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Photo by Cpl. Ella Cadby - U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Tyler Bassett, a combat graphics specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron (HHS), Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, and a native of Tampa, Florida, practices clearing a room during a Communication Strategy and Operations field training exercise on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, April 9, 2026. The COMMSTRAT FTX is a five-day event focused on increasing quick decision-making skills and tactical proficiency through high pressure environments to provide commanders with more capable COMMSTRAT forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ella Cadby)

A Combat Logistics Company 36 Marine fires an M1014 Joint Service Combat Shotgun at his target during shotgun training at Combined Arms Combat Training Center during Exercise Dragon Fire II at Camp Fuji, Japan, July 13, 2012. The M1014 is an Italian-made, semi-automatic, gas operated 12-gauge shotgun using the same automatic regulating gas operating technology as the M16 service rifle. - A Combat Logistics Company 36 Marine fires an M1014 Joint Service Combat Shotgun at his target during shotgun training at Combined Arms Combat Training Center during Exercise Dragon Fire II at Camp Fuji, Japan, July 13, 2012. The M1014 is an Italian-made, semi-automatic, gas operated 12-gauge shotgun using the same automatic regulating gas operating technology as the M16 service rifle.