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Marine students undergoing the Martial Arts Instructor Course review course material following a training session at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 4, 2015. The three-week long course will qualify its students to be Martial Arts instructors. The course’s development of endurance, strength, fighting ability and knowledge will benefit Marines for future operations in any location. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez/Released) - Marine students undergoing the Martial Arts Instructor Course review course material following a training session at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 4, 2015. The three-week long course will qualify its students to be Martial Arts instructors. The course’s development of endurance, strength, fighting ability and knowledge will benefit Marines for future operations in any location. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez/Released)

A sailor with 2nd Dental Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group practices bayonet techniques during a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program course aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 11, 2015. The MCMAP course was part of a week-long training event where the sailors also conducted combat lifesaving and tactical casualty care training. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Chelsea D. Toombs/Released) - A sailor with 2nd Dental Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group practices bayonet techniques during a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program course aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 11, 2015. The MCMAP course was part of a week-long training event where the sailors also conducted combat lifesaving and tactical casualty care training. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Chelsea D. Toombs/Released)

(From left to right) Cpls. Jacob Rooney and Robert Schukar, a Regimental Combat Team 1 field wireman and the RCT-1 administrative non-commissioned officer, heave “Lola” along an exercise circuit here, June 21. Rooney, from Rochester Mills, Mich.; Schukar, from Snohomish, Wash.; and nine other students here labored with Lola, a 200-pound tire, each day during the an 18-day Marine Corps Martial Arts Program Instructor Course. Schukar earned the class’ “Gung-Ho” award for motivation. - (From left to right) Cpls. Jacob Rooney and Robert Schukar, a Regimental Combat Team 1 field wireman and the RCT-1 administrative non-commissioned officer, heave “Lola” along an exercise circuit here, June 21. Rooney, from Rochester Mills, Mich.; Schukar, from Snohomish, Wash.; and nine other students here labored with Lola, a 200-pound tire, each day during the an 18-day Marine Corps Martial Arts Program Instructor Course. Schukar earned the class’ “Gung-Ho” award for motivation.