Cpl. Derek Sampson, demonstrates how to properly execute a skid rappel Aug. 13, 2014, at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, during a Helicopter Rope Suspension Techniques Course. (Isaac Ibarra/U.S. Marine Corps)

U.S. Marines fire M40A5 sniper rifles Aug. 17, 2014, at the Central Training Area in Okinawa, Japan. (Cedric Haller/U.S. Marine Corps)

On Sept. 18, 2014, Staff Sgt. Michael Warnick performed taps for an Honor Flight from Odessa, Texas. This was the first Honor Flight from the Permian Basin region and included veterans from World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. (Kristin duBois/U.S. Marine Corps)

Marines perform Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction training on a CH-53E Super Stallion as part of the Helicopter Rope Suspension Techniques course Aug. 20, 2014, at the Central Training Area, Okinawa. (Isaac Ibarra/U.S. Marine Corps)

Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense specialists search around a building for hazardous material during an assessment and consequence management response training event Aug. 27, 2014, at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa. (Tyler Ngiraswei/U.S. Marine Corps)

Marines fire an illumination round from an M777A2 lightweight 155 mm during live-fire artillery training Sept. 1, 2014, at the Yausubetsu Maneuver Area in Hokkaido, Japan, as part of Artillery Relocation Training Program 14-2. (Matthew Manning/U.S. Marine Corps)

Maj. Gen. Charles L. Hudson, commander of Marine Corps Installations, Pacific gives remarks in front of the 1st Marine Division Memorial, during a tour of memorial sites around the island in honor of the 70th anniversary of the landing on Peleliu, Palau, Sept. 15, 2014. (Erik Estrada/U.S. Marine Corps)

Former Marine and Medal of Honor Dakota Meyer offered a keynote speech about transitioning into civilian employment to veterans at the staff-noncommissioned officer academy at the School of Infantry-West, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Sept. 17, 2014. (Shaltiel Dominguez/U.S. Marine Corps)