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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.

MCSC teams with Marines to build world’s first continuous 3D-printed concrete barracks - Marines from I Marine Expeditionary Force monitor the computer while the world's largest concrete 3D printer constructs a 500-square-foot barracks hut at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center in Champaign, Illinois. Marine Corps Systems Command conducted the field user evaluation in mid-August to inform future requirements for cutting-edge technology and autonomous systems. (Courtesy photo)

Marines and students with the Summer Leadership and Character Development Academy pose for a group photo in front of the Lincoln Memorial in the District of Columbia, July 17, 2018. Students accepted into the academy were hand-selected by a board of Marines who look to find attendees with similar character traits as Marines. Inspired by the Marine Corps' third promise of developing quality citizens, the program was designed to challenge and develop the nation's top-performing high school students so they could return to their communities more confident, selfless and better equipped to improve the lives of those around them. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. John A. Martinez Jr.) - Marines and students with the Summer Leadership and Character Development Academy pose for a group photo in front of the Lincoln Memorial in the District of Columbia, July 17, 2018. Students accepted into the academy were hand-selected by a board of Marines who look to find attendees with similar character traits as Marines. Inspired by the Marine Corps' third promise of developing quality citizens, the program was designed to challenge and develop the nation's top-performing high school students so they could return to their communities more confident, selfless and better equipped to improve the lives of those around them. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. John A. Martinez Jr.)

The workshop participants were able to see an inside look at the career of a Marine Corps Musician. Beginning at the Naval School of Music in Norfolk, Virginia, where Marine Musicians go to school immediately following recruit training and Marine Combat Training. The next stop took the workshop to the Quantico, Virginia where they participated in a band rehearsal, and saw the musicians participate in a change of command ceremony. The educators also had the opportunity to attend a rehearsal and performance of the United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps also known as the Commandant's Own at Marine Barracks Washington. The final event was took place at Marine Barracks Washington, where they observed the Evening Parade, which features the Marine Corps’ premiere bands, the President’s Own United States Marine Corps Band and the Drum and Bugle Corps. - Marines and Educators toured Sousa Hall, in Washington D.C. during Fourth Marine Corps District’s Music Educators Workshop July 10-14, 2018.

Parris Island, S.C. - U.S Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Austin E. Renforth hands the regimental colors to U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. James F. Glynn during a change of command ceremony June 15, 2018 on Parris Island, S.C. The passing of the colors represents the passing of command from one commander to the next. Glynn came to Parris Island after serving as the Deputy Commanding General of Special Operations Joint Task Force, Operation Inherent Resolve (Forward) in Baghdad, Iraq. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Dana Beesley/Released)