United States Marine Corps

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Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Joseph Dunford, Jr., testifies during his Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing to become the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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A member of the Marines team participates in the Paralympic-style cycling event at the 2015 DOD Warrior Games at the Marine Corps Base in Quantico, Virginia, Sunday. The Games offer eight adaptive sports. (U.S. Marine Corps)

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In this Jan. 30, 1944, image provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Mariner Raiders capture a Japanese stronghold at Bougainville in the Solomon Islands. From now on, an elite branch of the U.S. Marine Corps will officially be known as Raiders, similar to names like Army Green Berets and Navy SEALs. The Marines will rename several special operations units Marine Raiders at a ceremony on Friday, June 19, 2015. The move resurrects a moniker used by famous World War II units that carried out risky amphibious and guerrilla operations. (AP Photo/U.S. Marine Corps, File)

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In this May 17, 2015, photo, smoke rises from a Marine Corps Osprey aircraft after making a hard landing near Bellows Air Force Station near Waimanalo, Hawaii. The fatal crash of the Marine Corps' new hybridized airplane-and-helicopter aircraft during a training exercise is renewing safety concerns about the machine. (Zane Dulin via AP)

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Debris rises as a Marine Corps Osprey aircraft makes a hard landing on Bellows Air Force Station near Waimanalo, Hawaii on Sunday. (Associated Press)

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A Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey comes in for a landing at Miami International Airport before a presidential visit, Wednesday, April 22, 2015, in Miami. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

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After a hitch in the Marine Corps in the 1960s, Scott Glenn tried his hand at acting for a little more a decade when the call came for "Apocalypse Now." (Associated Press)

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The Marine Corps' Infantry Officers’ Course at Twentynine Palms, Calif., March 21, 2012. (Image: Marine Corps)

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Maj. Eric Geyer, an F-18 Hornet instructor with Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1, and Capt. Kyle Haire, also an F-18 Hornet instructor with MAWTS-1, top left, and Maj. Clint Webber, the tactical aviation department head for MAWTS-1, bottom right, train in their aircraft during the spring Weapons and Tactics Instructors' Course at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., March 30. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. William Waterstreet)

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Maj. Norman Hatch, one of the Marine Corps' original combat photographers, broke ground in military cinematography by embedding with Marine units and filming them during combat.

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Maj. Norman Hatch, USMCR, (retired) one of the U.S. Marine Corps original combat cameramen, broke new ground in military cinematography by embedding with Marine units and filming them during combat. Maj. Norm Hatch, 5th Division, USMC, Iwo Jima, February 1945

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Maj. Norman Hatch, USMCR, (retired) one of the U.S. Marine Corps original combat cameramen, broke new ground in military cinematography by embedding with Marine units and filming them during combat. Maj. Norm Hatch, 5th Division, USMC, Iwo Jima, February 1945

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Maj. Norman Hatch, USMCR, (retired) one of the U.S. Marine Corps original combat cameramen, broke new ground in military cinematography by embedding with Marine units and filming them during combat. Maj. Norm Hatch, 5th Division, USMC, Iwo Jima, February 1945

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