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Corporal Joshua Braun, a ground radio technician with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14, stands at parade rest during his promotion ceremony, June 2, 2014. Braun was meritoriously promoted to his present rank.

Corporal Joshua Braun, a ground radio technician with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14, stands at parade rest during his promotion ceremony, June 2, 2014. Braun was meritoriously promoted to his present rank.

Photo by Sgt. Ed Galo

Corporal Joshua Braun (grey shirt), a ground radio technician with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14, scores a goal during an intramural soccer game, April 15, 2014. He says he joined the Marine Corps because he “knew looking back on my life the one regret I would have would be to not serve in the military and I don’t like to live life with regrets. I wanted to serve my country and I wanted to be a positive influence on the men I served with."

Corporal Joshua Braun (grey shirt), a ground radio technician with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14, scores a goal during an intramural soccer game, April 15, 2014. He says he joined the Marine Corps because he “knew looking back on my life the one regret I would have would be to not serve in the military and I don’t like to live life with regrets. I wanted to serve my country and I wanted to be a positive influence on the men I served with."

Photo by Sgt. Ed Galo

Corporal Joshua Braun, a ground radio technician with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14, plays a soccer game aboard Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, April 15, 2014. He says he joined the Marine Corps because he “knew looking back on my life the one regret I would have would be to not serve in the military and I don’t like to live life with regrets. I wanted to serve my country and I wanted to be a positive influence on the men I served with.”

Corporal Joshua Braun, a ground radio technician with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa 14, plays a soccer game aboard Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy, April 15, 2014. He says he joined the Marine Corps because he “knew looking back on my life the one regret I would have would be to not serve in the military and I don’t like to live life with regrets. I wanted to serve my country and I wanted to be a positive influence on the men I served with.”

Photo by Sgt. Ed Galo

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response conduct a simulated movement and assault during a bilateral training event with Spanish Marines from 1st Marine Landing Battalion in Sierra del Retin, Spain, June 6, 2014. The training was conducted by the Spanish and American forces in an effort to demonstrate their commitment to military friendship, strategic partnership and regional and global security. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response conduct a simulated movement and assault during a bilateral training event with Spanish Marines from 1st Marine Landing Battalion in Sierra del Retin, Spain, June 6, 2014. The training was conducted by the Spanish and American forces in an effort to demonstrate their commitment to military friendship, strategic partnership and regional and global security. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

Photo by LCpl Alexander Hill

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response and Spanish Marines from 1st Marine Landing Battalion conducted a bilateral training event in Sierra del Retin, Spain, June 3, 2014. The training was conducted by the Spanish and American forces in an effort to demonstrate their commitment to military friendship, strategic partnership and regional and global security. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response and Spanish Marines from 1st Marine Landing Battalion conducted a bilateral training event in Sierra del Retin, Spain, June 3, 2014. The training was conducted by the Spanish and American forces in an effort to demonstrate their commitment to military friendship, strategic partnership and regional and global security. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

Photo by LCpl Alexander Hill

Spanish Marine Capt. Martin Morillo provides training on improvised explosive devices to U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response in Sierra del Retin, Spain, June 3, 2014. The training was conducted by the Spanish and American forces in an effort to demonstrate their commitment to military friendship, strategic partnership and regional and global security. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

Spanish Marine Capt. Martin Morillo provides training on improvised explosive devices to U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response in Sierra del Retin, Spain, June 3, 2014. The training was conducted by the Spanish and American forces in an effort to demonstrate their commitment to military friendship, strategic partnership and regional and global security. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

Photo by LCpl Alexander Hill

Spanish Marine Capt. Martin Morillo provides training on improvised explosive devices to U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response in Sierra del Retin, Spain, June 3, 2014. The training was conducted by the Spanish and American forces in an effort to demonstrate their commitment to military friendship, strategic partnership and regional and global security. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

Spanish Marine Capt. Martin Morillo provides training on improvised explosive devices to U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response in Sierra del Retin, Spain, June 3, 2014. The training was conducted by the Spanish and American forces in an effort to demonstrate their commitment to military friendship, strategic partnership and regional and global security. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. John Cooper, machine gunner, 2nd Platoon, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines, Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response sets up security during a bilateral training event with the Spanish 1st Marine Landing Battalion in Sierra Del Retin, Spain, June 3, 2014. The training was conducted by the Spanish and American forces in an effort to demonstrate their commitment to military friendship, strategic partnership and regional and global security. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. John Cooper, machine gunner, 2nd Platoon, Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 8th Marines, Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response sets up security during a bilateral training event with the Spanish 1st Marine Landing Battalion in Sierra Del Retin, Spain, June 3, 2014. The training was conducted by the Spanish and American forces in an effort to demonstrate their commitment to military friendship, strategic partnership and regional and global security. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

Photo by LCpl Alexander Hill

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response practice patrolling and movement techniques during a bilateral training event with Spanish Marines from 1st Marine Landing Battalion in Sierra del Retin, Spain, June 3, 2014. The training was conducted by the Spanish and American forces in an effort to demonstrate their commitment to military friendship, strategic partnership and regional and global security. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response practice patrolling and movement techniques during a bilateral training event with Spanish Marines from 1st Marine Landing Battalion in Sierra del Retin, Spain, June 3, 2014. The training was conducted by the Spanish and American forces in an effort to demonstrate their commitment to military friendship, strategic partnership and regional and global security. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

Photo by LCpl Alexander Hill

U.S. Marines of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response, Third Battalion Eight Marines, 2nd Platoon, Kilo Company, participate in a bilateral training exercise involving beach landing craft with the Spanish Marines in Sierra Del Retin, Spain, June 2, 2014. The bilateral training was conducted to further partnerships between SP-MAGTF CR and the European forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

U.S. Marines of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response, Third Battalion Eight Marines, 2nd Platoon, Kilo Company, participate in a bilateral training exercise involving beach landing craft with the Spanish Marines in Sierra Del Retin, Spain, June 2, 2014. The bilateral training was conducted to further partnerships between SP-MAGTF CR and the European forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

Photo by LCpl Alexander Hill

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response practice patrolling and movement techniques during a bilateral training event with Spanish Marines from 1st Marine Landing Battalion in Sierra del Retin, Spain, June 3, 2014 The training was conducted by the Spanish and American forces in an effort to demonstrate their commitment to military friendship, strategic partnership and regional and global security. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

U.S. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response practice patrolling and movement techniques during a bilateral training event with Spanish Marines from 1st Marine Landing Battalion in Sierra del Retin, Spain, June 3, 2014 The training was conducted by the Spanish and American forces in an effort to demonstrate their commitment to military friendship, strategic partnership and regional and global security. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

Photo by LCpl Alexander Hill

U.S. Marines of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response, Third Battalion Eight Marines, 2nd Platoon, Kilo Company, participate in a bilateral training exercise involving beach landing craft with the Spanish Marines in Sierra Del Retin, Spain, June 2, 2014. The bilateral training was conducted to further partnerships between SP-MAGTF CR and the European forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

U.S. Marines of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response, Third Battalion Eight Marines, 2nd Platoon, Kilo Company, participate in a bilateral training exercise involving beach landing craft with the Spanish Marines in Sierra Del Retin, Spain, June 2, 2014. The bilateral training was conducted to further partnerships between SP-MAGTF CR and the European forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

Photo by LCpl Alexander Hill

U.S. Marines of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response, Third Battalion Eight Marines, 2nd Platoon, Kilo Company, participate in a bilateral training exercise involving beach landing craft with the Spanish Marines in Sierra Del Retin, Spain, June 2, 2014. The bilateral training was conducted to further partnerships between SP-MAGTF CR and the European forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

U.S. Marines of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response, Third Battalion Eight Marines, 2nd Platoon, Kilo Company, participate in a bilateral training exercise involving beach landing craft with the Spanish Marines in Sierra Del Retin, Spain, June 2, 2014. The bilateral training was conducted to further partnerships between SP-MAGTF CR and the European forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

Photo by LCpl Alexander Hill

U.S. Marines of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response, Third Battalion Eight Marines, 2nd Platoon, Kilo Company, participate in a bilateral training exercise involving beach landing craft with the Spanish Marines in Sierra Del Retin, Spain, June 2, 2014. The bilateral training was conducted to further partnerships between SP-MAGTF CR and the European forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

U.S. Marines of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response, Third Battalion Eight Marines, 2nd Platoon, Kilo Company, participate in a bilateral training exercise involving beach landing craft with the Spanish Marines in Sierra Del Retin, Spain, June 2, 2014. The bilateral training was conducted to further partnerships between SP-MAGTF CR and the European forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexander Hill/Released)

Photo by LCpl Alexander Hill

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class James White, a corpsman with Black Sea Rotational Force 14, from 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, accurately fires an M2 .50 caliber heavy machine gun on target during exercise Agile Spirit aboard Vaziani Training Area, Georgia, June 11, 2014. Agile Spirit 14 is an annually-scheduled multilateral engagement hosted by Georgia that began in 2011 in order to strengthen the two countries by conducting brigade and battalion-level training engagements, to include small-unit interaction between the Marines and Georgians that demonstrates their commitments toward collective, global security. (Official Marine Corps motion imagery by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting, BSRF PAO/ Released)

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class James White, a corpsman with Black Sea Rotational Force 14, from 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, accurately fires an M2 .50 caliber heavy machine gun on target during exercise Agile Spirit aboard Vaziani Training Area, Georgia, June 11, 2014. Agile Spirit 14 is an annually-scheduled multilateral engagement hosted by Georgia that began in 2011 in order to strengthen the two countries by conducting brigade and battalion-level training engagements, to include small-unit interaction between the Marines and Georgians that demonstrates their commitments toward collective, global security. (Official Marine Corps motion imagery by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting, BSRF PAO/ Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiitng

Sergeant Timothy Carkhuff, an 81mm mortar section leader with Black Sea Rotational Force 14, from 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, precisely fires his M4 rifle on target during exercise Agile Spirit aboard Vaziani Training Area, Georgia, June 11, 2014. Agile Spirit 14 is an annually-scheduled multilateral engagement hosted by Georgia that began in 2011 in order to strengthen the two countries by conducting brigade and battalion-level training engagements, to include small-unit interaction between the Marines and Georgians that demonstrates their commitments toward collective, global security. (Official Marine Corps motion imagery by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting, BSRF PAO/ Released)

Sergeant Timothy Carkhuff, an 81mm mortar section leader with Black Sea Rotational Force 14, from 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, precisely fires his M4 rifle on target during exercise Agile Spirit aboard Vaziani Training Area, Georgia, June 11, 2014. Agile Spirit 14 is an annually-scheduled multilateral engagement hosted by Georgia that began in 2011 in order to strengthen the two countries by conducting brigade and battalion-level training engagements, to include small-unit interaction between the Marines and Georgians that demonstrates their commitments toward collective, global security. (Official Marine Corps motion imagery by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting, BSRF PAO/ Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiitng

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class James White, a corpsman with Black Sea Rotational Force 14, from 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, accurately fires an M2 .50 caliber heavy machine gun on target during exercise Agile Spirit aboard Vaziani Training Area, Georgia, June 11, 2014. Agile Spirit 14 is an annually-scheduled multilateral engagement hosted by Georgia that began in 2011 in order to strengthen the two countries by conducting brigade and battalion-level training engagements, to include small-unit interaction between the Marines and Georgians that demonstrates their commitments toward collective, global security. (Official Marine Corps motion imagery by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting, BSRF PAO/ Released)

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class James White, a corpsman with Black Sea Rotational Force 14, from 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, accurately fires an M2 .50 caliber heavy machine gun on target during exercise Agile Spirit aboard Vaziani Training Area, Georgia, June 11, 2014. Agile Spirit 14 is an annually-scheduled multilateral engagement hosted by Georgia that began in 2011 in order to strengthen the two countries by conducting brigade and battalion-level training engagements, to include small-unit interaction between the Marines and Georgians that demonstrates their commitments toward collective, global security. (Official Marine Corps motion imagery by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting, BSRF PAO/ Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiitng

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Joseph Wilhelm, right, fires an M2 .50 caliber heavy machine gun as Lance Cpl. Daniel Holt, left, assists. Both Marines are assigned to Black Sea Rotational Force 14 from 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, and were conducting a course of fire that also included the M4 service rifle and the M249 light machine gun during exercise Agile Spirit 14 at Vaziani Training Area, Georgia, June 11, 2014. This fourth iteration of the Agile Spirit exercise will run until 21 June, and includes live-fire training and a field exercise with both countries. The exercise is conducted with the Georgian Armed Forces within the Vaziani Training Area to increase partnership capacity and interoperability between the two nations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha A. Barajas, 2nd Marine Division, Combat Camera/ Released)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Joseph Wilhelm, right, fires an M2 .50 caliber heavy machine gun as Lance Cpl. Daniel Holt, left, assists. Both Marines are assigned to Black Sea Rotational Force 14 from 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, and were conducting a course of fire that also included the M4 service rifle and the M249 light machine gun during exercise Agile Spirit 14 at Vaziani Training Area, Georgia, June 11, 2014. This fourth iteration of the Agile Spirit exercise will run until 21 June, and includes live-fire training and a field exercise with both countries. The exercise is conducted with the Georgian Armed Forces within the Vaziani Training Area to increase partnership capacity and interoperability between the two nations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha A. Barajas, 2nd Marine Division, Combat Camera/ Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha A. Barajas

Lance Cpl. Kyle McNicholas, an infantryman with Black Sea Rotational Force 14 from 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, fires an AT-4 light anti-armor weapon during exercise Agile Spirit aboard Vaziani Training Area, Georgia, June 11, 2014. Agile Spirit 14 is an annually-scheduled multilateral engagement hosted by Georgia that began in 2011 in order to strengthen the two countries by conducting brigade and battalion-level training engagements, to include small-unit interaction between the Marines and Georgians that demonstrates their commitments toward collective, global security. (Official Marine Corps motion imagery by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting, BSRF PAO/ Released)

Lance Cpl. Kyle McNicholas, an infantryman with Black Sea Rotational Force 14 from 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, fires an AT-4 light anti-armor weapon during exercise Agile Spirit aboard Vaziani Training Area, Georgia, June 11, 2014. Agile Spirit 14 is an annually-scheduled multilateral engagement hosted by Georgia that began in 2011 in order to strengthen the two countries by conducting brigade and battalion-level training engagements, to include small-unit interaction between the Marines and Georgians that demonstrates their commitments toward collective, global security. (Official Marine Corps motion imagery by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiting, BSRF PAO/ Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Scott W. Whiitng

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Daniel Castro of Black Sea Rotational Force 14 from 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, sights in and fires his M4 service rifle on target during a live-fire exercise as part of exercise Agile Spirit 14 at Vaziani Training Area, Georgia, June 11, 2014. This fourth iteration of the Agile Spirit exercise will run until 21 June, and includes live-fire training and a field exercise with both countries. The exercise is conducted with the Georgian Armed Forces within the Vaziani Training Area to increase partnership capacity and interoperability between the two nations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha A. Barajas, 2nd Marine Division, Combat Camera/ Released)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Daniel Castro of Black Sea Rotational Force 14 from 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, sights in and fires his M4 service rifle on target during a live-fire exercise as part of exercise Agile Spirit 14 at Vaziani Training Area, Georgia, June 11, 2014. This fourth iteration of the Agile Spirit exercise will run until 21 June, and includes live-fire training and a field exercise with both countries. The exercise is conducted with the Georgian Armed Forces within the Vaziani Training Area to increase partnership capacity and interoperability between the two nations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha A. Barajas, 2nd Marine Division, Combat Camera/ Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha A. Barajas

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