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The Honorable Mark T. Esper, Secretary of Defense, addresses service members during a town hall meeting at the Goettge Memorial Field House on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Sept. 24, 2019. Esper stressed his goals of improving military readiness, strengthening military alliances, taking care of service members and bringing reform in the use of time, money and manpower. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Isaiah Gomez)

The Honorable Mark T. Esper, Secretary of Defense, addresses service members during a town hall meeting at the Goettge Memorial Field House on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Sept. 24, 2019. Esper stressed his goals of improving military readiness, strengthening military alliances, taking care of service members and bringing reform in the use of time, money and manpower. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Isaiah Gomez)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Isaiah Gomez

The Honorable Mark T. Esper, Secretary of Defense, addresses service members during a town hall meeting at the Goettge Memorial Field House on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Sept. 24, 2019. Esper stressed his goals of improving military readiness, strengthening military alliances, taking care of service members and bringing reform in the use of time, money and manpower. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Isaiah Gomez)

The Honorable Mark T. Esper, Secretary of Defense, addresses service members during a town hall meeting at the Goettge Memorial Field House on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Sept. 24, 2019. Esper stressed his goals of improving military readiness, strengthening military alliances, taking care of service members and bringing reform in the use of time, money and manpower. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Isaiah Gomez)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Isaiah Gomez

The Honorable Mark T. Esper, Secretary of Defense, addresses service members during a town hall meeting at the Goettge Memorial Field House on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Sept. 24, 2019. Esper stressed his goals of improving military readiness, strengthening military alliances, taking care of service members and bringing reform in the use of time, money and manpower. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Isaiah Gomez)

The Honorable Mark T. Esper, Secretary of Defense, addresses service members during a town hall meeting at the Goettge Memorial Field House on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Sept. 24, 2019. Esper stressed his goals of improving military readiness, strengthening military alliances, taking care of service members and bringing reform in the use of time, money and manpower. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Isaiah Gomez)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Isaiah Gomez

The Honorable Mark T. Esper, Secretary of Defense, addresses service members during a town hall meeting at the Goettge Memorial Field House on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Sept. 24, 2019. Esper stressed his goals of improving military readiness, strengthening military alliances, taking care of service members and bringing reform in the use of time, money and manpower. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Isaiah Gomez)

The Honorable Mark T. Esper, Secretary of Defense, addresses service members during a town hall meeting at the Goettge Memorial Field House on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Sept. 24, 2019. Esper stressed his goals of improving military readiness, strengthening military alliances, taking care of service members and bringing reform in the use of time, money and manpower. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Isaiah Gomez)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Isaiah Gomez

Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper speaks to service members during a town hall meeting at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 24, 2019. Esper stressed his goals of improving military readiness, strengthening alliances and taking care of service members.

Defense Secretary Dr. Mark T. Esper speaks to service members during a town hall meeting at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 24, 2019. Esper stressed his goals of improving military readiness, strengthening alliances and taking care of service members.

Photo by Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Isaiah Gomez

An American alligator swims in a storm water pond on Marine Corps Installations East-Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 8, 2019. The Land and Wildlife Resources Section of MCB Camp Lejeune manages all game and non-game species wildlife populations to ensure healthy game animal populations to assist natural resource managers with training plans and safe recreation on Camp Lejeune.

An American alligator swims in a storm water pond on Marine Corps Installations East-Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 8, 2019. The Land and Wildlife Resources Section of MCB Camp Lejeune manages all game and non-game species wildlife populations to ensure healthy game animal populations to assist natural resource managers with training plans and safe recreation on Camp Lejeune.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Miranda DeKorte

Ross Ragonese, executive chef, Sodexo, supervises a Marine making a yogurt parfait at Mess Hall 128, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, July 11. The training teaches Marine food service specialists methods to improve the basic services they provide involving baking, roasting, recipe use, cold food preparation and grilling. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ashley Gomez)

Ross Ragonese, executive chef, Sodexo, supervises a Marine making a yogurt parfait at Mess Hall 128, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, July 11. The training teaches Marine food service specialists methods to improve the basic services they provide involving baking, roasting, recipe use, cold food preparation and grilling. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ashley Gomez)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ashley Gomez

Col. Thomas Bruno, chief of staff, Marine Corps Installations East, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, presents Cpl. Edward Hossler, food service specialist, 2d Marine Logistics Group, with a training certificate at Mess Hall 128, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, July 11. The training teaches Marine food service specialists methods to improve the basic services they provide involving baking, roasting, recipe use, cold food preparation and grilling. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ashley Gomez)

Col. Thomas Bruno, chief of staff, Marine Corps Installations East, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, presents Cpl. Edward Hossler, food service specialist, 2d Marine Logistics Group, with a training certificate at Mess Hall 128, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, July 11. The training teaches Marine food service specialists methods to improve the basic services they provide involving baking, roasting, recipe use, cold food preparation and grilling. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ashley Gomez)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ashley Gomez

Evangeline Garcia, executive chef, Sodexo, demonstrates cake frosting to Marines at Mess Hall 128, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, July 11. The training teaches Marine food service specialists methods to improve the basic services they provide involving baking, roasting, recipe use, cold food preparation and grilling. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ashley Gomez)

Evangeline Garcia, executive chef, Sodexo, demonstrates cake frosting to Marines at Mess Hall 128, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, July 11. The training teaches Marine food service specialists methods to improve the basic services they provide involving baking, roasting, recipe use, cold food preparation and grilling. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ashley Gomez)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ashley Gomez

Stephen Dziedzic, executive chef, Sodexo, instructs Marines in cold food preparation at Mess Hall 128, Camp Lejeune, N.C., July 11, 2018. The training teaches methods to Marine food service specialists to improve the basic services involving baking, roasting, recipe use, cold food preparation and grilling. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ashley Gomez)

Stephen Dziedzic, executive chef, Sodexo, instructs Marines in cold food preparation at Mess Hall 128, Camp Lejeune, N.C., July 11, 2018. The training teaches methods to Marine food service specialists to improve the basic services involving baking, roasting, recipe use, cold food preparation and grilling. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ashley Gomez)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ashley Gomez

Marine food service specialists with Marine Corps Installations East participate in Culinary Foundation Training hosted by Sodexo at Mess Hall 128, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, July 11. The training teaches Marine food service specialists methods to improve the basic services they provide involving baking, roasting, recipe use, cold food preparation and grilling. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ashley Gomez)

Marine food service specialists with Marine Corps Installations East participate in Culinary Foundation Training hosted by Sodexo at Mess Hall 128, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, July 11. The training teaches Marine food service specialists methods to improve the basic services they provide involving baking, roasting, recipe use, cold food preparation and grilling. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ashley Gomez)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ashley Gomez

Pappy Boyington, the first therapy dog assigned to Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune, receives the halt command from Sunnie Tortorici, his trainer, at NMCCL, N.C., July 10, 2018. Pappy is part of the Canine Visitation Program which seeks to facilitate patient recovery, decrease stress levels, and provide a communication medium for patients, family and personnel. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Nathan Reyes)

Pappy Boyington, the first therapy dog assigned to Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune, receives the halt command from Sunnie Tortorici, his trainer, at NMCCL, N.C., July 10, 2018. Pappy is part of the Canine Visitation Program which seeks to facilitate patient recovery, decrease stress levels, and provide a communication medium for patients, family and personnel. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Nathan Reyes)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Nathan Reyes

Pappy Boyington, a therapy dog assigned to Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune and his trainer, Sunnie Tortorici, participate in a debut event at NMCCL, N.C., July 10, 2018. Pappy is the first therapy dog to offer support to patients and staff at NMCCL. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Nathan Reyes)

Pappy Boyington, a therapy dog assigned to Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune and his trainer, Sunnie Tortorici, participate in a debut event at NMCCL, N.C., July 10, 2018. Pappy is the first therapy dog to offer support to patients and staff at NMCCL. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Nathan Reyes)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Nathan Reyes

Capt. James Hancock, commanding officer of Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune, welcomes therapy dog, Pappy Boyington, to NMCCL, N.C., during a special debut, July 10, 2018. Pappy is the first therapy dog to offer support to patients and staff at NMCCL. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Nathan Reyes)

Capt. James Hancock, commanding officer of Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune, welcomes therapy dog, Pappy Boyington, to NMCCL, N.C., during a special debut, July 10, 2018. Pappy is the first therapy dog to offer support to patients and staff at NMCCL. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Nathan Reyes)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Nathan Reyes

Sunnie Tortorici, a therapy dog trainer, explains the important role her trainee, Pappy Boyington, will play at the Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune, N.C., July 10, 2018. According to the NMCCL, Pappy is part of the Canine Visitation Program which seeks to facilitate patient recovery, decrease stress levels, and provide a communication medium for patients, family and personnel. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Nathan Reyes)

Sunnie Tortorici, a therapy dog trainer, explains the important role her trainee, Pappy Boyington, will play at the Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune, N.C., July 10, 2018. According to the NMCCL, Pappy is part of the Canine Visitation Program which seeks to facilitate patient recovery, decrease stress levels, and provide a communication medium for patients, family and personnel. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Nathan Reyes)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Nathan Reyes

Lt. Col. Scott Meredith, commanding officer, Wounded Warrior Battalion-East, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, welcomes Lindsay Ell, country music singer, songwriter and guitarist to WWBn-E on MCB Camp Lejeune, July 4. Ell received a tour of WWBn-E and saw the different types of therapy available to recovering service members, hours before her performance at Camp Lejeune’s BaseFEST – an annual public Independence Day celebration hosted by the base. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nikki L. Morales)

Lt. Col. Scott Meredith, commanding officer, Wounded Warrior Battalion-East, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, welcomes Lindsay Ell, country music singer, songwriter and guitarist to WWBn-E on MCB Camp Lejeune, July 4. Ell received a tour of WWBn-E and saw the different types of therapy available to recovering service members, hours before her performance at Camp Lejeune’s BaseFEST – an annual public Independence Day celebration hosted by the base. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nikki L. Morales)

Photo by Cpl. Nikki Morales

Lt. Col. Scott Meredith, commanding officer, Wounded Warrior Battalion-East, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, welcomes Lindsay Ell, country music singer, songwriter and guitarist to WWBn-E on MCB Camp Lejeune, July 4. Ell received a tour of WWBn-E and saw the different types of therapy available to recovering service members, hours before her performance at Camp Lejeune’s BaseFEST – an annual public Independence Day celebration hosted by the base. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nikki L. Morales)

Lt. Col. Scott Meredith, commanding officer, Wounded Warrior Battalion-East, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, welcomes Lindsay Ell, country music singer, songwriter and guitarist to WWBn-E on MCB Camp Lejeune, July 4. Ell received a tour of WWBn-E and saw the different types of therapy available to recovering service members, hours before her performance at Camp Lejeune’s BaseFEST – an annual public Independence Day celebration hosted by the base. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nikki L. Morales)

Photo by Cpl. Nikki Morales

Country music singer Lindsay Ell, wearing a red shirt, was welcomed to Wounded Warrior Battalion-East, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune by friends and family of recovering service members at WWBN-E, MCB Camp Lejeune, July 4. Ell received a tour of WWBn-E and saw the different types of therapy available to recovering service members, hours before her performance at Camp Lejeune’s BaseFEST – an annual public Independence Day celebration hosted by the base. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nikki L. Morales)

Country music singer Lindsay Ell, wearing a red shirt, was welcomed to Wounded Warrior Battalion-East, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune by friends and family of recovering service members at WWBN-E, MCB Camp Lejeune, July 4. Ell received a tour of WWBn-E and saw the different types of therapy available to recovering service members, hours before her performance at Camp Lejeune’s BaseFEST – an annual public Independence Day celebration hosted by the base. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nikki L. Morales)

Photo by Cpl. Nikki Morales

From left to right: Capt. Andrew Yeary, company commander, Headquarters Company, Wounded Warrior Battalion-East, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune; Maj. Joshua Ellsworth, executive officer, WWBn-E; Lindsay Ell, country music singer; Lt. Col. Scott Meredith, commanding officer, WWBn-E; Lt. Jonathan Jones, chaplain, WWBn-E, during Ell’s tour of WWBn-E, July 4. Ell saw the different types of therapy available to recovering service members, hours before her performance at Camp Lejeune’s BaseFEST – an annual public Independence Day celebration hosted by the base. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nikki L. Morales)

From left to right: Capt. Andrew Yeary, company commander, Headquarters Company, Wounded Warrior Battalion-East, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune; Maj. Joshua Ellsworth, executive officer, WWBn-E; Lindsay Ell, country music singer; Lt. Col. Scott Meredith, commanding officer, WWBn-E; Lt. Jonathan Jones, chaplain, WWBn-E, during Ell’s tour of WWBn-E, July 4. Ell saw the different types of therapy available to recovering service members, hours before her performance at Camp Lejeune’s BaseFEST – an annual public Independence Day celebration hosted by the base. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nikki L. Morales)

Photo by Cpl. Nikki Morales

American country music singer and song writer, Tyler Farr, performs during BaseFEST at the William Pendleton Thompson Hill Field on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, July 4, 2018. BaseFEST is an annual public Independence Day celebration at MCB Camp Lejeune. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nikki L. Morales)

American country music singer and song writer, Tyler Farr, performs during BaseFEST at the William Pendleton Thompson Hill Field on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, July 4, 2018. BaseFEST is an annual public Independence Day celebration at MCB Camp Lejeune. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nikki L. Morales)

Photo by Cpl. Nikki Morales