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Staff Sgt. Rafael Garcialopez, right, passes Marine Corps Martial Arts Program fundamentals and knowledge to his squad Nov. 21, Kin Blue, Okinawa, during the culminating event for Marine Corps Martial Arts Instructor course class 1-15. MCMAP focuses on real life hand-to-hand combat survival techniques that also include leadership tie inns that help build confidence and leadership in the Marines. The culminating event pushed the Marines and sailor to their limits mentally and physically while challenging them with MCMAP fundamentals. The Marines and sailor in the course trained for three weeks in order to earn their instructor tab. After earning their tab, they now have the ability to practice and teach the disciplines and lessons they learned from the course. The course was run by Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installation Pacific-Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, Japan. Garcialopez is martial arts instructor-trainer and chief instructor for the course. - Staff Sgt. Rafael Garcialopez, right, passes Marine Corps Martial Arts Program fundamentals and knowledge to his squad Nov. 21, Kin Blue, Okinawa, during the culminating event for Marine Corps Martial Arts Instructor course class 1-15. MCMAP focuses on real life hand-to-hand combat survival techniques that also include leadership tie inns that help build confidence and leadership in the Marines. The culminating event pushed the Marines and sailor to their limits mentally and physically while challenging them with MCMAP fundamentals. The Marines and sailor in the course trained for three weeks in order to earn their instructor tab. After earning their tab, they now have the ability to practice and teach the disciplines and lessons they learned from the course. The course was run by Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installation Pacific-Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, Japan. Garcialopez is martial arts instructor-trainer and chief instructor for the course.

From left to right, Caroline B. Kennedy, Edwin Schlossberg, Alfred R. Magleby and Lt. Gen. John Wissler greet distinguished guests while participating in a memorial ceremony June 23 at the Okinawa Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa, Japan. Distinguished guests in attendance included Hirokazu Nakaima, the governor of Okinawa, and Shinzo Abe, the prime minister of Japan. The memorial service fostered the ongoing positive relationship between the two nations. Kennedy is the U.S. ambassador to Japan and daughter of the 35th president of the U.S., John F. Kennedy. Schlossberg is an author and husband of Kennedy. Magleby is the U.S. consul general, Naha. Wissler is the commanding general of III Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Joey S. Holeman, Jr./Released) - From left to right, Caroline B. Kennedy, Edwin Schlossberg, Alfred R. Magleby and Lt. Gen. John Wissler greet distinguished guests while participating in a memorial ceremony June 23 at the Okinawa Peace Memorial Park in Itoman, Okinawa, Japan. Distinguished guests in attendance included Hirokazu Nakaima, the governor of Okinawa, and Shinzo Abe, the prime minister of Japan. The memorial service fostered the ongoing positive relationship between the two nations. Kennedy is the U.S. ambassador to Japan and daughter of the 35th president of the U.S., John F. Kennedy. Schlossberg is an author and husband of Kennedy. Magleby is the U.S. consul general, Naha. Wissler is the commanding general of III Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Joey S. Holeman, Jr./Released)

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