Two reconnaissance Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1/4, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, emerge from the water at Bellows Beach on the Island of Oahu, Hawaii, during training Aug. 30, 2013. (Courtesy of the U.S. Marine Corps)

British soldiers and U.S. Marines with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines, Afghan Territorial Force 444 head out for a mission in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Aug. 31, 2013. (Courtesy of the U.S. Marine Corps)