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Photo illustration featuring a profile shot and still from video during the rescue - Christian Hankins, a poolee from Marine Recruiting Station Frederick, Recruiting Substation Leesburg, Virginia, saved a disabled man’s life during a flood, October 11. Hankins said without the skills he learned during physical training with his recruiting station, he doesn’t know how he would have been able to save the man. Hankins used the fireman carry, a carry used during a Marine Combat Fitness Test, to get the man to safety.

Varsity lacrosse players from Washington and Lee University execute the ammo can lift portion of the combat fitness test, under the watchful eyes of Marines from Officer Selection Station Roanoke, Sept. 30, 2013. The men’s and women’s teams are in their training season, and used the event as a break from their normal training routine and as a chance to be introduced to the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Aaron Diamant/Released) - Varsity lacrosse players from Washington and Lee University execute the ammo can lift portion of the combat fitness test, under the watchful eyes of Marines from Officer Selection Station Roanoke, Sept. 30, 2013. The men’s and women’s teams are in their training season, and used the event as a break from their normal training routine and as a chance to be introduced to the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Aaron Diamant/Released)