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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jacari Williams, a New Orleans native and personnel chief stationed on Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz, gives water to a Guam Green Bay Packers football player, April 10, 2024. Williams in his free time helps coach the Guam Green Bay Packers, a youth football group, to inspire them to find success in life with what he teaches through football. “The kids push through,” said Williams. “They already deal with adversity in their everyday lives so football is an outlet for them to express themselves and find some success in doing the right thing while making their family proud at the same time.” (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Rey Moreno Marilao)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jacari Williams, a New Orleans native and personnel chief stationed on Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz, gives water to a Guam Green Bay Packers football player, April 10, 2024. Williams in his free time helps coach the Guam Green Bay Packers, a youth football group, to inspire them to find success in life with what he teaches through football. “The kids push through,” said Williams. “They already deal with adversity in their everyday lives so football is an outlet for them to express themselves and find some success in doing the right thing while making their family proud at the same time.” (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Rey Moreno Marilao)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Rey Moreno Marilao

U.S. Marines stationed at Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz and Uriah Perez, community liaison specialist at MCB Camp Blaz, pose with Finegayan Elementary School principal Mrs. Garcia Marites at Finegayan Elementary School, March 1, 2024. U.S. Marines and Mr. Perez from MCB Camp Blaz came together to promote healthy academic growth through constructive feedback and volunteer as part of the sister school partnership program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Rey Moreno Marilao)

U.S. Marines stationed at Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz and Uriah Perez, community liaison specialist at MCB Camp Blaz, pose with Finegayan Elementary School principal Mrs. Garcia Marites at Finegayan Elementary School, March 1, 2024. U.S. Marines and Mr. Perez from MCB Camp Blaz came together to promote healthy academic growth through constructive feedback and volunteer as part of the sister school partnership program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Rey Moreno Marilao)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Rey Moreno Marilao

From left to right, Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz staff Leanah Oledan, a recreation assistant, Raelene Tajalle, the Marine Corps Community Services semper fit director, and Brandon Salas, a recreation assistant, pose in front of MCB Camp Blaz’s High Intensity Tactical Training center located on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, April 15, 2024. MCB Camp Blaz is focusing on the health and readiness of the Marines and Sailors, setting the standards for future units to come. (Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Little)

From left to right, Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz staff Leanah Oledan, a recreation assistant, Raelene Tajalle, the Marine Corps Community Services semper fit director, and Brandon Salas, a recreation assistant, pose in front of MCB Camp Blaz’s High Intensity Tactical Training center located on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, April 15, 2024. MCB Camp Blaz is focusing on the health and readiness of the Marines and Sailors, setting the standards for future units to come. (Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Little)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Little

Maj. John R. Lizama, newly promoted supervisory police officer with Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz, poses with family after his promotion to the rank of major on Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station, Guam, Feb. 27, 2024. Maj. Lizama was promoted due to his exemplary performance of maintaining and applying advanced knowledge of law enforcement, physical security, and anti-terrorism to ensure the operations section of the provost marshal office is always ready to respond. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Little)

Maj. John R. Lizama, newly promoted supervisory police officer with Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz, poses with family after his promotion to the rank of major on Naval Computer and Telecommunications Station, Guam, Feb. 27, 2024. Maj. Lizama was promoted due to his exemplary performance of maintaining and applying advanced knowledge of law enforcement, physical security, and anti-terrorism to ensure the operations section of the provost marshal office is always ready to respond. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Little)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Little

U.S. Marines stationed on Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz check their gas mask for a proper seal in the gas chamber on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, March 27, 2024. Marines with MCB Camp Blaz conducted a gas chamber exercise to maintain readiness and familiarity of equipment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Little)

U.S. Marines stationed on Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz check their gas mask for a proper seal in the gas chamber on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, March 27, 2024. Marines with MCB Camp Blaz conducted a gas chamber exercise to maintain readiness and familiarity of equipment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Little)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Little

Toni ‘Malia’ Ramirez, Guam historian, performs a CHamoru ritual at Sabånan Fadang on Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz, April 5, 2024. The Guam State Historic Preservation Office hosted a reinterment ritual aboard MCB Camp Blaz for the reinterment of ancestral bone fragments found during cultural resource investigations in Sabånan Fadang. During the construction of the Blaz main cantonment, archeologists discovered five sites each with at least one burial dating to the Latte Period. All CHamoru burials at Sabånan Fadang were preserved in place. The bone fragments, discovered outside of a burial context, were wrapped in muslin and placed in woven baskets before being reinterred amongst the burials. (Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Little)

Toni ‘Malia’ Ramirez, Guam historian, performs a CHamoru ritual at Sabånan Fadang on Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz, April 5, 2024. The Guam State Historic Preservation Office hosted a reinterment ritual aboard MCB Camp Blaz for the reinterment of ancestral bone fragments found during cultural resource investigations in Sabånan Fadang. During the construction of the Blaz main cantonment, archeologists discovered five sites each with at least one burial dating to the Latte Period. All CHamoru burials at Sabånan Fadang were preserved in place. The bone fragments, discovered outside of a burial context, were wrapped in muslin and placed in woven baskets before being reinterred amongst the burials. (Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Little)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Little

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Carlos Ruiz, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, speaks with the Honorable Lourdes Leon Guerrero, the Governor of Guam, during a visit to her office in Hagåtña, Guam, April 16, 2024. Ruiz visited Guam and Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz to oversee the progress of the base, better understand the tactical positioning of Marines in the INDOPACIFIC, and tour the facilities available on MCB Camp Blaz. “There’s no better service than the United States Marine Corps to be here, to be ready to pivot from this place…[for] anything that’s needed by any combatant commander,” said Ruiz. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Little)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Carlos Ruiz, Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, speaks with the Honorable Lourdes Leon Guerrero, the Governor of Guam, during a visit to her office in Hagåtña, Guam, April 16, 2024. Ruiz visited Guam and Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz to oversee the progress of the base, better understand the tactical positioning of Marines in the INDOPACIFIC, and tour the facilities available on MCB Camp Blaz. “There’s no better service than the United States Marine Corps to be here, to be ready to pivot from this place…[for] anything that’s needed by any combatant commander,” said Ruiz. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Little)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Little

From left to right, Albert Borja, environmental director for Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz, talks about the historical significance of the Sabånan Fadang site with the Honorable David Apatang, Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands; Guam Youth Lt. Gov. Molly Shae Dela Cruz; and the Honorable Joshua Tenorio, Lieutenant Governor of Guam, on MCB Camp Blaz, Guam, April 19, 2024. The Lieutenant Governors visited MCB Camp Blaz to better understand the future, Marine Corps presence on Guam. During the tour, the group visited the Main Cantonment and the Live Fire Training Range Complex to not only see where the Marines would live, work, and train, but to discuss cultural and natural resource protection and future civilian job growth. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Little)

From left to right, Albert Borja, environmental director for Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz, talks about the historical significance of the Sabånan Fadang site with the Honorable David Apatang, Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands; Guam Youth Lt. Gov. Molly Shae Dela Cruz; and the Honorable Joshua Tenorio, Lieutenant Governor of Guam, on MCB Camp Blaz, Guam, April 19, 2024. The Lieutenant Governors visited MCB Camp Blaz to better understand the future, Marine Corps presence on Guam. During the tour, the group visited the Main Cantonment and the Live Fire Training Range Complex to not only see where the Marines would live, work, and train, but to discuss cultural and natural resource protection and future civilian job growth. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Little)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Little

U.S. Marines, Sailors, and Airmen recite the Non-Commissioned Officer creed during a corporal's course graduation ceremony held by Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz in Guam, Feb. 9, 2024. Corporal's Course is designed to provide general military knowledge to Marines as well as instill confidence and strength to lead other Marines as a Non-Commissioned Officer. The Corporal's Course held by Camp Blaz was available to all service members on Guam, providing interservice professional military education. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Little)

U.S. Marines, Sailors, and Airmen recite the Non-Commissioned Officer creed during a corporal's course graduation ceremony held by Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz in Guam, Feb. 9, 2024. Corporal's Course is designed to provide general military knowledge to Marines as well as instill confidence and strength to lead other Marines as a Non-Commissioned Officer. The Corporal's Course held by Camp Blaz was available to all service members on Guam, providing interservice professional military education. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Little)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Little

U.S. Marines Corps Sgt. Kendell Jones, the manpower clerk stationed on Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz, applies a tourniquet to Cpl. Enrique Sandoval, a food service specialist with MCB Camp Blaz, during a Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) course on MCB Camp Blaz, Guam, Feb. 22, 2024. TCCC is a joint standardized certification being implemented within the Marine Corps to provide non-medical personnel with the medical skills necessary to ensure lifesaving treatment can be rendered in the absence of a Corpsman and improve the survivability of those wounded or injured in combat. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Little)

U.S. Marines Corps Sgt. Kendell Jones, the manpower clerk stationed on Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz, applies a tourniquet to Cpl. Enrique Sandoval, a food service specialist with MCB Camp Blaz, during a Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) course on MCB Camp Blaz, Guam, Feb. 22, 2024. TCCC is a joint standardized certification being implemented within the Marine Corps to provide non-medical personnel with the medical skills necessary to ensure lifesaving treatment can be rendered in the absence of a Corpsman and improve the survivability of those wounded or injured in combat. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Little)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Little

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Andrea Rosembert, the administrative non-commissioned officer for Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz, grades a student from Southern High School’s Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program during their inspection as part of an island-wide JROTC drill meet in Dededo, Guam, Feb. 17, 2024. Okkodo High School held the drill competition with active duty service members serving as judges to evaluate each school’s performance in unarmed, armed, and color guard competitions with both regulation and exhibition routines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Little)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Andrea Rosembert, the administrative non-commissioned officer for Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz, grades a student from Southern High School’s Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program during their inspection as part of an island-wide JROTC drill meet in Dededo, Guam, Feb. 17, 2024. Okkodo High School held the drill competition with active duty service members serving as judges to evaluate each school’s performance in unarmed, armed, and color guard competitions with both regulation and exhibition routines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Little)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Little

U.S. Marines with Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz revisited a bus stop originally painted in 2021 to revitalize its color and design Dededo, Guam, Feb. 5, 2024. MCB Camp Blaz partnered with the Dededo Mayor’s Office to touch up the bus stop across from its current home on NCTS Guam as one of its island beautification Projects. Community service and volunteer events allow service members to build and foster relationships with the community while also giving back to it. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by LCpl. Ryan Little)

U.S. Marines with Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz revisited a bus stop originally painted in 2021 to revitalize its color and design Dededo, Guam, Feb. 5, 2024. MCB Camp Blaz partnered with the Dededo Mayor’s Office to touch up the bus stop across from its current home on NCTS Guam as one of its island beautification Projects. Community service and volunteer events allow service members to build and foster relationships with the community while also giving back to it. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by LCpl. Ryan Little)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Little

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers with the 368th military police company fire rounds on Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz, Guam, Sept. 25, 2023. The Marine Corps’ Program Manager for Training Systems will conduct target calibration from Sept. 25 to Oct. 27 and testing from Dec. 4-15. Two of four ranges at the Live Fire Training Range Complex will be equipped with new technology that provide more efficient and effective combat marksmanship training to support combat readiness. The live-fire location of miss and hit or LOMAH technology, replaces the human element of observing and marking targets. The calibration and testing are to ensure that the LOMAH system is working properly. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Garrett Gillespie)

U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers with the 368th military police company fire rounds on Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz, Guam, Sept. 25, 2023. The Marine Corps’ Program Manager for Training Systems will conduct target calibration from Sept. 25 to Oct. 27 and testing from Dec. 4-15. Two of four ranges at the Live Fire Training Range Complex will be equipped with new technology that provide more efficient and effective combat marksmanship training to support combat readiness. The live-fire location of miss and hit or LOMAH technology, replaces the human element of observing and marking targets. The calibration and testing are to ensure that the LOMAH system is working properly. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Garrett Gillespie)

Photo by LCpl. Garrett Gillespie

U.S. Marines with the Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz communication section conduct a hike on MCB Camp Blaz, Guam, Jan. 12, 2024. The Marines stepped off on a section level hike to maintain physical readiness and boost section morale. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Garrett Gillespie)

U.S. Marines with the Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz communication section conduct a hike on MCB Camp Blaz, Guam, Jan. 12, 2024. The Marines stepped off on a section level hike to maintain physical readiness and boost section morale. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Garrett Gillespie)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Garrett Gillespie

U.S. Marines stationed on Guam run past the village of Piti in Guam during a 248-mile run as part of a celebration of the upcoming Marine Corps 248th Birthday, Nov. 8, 2023. The run began at the Southern Invasion Beach where Marines with the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade landed during the Battle of Guam on July 21, 1944. Participants also ran past Asan Beach where Marines with 3rd Marine Division landed during the battle. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Rubin J. Tan)

U.S. Marines stationed on Guam run past the village of Piti in Guam during a 248-mile run as part of a celebration of the upcoming Marine Corps 248th Birthday, Nov. 8, 2023. The run began at the Southern Invasion Beach where Marines with the 1st Provisional Marine Brigade landed during the Battle of Guam on July 21, 1944. Participants also ran past Asan Beach where Marines with 3rd Marine Division landed during the battle. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Rubin J. Tan)

Photo by Gunnery Sgt. Rubin Tan

U.S. Marines assigned to the Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz color guard present arms as the National Anthem is played during the 248th Marine Corps birthday ball held in Tumon, Guam, Nov. 10, 2023. The Marine Corps birthday ceremony honors the history, legacy and traditions passed down from generation to generation since the founding of the Corps on Nov. 10, 1775. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Rubin J. Tan)

U.S. Marines assigned to the Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz color guard present arms as the National Anthem is played during the 248th Marine Corps birthday ball held in Tumon, Guam, Nov. 10, 2023. The Marine Corps birthday ceremony honors the history, legacy and traditions passed down from generation to generation since the founding of the Corps on Nov. 10, 1775. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Rubin J. Tan)

Photo by Gunnery Sgt. Rubin Tan

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Tylerruben Salas, small arms repair technician for Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz, conducts rifle, pre-fire inspections before shooting on Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz, Guam, Sept. 25, 2023. The Marine Corps’ Program Manager for Training Systems will conduct target calibration from Sept. 25 to Oct. 27 and testing from Dec. 4-15. Two of four ranges at the Live Fire Training Range Complex will be equipped with new technology that provide more efficient and effective combat marksmanship training to support combat readiness. The live-fire location of miss and hit or LOMAH technology, replaces the human element of observing and marking targets. The calibration and testing are to ensure that the LOMAH system is working properly. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Garrett Gillespie)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Tylerruben Salas, small arms repair technician for Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz, conducts rifle, pre-fire inspections before shooting on Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz, Guam, Sept. 25, 2023. The Marine Corps’ Program Manager for Training Systems will conduct target calibration from Sept. 25 to Oct. 27 and testing from Dec. 4-15. Two of four ranges at the Live Fire Training Range Complex will be equipped with new technology that provide more efficient and effective combat marksmanship training to support combat readiness. The live-fire location of miss and hit or LOMAH technology, replaces the human element of observing and marking targets. The calibration and testing are to ensure that the LOMAH system is working properly. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Garrett Gillespie)

Photo by LCpl. Garrett Gillespie

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Daniel A. Soto, sergeant major for Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz, left, Lt. Gen. Edward D. Banta, deputy commandant of Installations and Logistics, center, and Col. Ernest Govea, commanding officer for MCB Camp Blaz, right, pose for a photo during Lt. Gen. Banta’s visit to MCB Camp Blaz, Guam, Sept. 11, 2023. As the Marine Corps adapts to the demands of all-domain battlefields, advancements in technology, and the challenges of peer and near-peer competition, Force Design 2030 places an emphasis on installations and their role in supporting the Marine Corps' warfighting concepts than in recent past. Lt. Gen. Banta spoke to the Marines about the future of MCB Camp Blaz and gave Marines an opportunity to ask questions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Garrett Gillespie)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Daniel A. Soto, sergeant major for Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz, left, Lt. Gen. Edward D. Banta, deputy commandant of Installations and Logistics, center, and Col. Ernest Govea, commanding officer for MCB Camp Blaz, right, pose for a photo during Lt. Gen. Banta’s visit to MCB Camp Blaz, Guam, Sept. 11, 2023. As the Marine Corps adapts to the demands of all-domain battlefields, advancements in technology, and the challenges of peer and near-peer competition, Force Design 2030 places an emphasis on installations and their role in supporting the Marine Corps' warfighting concepts than in recent past. Lt. Gen. Banta spoke to the Marines about the future of MCB Camp Blaz and gave Marines an opportunity to ask questions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Garrett Gillespie)

Photo by LCpl. Garrett Gillespie

Ahead of opening the Mason Live-Fire Training Range Complex (LFTRC), located at Northwest Field, Yigo, the Marine Corps’ Program Manager for Training Systems will conduct target calibration from Sept. 25 to Oct. 27 and Dec. 4-15. As currently planned, calibration and testing will not take place in the evenings or on weekends. This will be the first, live-fire activity at the LFTRC and will trigger the establishment of a safety buffer area to ensure public safety while the ranges are in use.

Ahead of opening the Mason Live-Fire Training Range Complex (LFTRC), located at Northwest Field, Yigo, the Marine Corps’ Program Manager for Training Systems will conduct target calibration from Sept. 25 to Oct. 27 and Dec. 4-15. As currently planned, calibration and testing will not take place in the evenings or on weekends. This will be the first, live-fire activity at the LFTRC and will trigger the establishment of a safety buffer area to ensure public safety while the ranges are in use.

Photo by Diann Rosenfeld

Military leaders pay their respects after laying wreaths during the 9/11 ceremony at Two Lovers Point in Tamuning, Guam, Sept. 11, 2023. The ceremony consisted of the laying of wreaths in remembrance of the nearly 3,000 lives lost on the tragic day of Sept. 11, 2001. This year marks the 22nd anniversary. Members of Guam government, first responders, and military leaders gathered to remember and share their stories of that day. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Garrett Gillespie)

Military leaders pay their respects after laying wreaths during the 9/11 ceremony at Two Lovers Point in Tamuning, Guam, Sept. 11, 2023. The ceremony consisted of the laying of wreaths in remembrance of the nearly 3,000 lives lost on the tragic day of Sept. 11, 2001. This year marks the 22nd anniversary. Members of Guam government, first responders, and military leaders gathered to remember and share their stories of that day. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Garrett Gillespie)

Photo by LCpl. Garrett Gillespie

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