Battalion visit Charles J. Kundert, Marine Corps veteran, at The Chateau at Harveston, Temecula, California, June 11, 2019. The visit was organized to recognize Kundert’s service as a Marine Raider during World War II. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Lance Cpl. Melissa I. Ugalde)

U.S. Marines from 1st Marine Raider Battalion visit Charles J. Kundert, Marine Corps veteran, at The Chateau at Harveston, Temecula, California, June 11, 2019. The visit was organized to recognize Kundert’s service as a Marine Raider during World War II. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Lance Cpl. Melissa I. Ugalde)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Melissa Ugalde

U.S. Marines from 1st Marine Raider Battalion visit Charles J. Kundert, Marine Corps veteran, at The Chateau at Harveston, Temecula, California, June 11, 2019. The visit was organized to recognize Kundert’s service as a Marine Raider during World War II. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Lance Cpl. Melissa I. Ugalde)

U.S. Marines from 1st Marine Raider Battalion visit Charles J. Kundert, Marine Corps veteran, at The Chateau at Harveston, Temecula, California, June 11, 2019. The visit was organized to recognize Kundert’s service as a Marine Raider during World War II. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Lance Cpl. Melissa I. Ugalde)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Melissa Ugalde

Firefighters from numerous Southern California firefighting agencies participate in the annual Wildland Fire School on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 3, 2019. The training is hosted by the Camp Pendleton Fire Department to strengthen partnerships with the surrounding agencies and to perform prescribed burns on the installation training areas in preparation for the upcoming fire season. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Gabino Perez)

Firefighters from numerous Southern California firefighting agencies participate in the annual Wildland Fire School on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 3, 2019. The training is hosted by the Camp Pendleton Fire Department to strengthen partnerships with the surrounding agencies and to perform prescribed burns on the installation training areas in preparation for the upcoming fire season. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Gabino Perez)

Photo by Sgt. Gabino Perez

A firefighter with the Angeles National Forest, United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, extinguishes a prescribed fire as part of the annual Wildland Fire School on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 3, 2019. The training is hosted by the Camp Pendleton Fire Department to strengthen partnerships with the surrounding agencies and to perform prescribed burns on the installation training areas in preparation for the upcoming fire season. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Gabino Perez)

A firefighter with the Angeles National Forest, United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, extinguishes a prescribed fire as part of the annual Wildland Fire School on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 3, 2019. The training is hosted by the Camp Pendleton Fire Department to strengthen partnerships with the surrounding agencies and to perform prescribed burns on the installation training areas in preparation for the upcoming fire season. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Gabino Perez)

Photo by Sgt. Gabino Perez

A Camp Pendleton firefighter ignites a prescribed burn in a field as part of the annual Wildland Fire School on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 3, 2019. The training is hosted by the Camp Pendleton Fire Department to strengthen partnerships with the surrounding agencies and to perform prescribed burns on the installation training areas in preparation for the upcoming fire season. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Gabino Perez)

A Camp Pendleton firefighter ignites a prescribed burn in a field as part of the annual Wildland Fire School on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 3, 2019. The training is hosted by the Camp Pendleton Fire Department to strengthen partnerships with the surrounding agencies and to perform prescribed burns on the installation training areas in preparation for the upcoming fire season. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Gabino Perez)

Photo by Sgt. Gabino Perez

Firefighters with Orange County Fire Authority extinguish a prescribed fire as part of the annual Wildland Fire School on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 3, 2019. The training is hosted by the Camp Pendleton Fire Department to strengthen partnerships with the surrounding agencies and to perform prescribed burns on the installation training areas in preparation for the upcoming fire season. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Gabino Perez)

Firefighters with Orange County Fire Authority extinguish a prescribed fire as part of the annual Wildland Fire School on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 3, 2019. The training is hosted by the Camp Pendleton Fire Department to strengthen partnerships with the surrounding agencies and to perform prescribed burns on the installation training areas in preparation for the upcoming fire season. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Gabino Perez)

Photo by Sgt. Gabino Perez

NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla., (May 30, 2019) The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) is currently homeported at Naval Station Mayport May 30, 2019. Iwo Jima is currently at homeport conducting a continuous maintenance availability (CMAV). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nathan T. Beard/Released)

NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla., (May 30, 2019) The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) is currently homeported at Naval Station Mayport May 30, 2019. Iwo Jima is currently at homeport conducting a continuous maintenance availability (CMAV). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nathan T. Beard/Released)

Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nathan T. Beard

U.S. Marines with 3rd platoon, commonly known as “LOWLIFE,” Force Reconnaissance Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division (Forward), pose for a photo in Helmand province, Afghanistan, in June of 2010. Nine years later, team “LOWLIFE” is participating in the annual Recon Challenge, on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, May 16, 2019. The Recon Challenge is a 30-mile obstacle course held to honor fallen Reconnaissance Marines. The team will be carrying Jonathon Blank, who was medically retired after both of his legs were severed after stepping on an improvised explosive device, during a dismounted patrol in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on Oct. 26, 2010. (Courtesy photo by Jonathon Blank.)

U.S. Marines with 3rd platoon, commonly known as “LOWLIFE,” Force Reconnaissance Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division (Forward), pose for a photo in Helmand province, Afghanistan, in June of 2010. Nine years later, team “LOWLIFE” is participating in the annual Recon Challenge, on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, May 16, 2019. The Recon Challenge is a 30-mile obstacle course held to honor fallen Reconnaissance Marines. The team will be carrying Jonathon Blank, who was medically retired after both of his legs were severed after stepping on an improvised explosive device, during a dismounted patrol in Helmand province, Afghanistan, on Oct. 26, 2010. (Courtesy photo by Jonathon Blank.)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels