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U.S. Marines with Marine Aircraft Group 39  Corporals Course 341-16 stand in line to receive their certificates during their graduation at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 27, 2016. Eighty-one Marines graduated from the three-week training course required for corporals to earn the next rank.

U.S. Marines with Marine Aircraft Group 39 Corporals Course 341-16 stand in line to receive their certificates during their graduation at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 27, 2016. Eighty-one Marines graduated from the three-week training course required for corporals to earn the next rank. (Alissa Schuning/U.S. Marine Corps)

U.S. Marines with Marine Aircraft Group 39  Corporals Course 341-16 stand in line to receive their certificates during their graduation at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 27, 2016. Eighty-one Marines graduated from the three-week training course required for corporals to earn the next rank.

U.S. Marines with Marine Aircraft Group 39 Corporals Course 341-16 stand in line to receive their certificates during their graduation at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 27, 2016. Eighty-one Marines graduated from the three-week training course required for corporals to earn the next rank. (Alissa Schuning/U.S. Marine Corps)

A U.S. Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit walks between lines of vehicles staged for a convoy to embark equipment on the Navy ships of the USS Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group, Jan. 26, 2016, at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan.

A U.S. Marine with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit walks between lines of vehicles staged for a convoy to embark equipment on the Navy ships of the USS Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group, Jan. 26, 2016, at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan. (Carl King/U.S. Marine Corps)

Cpl. Pedro RangelRuiz, a mechanic with Amphibious Assault Platoon, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, makes repairs to an amphibious assault vehicle in the Arabian Gulf, Jan. 26, 2016.

Cpl. Pedro RangelRuiz, a mechanic with Amphibious Assault Platoon, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, makes repairs to an amphibious assault vehicle in the Arabian Gulf, Jan. 26, 2016. (Bobby Yarbrough/U.S. Marine Corps)

U.S. Marine Sgt. DeMonte R. Cheeley stands for a photo after receiving the Purple Heart medal Jan. 26, 2016, at a ceremony in Chattanooga, Tenn. Cheeley received the Purple Heart for injuries he sustained during a July 16, 2015, attack in Chattanooga at the Armed Forces Career Center where he works.

U.S. Marine Sgt. DeMonte R. Cheeley stands for a photo after receiving the Purple Heart medal Jan. 26, 2016, at a ceremony in Chattanooga, Tenn. Cheeley received the Purple Heart for injuries he sustained during a July 16, 2015, attack in Chattanooga at the Armed Forces Career Center where he works. (Diamond Peden/U.S. Marine Corps)

U.S. Marine Cpl. Christopher Johnson, a fire team leader with 2nd Platoon, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, completes a side plank exercise during a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program course held on the USS Oak Hill in the Arabian Sea, Jan. 27, 2016.

U.S. Marine Cpl. Christopher Johnson, a fire team leader with 2nd Platoon, Battalion Landing Team 2/6, completes a side plank exercise during a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program course held on the USS Oak Hill in the Arabian Sea, Jan. 27, 2016. (Bobby Yarbrough/U.S. Marine Corps)

Students work together to navigate the obstacle course during a Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division lance corporal leadership and ethics seminar combat conditioning session at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 27, 2016..

Students work together to navigate the obstacle course during a Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division lance corporal leadership and ethics seminar combat conditioning session at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 27, 2016.. (Demetrius Morgan/U.S. Marine Corps)

U.S. Marine Sgt. Mason Wilhelmy, primary marksmanship instructor with the Pre-Scout Sniper Course, 1st Marine Division Schools, observes the shooting form of a Japan Self-Defense Force soldier, during an unknown distance course of fire, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 28, 2016.

U.S. Marine Sgt. Mason Wilhelmy, primary marksmanship instructor with the Pre-Scout Sniper Course, 1st Marine Division Schools, observes the shooting form of a Japan Self-Defense Force soldier, during an unknown distance course of fire, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 28, 2016. (Garrett White/U.S. Marine Corps)

Joteail S. Grissett, Platoon 2016, Company H, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, strikes an opponent during pugil stick training Jan. 26, 2016, at Parris Island, S.C.

Joteail S. Grissett, Platoon 2016, Company H, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, strikes an opponent during pugil stick training Jan. 26, 2016, at Parris Island, S.C. (Aaron Bolser/U.S. Marine Corps)

Sgt. Sergio Guerrero, left, and Staff Sgt. Cydney Rose, both with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, watch over the seat of the late State Senator Gilbert Kahele, during a memorial ceremony at the Hawaii State Capitol building. Gilbert served as a U.S. Marine from 1960 to 1964.

Sgt. Sergio Guerrero, left, and Staff Sgt. Cydney Rose, both with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, watch over the seat of the late State Senator Gilbert Kahele, during a memorial ceremony at the Hawaii State Capitol building. Gilbert served as a U.S. Marine from 1960 to 1964. (Sarah Anderson/U.S. Marine Corps)

Ambassador Caroline Bouvier Kennedy, 29th United States ambassador to Japan, addresses Marines of Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 during her visit to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Jan. 28, 2016.

Ambassador Caroline Bouvier Kennedy, 29th United States ambassador to Japan, addresses Marines of Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 during her visit to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Jan. 28, 2016. (Carlos Cruz Jr./U.S. Marine Corps)

U.S. Marine Corps Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response- Africa color guard awaits the start of the transfer of authority, at Mor?n Air Base, Spain, Jan. 26, 2016.

U.S. Marine Corps Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response- Africa color guard awaits the start of the transfer of authority, at Mor?n Air Base, Spain, Jan. 26, 2016. (Kassie McDole/U.S. Marine Corps)

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