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Onslow Beach Emergency Response Training Exercise - U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Garret Potter, with Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installation East-Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune, acts as a role-player while being secured onto a gurney during a simulated response training exercise at Onslow Beach on MCB Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 18, 2023. Each year training is conducted to familiarize the beach detachment, first responders, and other individuals with the expectations of an emergency response. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joel Castaneda)

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Future Regional Legal Services-East Building Topping Out Ceremony - U.S. Navy Capt. James Brown, commanding officer, OICC Florence, places a sticker on the final beam to be put in place during a topping out ceremony on Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, June 14, 2023. The topping out ceremony is a tradition in which the tallest and last beam is placed on a project. This project, P1513, the new Regional Legal Services-East building, is being built using the funds granted to Camp Lejeune to restore building damaged by Hurricane Florence. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by SSgt. Jack H. Gnosca)

U.S Marine Corps Capt. Quinton Boyed, field artillery officer, 2d Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, II Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, provides security with Norwegian Armed Forces at the Outdoor Infantry Immersion Trainer on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 18, 2023. The OIIT provided Marines and international partners with scenario based realistic training, creating a fully immersive environment using role players, pyrotechnics, subject matter experts, and sound and smell generators. - U.S Marine Corps Capt. Quinton Boyed, field artillery officer, 2d Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, II Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, provides security with Norwegian Armed Forces at the Outdoor Infantry Immersion Trainer on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 18, 2023. The OIIT provided Marines and international partners with scenario based realistic training, creating a fully immersive environment using role players, pyrotechnics, subject matter experts, and sound and smell generators.

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Cofferdam keeps crew cruising through concrete placements - The current swing style bridge at Onslow Beach, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune rotates to allow a boat to conitnue it's way along the Intercoastal Waterway. The bridge was built in the 1950’s and was distressed during Hurricane Florence, accelerating the need for a replacement. Beach goers and Marines accessing training areas along the shoreline will be able to use the new bridge in Fall 2024. Crews working at the bridge replacement site have been working 23 ft below the water line while staying nice and dry with the help of a millennia old technology: the cofferdam.

2023 Marine Corps Marksmanship Competition East - U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jack Gnosca, the content management team chief with Marine Corps Installations East-Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune, fires a rifle during the 2023 Marine Corps Marksmanship Competition East on Stone Bay, MCB Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 10, 2023. All Marines east of the Mississippi were invited to attend this annual competition to increase their combat effectiveness and lethality using MCB Camp Lejeune's premier ranges. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jennifer E. Douds)

Japan U.S. Military Program Visits Camp Lejeune - U.S. Marines and local Japanese and Okinawan community members gather at the Paradise Point All Hands Club to participate in the Japan U.S. Military Program on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 8, 2023. The mission of JUMP is to create a platform to connect retired and active-duty service members, families, and government civilians, who have served in Japan through social networks and grassroots events. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jennifer E. Douds)

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U.S. Marine Corps Col. Donald Harlow, left, commanding officer, Marine Force Storage Command, Marine Corps Logistics Command, and Dan Corte-Real, right, regional project manager for the Consolidated Storage Program, II MEF Logistics Command, pose for a photo during a retirement ceremony at the Individual Issue Facility on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Feb. 8, 2023. Corte-Real retired with 54 years of dedicated service between active duty with the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps and civilian service with the Department of Defense. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ginnie Lee) - U.S. Marine Corps Col. Donald Harlow, left, commanding officer, Marine Force Storage Command, Marine Corps Logistics Command, and Dan Corte-Real, right, regional project manager for the Consolidated Storage Program, II MEF Logistics Command, pose for a photo during a retirement ceremony at the Individual Issue Facility on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Feb. 8, 2023. Corte-Real retired with 54 years of dedicated service between active duty with the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps and civilian service with the Department of Defense. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ginnie Lee)