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Raymond E. Anderson, left, director of strength and conditioning with Marine Corps Community Services, shows around U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Carlos A. Ruiz, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, in the future Warrior Athlete Readiness and Resilience Center, currently under construction, on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Feb. 22, 2024. This facility will house a holistic, collaborative program that will enhance combat readiness in conjunction with warfighter resiliency by strengthening the mental, social, spiritual, and physical fitness necessary to overcome any challenge. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Loriann Dauscher)

Raymond E. Anderson, left, director of strength and conditioning with Marine Corps Community Services, shows around U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Carlos A. Ruiz, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, in the future Warrior Athlete Readiness and Resilience Center, currently under construction, on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Feb. 22, 2024. This facility will house a holistic, collaborative program that will enhance combat readiness in conjunction with warfighter resiliency by strengthening the mental, social, spiritual, and physical fitness necessary to overcome any challenge. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Loriann Dauscher)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Loriann Dauscher

U.S. Marines with 2nd Marine Logistics Group and 2nd Marine Division watch as thermite is lit 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)

U.S. Marines with 2nd Marine Logistics Group and 2nd Marine Division watch as thermite is lit 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. 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)

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

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)

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 Cpl. Jayden Johnson, a rifleman with 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, holds a fuse line 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)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jayden Johnson, a rifleman with 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, holds a fuse line 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 C4 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)

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 C4 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. 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)

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)

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)

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

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)

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)

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)

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

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Garth W. Burnett, commanding officer, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River, gives remarks during a luncheon in the building that will house the future Spiritual Fitness Center on MCAS New River, in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Feb. 13, 2024. The luncheon was held following Porter Halyburton, Ret. U.S. Navy commander’s professional military education class on spiritual resiliency. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Loriann Dauscher)

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Garth W. Burnett, commanding officer, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River, gives remarks during a luncheon in the building that will house the future Spiritual Fitness Center on MCAS New River, in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Feb. 13, 2024. The luncheon was held following Porter Halyburton, Ret. U.S. Navy commander’s professional military education class on spiritual resiliency. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Loriann Dauscher)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Loriann Dauscher

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Garth W. Burnett, commanding officer, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River, gives remarks during a luncheon in the building that will house the future Spiritual Fitness Center on MCAS New River, in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Feb. 13, 2024. The luncheon was held following Porter Halyburton, Ret. U.S. Navy commander’s professional military education class on spiritual resiliency. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Loriann Dauscher)

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Garth W. Burnett, commanding officer, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River, gives remarks during a luncheon in the building that will house the future Spiritual Fitness Center on MCAS New River, in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Feb. 13, 2024. The luncheon was held following Porter Halyburton, Ret. U.S. Navy commander’s professional military education class on spiritual resiliency. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Loriann Dauscher)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Loriann Dauscher

Ret. U.S. Navy commander Porter Halyburton, right, speaks with Petty Officer 1st Class Edgar Maldonado, a V-22 Osprey instructor with the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit New River, after 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)

Ret. U.S. Navy commander Porter Halyburton, right, speaks with Petty Officer 1st Class Edgar Maldonado, a V-22 Osprey instructor with the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit New River, after 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

Ret. U.S. Navy commander Porter Halyburton poses for a photo after his 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)

Ret. U.S. Navy commander Porter Halyburton poses for a photo after his 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

Ret. U.S. Navy commander Porter Halyburton speaks with U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Lyndsie J. McGaha, a student with School of Infantry-East, after 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)

Ret. U.S. Navy commander Porter Halyburton speaks with U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Lyndsie J. McGaha, a student with School of Infantry-East, after 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

Ret. U.S. Navy commander Porter Halyburton reads his poetry aloud during 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)

Ret. U.S. Navy commander Porter Halyburton reads his poetry aloud during 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

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)

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

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)

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