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Marines with Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division climb ropes during a Lance Corporal Leadership and Ethics Seminar combat conditioning session aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 27, 2016. The week-long seminar focuses on preparing lance corporals physically and mentally to become successful noncommissioned officers, while building the foundation for the more difficult residential courses like Corporals Course and Sergeants Course.

Photo by Cpl. Demetrius Morgan

Staff Sgt. James Case (left), the chief instructor of the Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division Lance Corporal Leadership and Ethics Seminar, helps a seminar student through a portion of the obstacle course during a combat conditioning session aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 27, 2016. The week-long seminar focuses on preparing lance corporals physically and mentally to become successful noncommissioned officers, while building the foundation for the more difficult residential courses like Corporals Course and Sergeants Course.

Photo by Cpl. Demetrius Morgan

Marines with Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division climb ropes during a Lance Corporal Leadership and Ethics Seminar combat conditioning session aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 27, 2016. The week-long seminar focuses on preparing lance corporals physically and mentally to become successful noncommissioned officers, while building the foundation for the more difficult residential courses like Corporals Course and Sergeants Course.

Photo by Cpl. Demetrius Morgan

Students work together to navigate the obstacle course during a Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division Lance Corporal Leadership and Ethics Seminar combat conditioning session aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 27, 2016. The week-long seminar focuses on preparing lance corporals physically and mentally to become successful noncommissioned officers, while building the foundation for the more difficult residential courses like Corporals Course and Sergeants Course.

Photo by Cpl. Demetrius Morgan

Marine students conduct a guided discussion during the Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division Lance Corporal Leadership and Ethics Seminar aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 27, 2016. Lance Corporal Leadership and Ethics Seminar recently became a mandatory requirement for junior Marines looking to become noncommissioned officers, and its resident curriculum supplements the previously required, online-only Leading Marines Marine Net course.

Photo by Cpl. Demetrius Morgan

Marines race through the obstacle course during a Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division Lance Corporal Leadership and Ethics Seminar combat conditioning session aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 27, 2016. The week-long seminar focuses on preparing lance corporals physically and mentally to become successful noncommissioned officers, while building the foundation for the more difficult residential courses like Corporals Course and Sergeants Course.

Photo by Cpl. Demetrius Morgan

Marines race through the obstacle course during a Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division Lance Corporal Leadership and Ethics Seminar combat conditioning session aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 27, 2016. The week-long seminar focuses on preparing lance corporals physically and mentally to become successful noncommissioned officers, while building the foundation for the more difficult residential courses like Corporals Course and Sergeants Course.

Photo by Cpl. Demetrius Morgan

Staff Sgt. James Case, the chief instructor of the Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division Lance Corporal Seminar Leadership and Ethics Seminar, briefs students on the plan of the day after a combat conditioning session aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 27, 2016. The weeklong seminar focuses on preparing lance corporals physically and mentally to become successful noncommissioned officers, while building the foundation for the more difficult residential courses like Corporals Course and Sergeants Course.

Photo by Cpl. Demetrius Morgan

A Marine assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, provides security during a company-level assault, as part of combined arms live-fire, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin exercise, aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Training Center Twentynine Palms, California, Jan. 18, 2016. The Marines completed the training as part of their preparations for an upcoming deployment to Australia. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Demetrius Morgan/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Demetrius Morgan

Chief Warrant Officer 5 Vincent Kyzer, the 1st Marine Division gunner, speaks to Marines with 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, about the Squad Leader Development Program, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 20, 2016. The SLDP is one of the various tools the Marine Corps uses to build stronger small unit leadership, while presenting Marines the opportunity to further their career. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Demetrius Morgan/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Demetrius Morgan

Master Gunnery Sgt. Bruce Knapp, the operations chief with 1st Marine Division, speaks to Marines with 5th Marine Regiment about the Squad Leader Development Program, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 20, 2016. The SLDP is one of the various tools the Marine Corps uses to build stronger small unit leadership, while presenting Marines the opportunity to further their career. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Demetrius Morgan/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Demetrius Morgan

A Marine assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, provides security during a company-level assault, as part of combined arms live-fire, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin exercise, aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Training Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Jan. 18, 2016. The Marines completed the training as part of their preparations for an upcoming deployment to Australia.

Photo by Cpl. William Perkins

Machine gunners assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, wait for adjacent units to clear a building during military operations in urban terrain, as part of combined arms live-fire training, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin exercise, aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Training Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Jan. 17, 2016. The Marines completed the training as part of their preparations for an upcoming deployment to Australia.

Photo by Cpl. William Perkins

A Marine assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, conducts a tactical reload during a company-level assault, as part of combined arms live-fire, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin exercise aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Training Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Jan. 18, 2016. The Marines completed the training as part of their preparations for an upcoming deployment to Australia.

Photo by Cpl. William Perkins

Marines assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, fire on an objective during a company-level assault, as part of combined arms live-fire, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin exercise, aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Training Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Jan. 18, 2016. The Marines completed the training as part of their preparations for an upcoming deployment to Australia.

Photo by Cpl. William Perkins

Private First Class Ryan Chacon, a rifleman assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, provides security from the hatch of an amphibious assault vehicle during a company-level assault, as part of combined arms live-fire, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin exercise, aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Training Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Jan. 18, 2016. The Marines completed the training as part of their preparations for an upcoming deployment to Australia.

Photo by Cpl. William Perkins

Marines assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, fire on an objective during a company-level assault, as part of combined arms live-fire, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin exercise, aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Training Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Jan. 18, 2016. The Marines completed the training as part of their preparations for an upcoming deployment to Australia.

Photo by Cpl. William Perkins

Master Chief Petty Officer Robert Lemons (center), the command master chief of the 1st Marine Division, presents his wife with a bouquet of flowers during his retirement ceremony aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 8, 2016. Lemons enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1986 and served a majority of his time in the service as a corpsman.

Photo by Cpl. William Perkins

Master Chief Petty Officer Robert Lemons (center), the command master chief of the 1st Marine Division, salutes alongside Maj. Gen. Daniel O’Donohue (left), commanding general of the 1st Mar. Div., during Lemons’ retirement ceremony aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 8, 2016. Lemons enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1986 and served a majority of his time in the service as a corpsman.

Photo by Cpl. William Perkins

Master Chief Petty Officer Robert Lemons (center), the command master chief of the 1st Marine Division, bows his head along with Maj. Gen. Daniel O’Donohue (left), command general of the 1st Mar. Div., during Lemons’ retirement ceremony aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 8, 2016. Lemons enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1986 and served a majority of his time in the service as a corpsman.

Photo by Cpl. William Perkins