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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Mitchel Swafford, right, an explosive ordnance disposal technician with 8th Engineer Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Battalion 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, supervises Cpl. Jayden Johnson, a rifleman with 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, placing a fuse in a block of C4 during a basic demolition range on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Feb. 13, 2024. The training exposed 2nd MLG and 2nd Marine Division Marines to the EOD program, enhancing their baseline understanding of EOD and generate interest as potential lateral move candidates . (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alfonso Livrieri)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alfonso Livrieri

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Ronaldo Hodge, a supply chain and materiel management specialist with 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, pulls a fuse during a basic demolition range on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Feb. 13, 2024. The training exposed 2nd MLG and 2nd Marine Division Marines to the EOD program, enhancing their baseline understanding of EOD and generate interest as potential lateral move candidates . (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alfonso Livrieri)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alfonso Livrieri

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Mitchel Swafford, center, an explosive ordnance disposal technician with 8th Engineer Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, instructs Cpl. Jayden Johnson, right, and Lance Cpl. Ryan Bell, both riflemen with 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, on how to conduct proper procedures during a basic demolition range on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Feb. 13, 2024. The training exposed 2nd MLG and 2nd Marine Division Marines to the EOD program, enhancing their baseline understanding of EOD and generate interest as potential lateral move candidates . (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alfonso Livrieri)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alfonso Livrieri

Explosive ordnance disposal technicians with 8th Engineer Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, teach Marines with 2nd MLG and 2nd Marine Division, proper procedures to light a stick of dynamite during a demolition range on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Feb. 13, 2024. The training exposed 2nd MLG and 2nd Marine Division Marines to the EOD program, enhancing their baseline understanding of EOD and generate interest as potential lateral move candidates . (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alfonso Livrieri)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alfonso Livrieri

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Alex Fiedler, center, an explosive ordnance disposal technician with 8th Engineer Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, shows Cpl. Grant Pederson, left, a field artillery fire control with 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, and Lance Cpl. Isaac Arellano, a metal worker with 2nd Maintenance Battalion, 2nd Combat Readiness Regiment, 2nd MLG, how to ground themselves to the earth during a basic demolition range on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Feb. 13, 2024. The training exposed 2nd MLG and 2nd Marine Division Marines to the EOD program, enhancing their baseline understanding of EOD and generate interest as potential lateral move candidates . (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alfonso Livrieri)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alfonso Livrieri

Ret. U.S. Navy commander Porter Halyburton leads a professional military education class on spiritual resiliency on Marine Corps Air Station New River, in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Feb. 13, 2024. Halyburton survived seven-and-a-half years in captivity as a Prisoner of War in North Vietnam during the Vietnam War and talks about the wisdom and liberation from his harrowing experience. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Loriann Dauscher)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Loriann Dauscher

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Nikkolas Warchola, an explosive ordnance disposal technician with 8th Engineer Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, teach Marines with 2nd MLG and 2nd Marine Division, how to lace a stick of dynamite with fuse wire on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Feb. 12, 2024. The training exposed 2nd MLG and 2nd Marine Division Marines to the EOD program, enhancing their baseline understanding of EOD and generate interest as potential lateral move candidates . (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alfonso Livrieri)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alfonso Livrieri

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Mitchel Swafford, right, an explosive ordnance disposal technician with 8th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, shows Sgt. Anthony Cesariojett, a rifleman with 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, how to lace a block of training C4 on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Feb. 12, 2024. The training exposed 2nd MLG and 2nd Marine Division Marines to the EOD program, enhancing their baseline understanding of EOD and generate interest as potential lateral move candidates . (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alfonso Livrieri)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alfonso Livrieri

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Mitchel Swafford, an explosive ordnance disposal technician with 8th Engineer Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, demonstrates how to lace a block of training C4 with fuse wire to Marines with 2nd MLG and 2nd Marine Division on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Feb. 12, 2024. The training exposed 2nd MLG and 2nd Marine Division Marines to the EOD program, enhancing their baseline understanding of EOD and generate interest as potential lateral move candidates . (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alfonso Livrieri)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alfonso Livrieri

Denise D. Gartner, left, principal of Clear View Elementary School, and U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Laura J. Perazzola-Ash, right, commanding officer, Wounded Warrior Battalion-East (WWBn-E), hold up the proclamation of adoption partnership during an Adopt-a-School ceremony on Feb. 5, 2024 at Clear View Elementary School in Jacksonville, North Carolina. The Adopt-a-School program gives a military unit the ability to support local schools by assisting with field trips, family nights, Month of the Military Child and other special events. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jennifer E. Douds)

Photo by Cpl. Jennifer E. Reyes

Denise D. Gartner, principal of Clear View Elementary School, gives a speech during the Adopt-a-School ceremony on Feb. 5, 2024 at Clear View Elementary School in Jacksonville, North Carolina. The Adopt-a-School program gives a military unit the ability to support local schools by assisting with field trips, family nights, Month of the Military Child and other special events. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jennifer E. Douds)

Photo by Cpl. Jennifer E. Reyes

The proclamation of adoption partnership sits on a table during an Adopt-a-School ceremony on Feb. 5, 2024 at Clear View Elementary School in Jacksonville, North Carolina. The Adopt-a-School program gives a military unit the ability to support local schools by assisting with field trips, family nights, Month of the Military Child and other special events. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jennifer E. Douds)

Photo by Cpl. Jennifer E. Reyes

Denise D. Gartner, principal of Clear View Elementary School, signs the proclamation of adoption partnership during the Adopt-a-School ceremony on Feb. 5, 2024 at Clear View Elementary School in Jacksonville, North Carolina. The Adopt-a-School program gives a military unit the ability to support local schools by assisting with field trips, family nights, Month of the Military Child and other special events. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jennifer E. Douds)

Photo by Cpl. Jennifer E. Reyes

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Laura J. Perazzola-Ash, commanding officer, Wounded Warrior Battalion-East (WWBn-E), signs the proclamation of adoption partnership during the Adopt-a-School ceremony on Feb. 5, 2024 at Clear View Elementary School in Jacksonville, North Carolina. The Adopt-a-School program gives a military unit the ability to support local schools by assisting with field trips, family nights, Month of the Military Child and other special events. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jennifer E. Douds)

Photo by Cpl. Jennifer E. Reyes

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Laura J. Perazzola-Ash, commanding officer, Wounded Warrior Battalion-East (WWBn-E), gives a speech during the Adopt-a-School ceremony on Feb. 5, 2024 at Clear View Elementary School in Jacksonville, North Carolina. The Adopt-a-School program gives a military unit the ability to support local schools by assisting with field trips, family nights, Month of the Military Child and other special events. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jennifer E. Douds)

Photo by Cpl. Jennifer E. Reyes

U.S. Marines assigned to Wounded Warrior Battalion-East (WWBn-E), parade the colors during the Adopt-a-School ceremony on Feb. 5, 2024 at Clear View Elementary School, in Jacksonville, North Carolina. The Adopt-a-School program gives a military unit the ability to support local schools by assisting with field trips, family nights, Month of the Military Child and other special events. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jennifer E. Douds)

Photo by Cpl. Jennifer E. Reyes

U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Michael E. McWilliams, left, commanding general, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, and Col. Karin Fitzgerald, commanding officer, 2nd Combat Readiness Regiment, 2nd MLG, salute during the pass and review at the 2nd CRR redesignation ceremony on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Feb. 5, 2024. During the ceremony, 2nd Supply Battalion was redesignated as 2nd Combat Readiness Regiment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jessica J. Mazzamuto)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Jessica Mazzamuto

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Toby Fordham, an automotive maintenance technician with Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, poses for a portrait after winning II Marine Expeditionary Force Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year for his service in 2023, at Camp Lejeune, N.C. February 8, 2024. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Victoria Hutt)

Photo by Cpl. Victoria Hutt

Fire Chief Alex Rivera with Marine Corps Installations East-Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune and Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River, speaks to guests as he gives a tour of Fire Station 6 on MCB Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Jan. 24, 2024. Rivera was appointed as the Marine Corps Installations East Regional Fire Chief and Installation Fire Chief at MCB Camp Lejeune and MCAS New River in November 2023 after being the Fire Chief at the United States Military Academy, West Point for over seven years. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Zeta Johnson)

Photo by Cpl. Zeta Johnson

Fire Chief Alex Rivera with Marine Corps Installations East-Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune and Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River, gives a tour of Fire Station 6 on MCB Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Jan. 24, 2024. Rivera was appointed as the Marine Corps Installations East Regional Fire Chief and Installation Fire Chief at MCB Camp Lejeune and MCAS New River in November 2023 after being the Fire Chief at the United States Military Academy, West Point for over seven years. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Zeta Johnson)

Photo by Cpl. Zeta Johnson