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A Marine with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force inserts a needle into a simulated casualty during the Tactical Combat Casualty Care course at the Tactical Medical Simulation Center, Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, July 13, 2017. The course included hands-on medical training and, on the final day, a realistic scenario designed for the trainee to react under pressure. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez) - A Marine with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force inserts a needle into a simulated casualty during the Tactical Combat Casualty Care course at the Tactical Medical Simulation Center, Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, July 13, 2017. The course included hands-on medical training and, on the final day, a realistic scenario designed for the trainee to react under pressure. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez)

Gunnery Sgt. Matthew Bateman peers out the rear of a KC-130J Super Hercules aircraft Nov. 20, 2014 over Ie Shima Training Facility, off the northwest coast of Okinawa, Japan. Marines with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion took part in parachute training, keeping them proficient and current with their jump qualifications. Bateman, from Gaithersburg, Maryland, is a reconnaissance man and jumpmaster with 3rd Recon Bn., 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force. - Gunnery Sgt. Matthew Bateman peers out the rear of a KC-130J Super Hercules aircraft Nov. 20, 2014 over Ie Shima Training Facility, off the northwest coast of Okinawa, Japan. Marines with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion took part in parachute training, keeping them proficient and current with their jump qualifications. Bateman, from Gaithersburg, Maryland, is a reconnaissance man and jumpmaster with 3rd Recon Bn., 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force.