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Norway Army Maj. Gen. Anders Jernberg, commander of the Norwegian Defense Logistics Organization, listens to a capabilities brief with U.S. Marine Corps Col. David Merles, commanding officer of Blount Island Command, during a visit Feb. 27, 2026, at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida, during a visit focused on Arctic prepositioning and NATO readiness in the High North. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)

Norway Army Maj. Gen. Anders Jernberg, commander of the Norwegian Defense Logistics Organization, listens to a capabilities brief with U.S. Marine Corps Col. David Merles, commanding officer of Blount Island Command, during a visit Feb. 27, 2026, at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida, during a visit focused on Arctic prepositioning and NATO readiness in the High North. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)

Photo by Dustin Senger

Norway Army Maj. Gen. Anders Jernberg, commander of the Norwegian Defense Logistics Organization, speaks with U.S. Marine Corps Col. David Merles, commanding officer of Blount Island Command, during a visit Feb. 27, 2026, to Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida, to discuss Arctic prepositioning, forward sustainment and NATO readiness in the High North. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)

Norway Army Maj. Gen. Anders Jernberg, commander of the Norwegian Defense Logistics Organization, speaks with U.S. Marine Corps Col. David Merles, commanding officer of Blount Island Command, during a visit Feb. 27, 2026, to Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida, to discuss Arctic prepositioning, forward sustainment and NATO readiness in the High North. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)

Photo by Dustin Senger

Norway Army Maj. Gen. Anders Jernberg, commander of the Norwegian Defense Logistics Organization, discuses crane operations with Deatra Thompson, contracted captain of the USNS Dahl, while aboard the maritime prepositioning ship Feb. 27, 2026, at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida. The visit highlighted Arctic prepositioning and allied sustainment supporting NATO readiness in the High North. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)

Norway Army Maj. Gen. Anders Jernberg, commander of the Norwegian Defense Logistics Organization, discuses crane operations with Deatra Thompson, contracted captain of the USNS Dahl, while aboard the maritime prepositioning ship Feb. 27, 2026, at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida. The visit highlighted Arctic prepositioning and allied sustainment supporting NATO readiness in the High North. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)

Photo by Dustin Senger

Retired Marine Corps Maj. Thurman Bobbett, head of the maintenance branch at Blount Island Command, leads Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps students through corrective and preventive procedures inside a warehouse Feb. 23, 2026, at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, Florida. Gunnery Sgt. John Lambert, who completed Officer Candidates School and is scheduled to commission as a second lieutenant after earning his degree in December, walks beside Midshipman 4th Class Chance Anderson of Warner Robins, Georgia. (Official Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)

Retired Marine Corps Maj. Thurman Bobbett, head of the maintenance branch at Blount Island Command, leads Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps students through corrective and preventive procedures inside a warehouse Feb. 23, 2026, at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, Florida. Gunnery Sgt. John Lambert, who completed Officer Candidates School and is scheduled to commission as a second lieutenant after earning his degree in December, walks beside Midshipman 4th Class Chance Anderson of Warner Robins, Georgia. (Official Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)

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Midshipman 2nd Class Caedon Hampton of Groveland, Florida, listens as Marine Corps Sgt. Elizabeth Diazpilier of New York City explains the rope obstacle during a Blount Island Command-hosted demonstration Feb. 23, 2026, at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, Florida. The event highlighted combat fitness and leadership development expected of future Marine officers. (Official Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)

Midshipman 2nd Class Caedon Hampton of Groveland, Florida, listens as Marine Corps Sgt. Elizabeth Diazpilier of New York City explains the rope obstacle during a Blount Island Command-hosted demonstration Feb. 23, 2026, at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, Florida. The event highlighted combat fitness and leadership development expected of future Marine officers. (Official Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)

Photo by Dustin Senger

Retired Marine Corps Maj. Thurman Bobbett, head of the maintenance branch at Blount Island Command, explains corrective and preventive procedures Feb. 23, 2026, inside a warehouse at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, Florida. Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps students observed how equipment is prepared for global deployment. (Official Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)

Retired Marine Corps Maj. Thurman Bobbett, head of the maintenance branch at Blount Island Command, explains corrective and preventive procedures Feb. 23, 2026, inside a warehouse at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, Florida. Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps students observed how equipment is prepared for global deployment. (Official Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)

Photo by Dustin Senger

Midshipman 2nd Class Caedon Hampton of Groveland, Florida, listens as retired Marine Corps Maj. Thurman Bobbett, head of the maintenance branch at Blount Island Command, explains corrective and preventive procedures Feb. 23, 2026, inside a warehouse at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, Florida. Students toured the installation to observe lifecycle sustainment of Marine Corps prepositioned equipment. (Official Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)

Midshipman 2nd Class Caedon Hampton of Groveland, Florida, listens as retired Marine Corps Maj. Thurman Bobbett, head of the maintenance branch at Blount Island Command, explains corrective and preventive procedures Feb. 23, 2026, inside a warehouse at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, Florida. Students toured the installation to observe lifecycle sustainment of Marine Corps prepositioned equipment. (Official Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)

Photo by Dustin Senger

Deatra Thompson, a contracted ship captain, delivers an operations brief on the bridge of the USNS Dahl during a Blount Island Command-hosted tour Feb. 23, 2026, at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, Florida. Students learned how forward-positioned maritime prepositioning ships enable expeditionary operations and global readiness. (Official Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)

Deatra Thompson, a contracted ship captain, delivers an operations brief on the bridge of the USNS Dahl during a Blount Island Command-hosted tour Feb. 23, 2026, at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, Florida. Students learned how forward-positioned maritime prepositioning ships enable expeditionary operations and global readiness. (Official Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)

Photo by Dustin Senger

Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps students listen during a corrective and preventive procedures overview with retired Marine Corps Maj. Thurman Bobbett, head of the maintenance branch at Blount Island Command, inside a warehouse Feb. 23, 2026, at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, Florida. The visit provided midshipmen firsthand exposure to how Marine Corps equipment is maintained and staged for expeditionary operations. (Official Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)

Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps students listen during a corrective and preventive procedures overview with retired Marine Corps Maj. Thurman Bobbett, head of the maintenance branch at Blount Island Command, inside a warehouse Feb. 23, 2026, at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, Florida. The visit provided midshipmen firsthand exposure to how Marine Corps equipment is maintained and staged for expeditionary operations. (Official Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)

Photo by Dustin Senger

Midshipman 4th Class Chance Anderson of Warner Robins, Georgia, walks through a maintenance warehouse during a Blount Island Command-hosted tour Feb. 23, 2026, at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, Florida. Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps students traveled nearly three hours from Tallahassee to observe how Marine Corps prepositioned equipment is maintained and prepared for global deployment. (Official Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)

Midshipman 4th Class Chance Anderson of Warner Robins, Georgia, walks through a maintenance warehouse during a Blount Island Command-hosted tour Feb. 23, 2026, at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, Florida. Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps students traveled nearly three hours from Tallahassee to observe how Marine Corps prepositioned equipment is maintained and prepared for global deployment. (Official Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)

Photo by Dustin Senger

Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps students walk aboard the USNS Dahl during a Blount Island Command-hosted tour Feb. 23, 2026, at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, Florida. The visit highlighted maritime prepositioning operations that support global readiness. (Official Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)

Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps students walk aboard the USNS Dahl during a Blount Island Command-hosted tour Feb. 23, 2026, at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, Florida. The visit highlighted maritime prepositioning operations that support global readiness. (Official Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)

Photo by Dustin Senger

Retired Navy Chief Warrant Officer 5 Cary Carrigan, a contracted logistics specialist at Blount Island Command, briefs Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps students Feb. 23, 2026, at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, Florida, on shipyard operations and the Improved Navy Lighterage System, a modular ferry system that enables ship-to-shore cargo movement in austere environments. (Official Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)

Retired Navy Chief Warrant Officer 5 Cary Carrigan, a contracted logistics specialist at Blount Island Command, briefs Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps students Feb. 23, 2026, at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, Florida, on shipyard operations and the Improved Navy Lighterage System, a modular ferry system that enables ship-to-shore cargo movement in austere environments. (Official Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)

Photo by Dustin Senger

Midshipman 2nd Class Caedon Hampton of Groveland, Florida, navigates an obstacle during a Blount Island Command-hosted demonstration Feb. 23, 2026, at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, Florida. The event reinforced the physical standards and leadership expectations required of future Marine officers. (Official Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)

Midshipman 2nd Class Caedon Hampton of Groveland, Florida, navigates an obstacle during a Blount Island Command-hosted demonstration Feb. 23, 2026, at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, Florida. The event reinforced the physical standards and leadership expectations required of future Marine officers. (Official Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)

Photo by Dustin Senger

Retired U.S. Navy Capt. Ed Turner, executive director of the National POW/MIA Memorial and Museum, center, assists a restoration team Feb. 12, 2026, with a restored S-3 Viking inside a hangar at Cecil Field in Jacksonville, Florida. Marines assigned to Blount Island Command laid aluminum expeditionary airfield matting, which was drawn from prepositioning sets at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, to support the aircraft’s movement to the memorial’s developing Legacy Plaza. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)

Retired U.S. Navy Capt. Ed Turner, executive director of the National POW/MIA Memorial and Museum, center, assists a restoration team Feb. 12, 2026, with a restored S-3 Viking inside a hangar at Cecil Field in Jacksonville, Florida. Marines assigned to Blount Island Command laid aluminum expeditionary airfield matting, which was drawn from prepositioning sets at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, to support the aircraft’s movement to the memorial’s developing Legacy Plaza. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)

Photo by Dustin Senger

Retired U.S. Navy Capt. Ed Turner, executive director of the National POW/MIA Memorial and Museum, speaks with a restoration team Feb. 12, 2026, about the restored S-3 Viking inside a hangar at Cecil Field in Jacksonville, Florida. Marines assigned to Blount Island Command laid aluminum expeditionary airfield matting, which was drawn from prepositioning sets at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, to support the aircraft’s movement to the memorial’s developing Legacy Plaza. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)

Retired U.S. Navy Capt. Ed Turner, executive director of the National POW/MIA Memorial and Museum, speaks with a restoration team Feb. 12, 2026, about the restored S-3 Viking inside a hangar at Cecil Field in Jacksonville, Florida. Marines assigned to Blount Island Command laid aluminum expeditionary airfield matting, which was drawn from prepositioning sets at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, to support the aircraft’s movement to the memorial’s developing Legacy Plaza. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)

Photo by Dustin Senger

Retired U.S. Navy Capt. Ed Turner, executive director of the National POW/MIA Memorial and Museum, watches as Marines assigned to Blount Island Command lay aluminum expeditionary airfield matting Feb. 12, 2026, at the National POW/MIA Memorial and Museum site in Jacksonville, Florida. The matting, which was drawn from prepositioning sets at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, will support the movement of a restored S-3 Viking aircraft onto the memorial’s developing Legacy Plaza at Cecil Field. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)

Retired U.S. Navy Capt. Ed Turner, executive director of the National POW/MIA Memorial and Museum, watches as Marines assigned to Blount Island Command lay aluminum expeditionary airfield matting Feb. 12, 2026, at the National POW/MIA Memorial and Museum site in Jacksonville, Florida. The matting, which was drawn from prepositioning sets at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, will support the movement of a restored S-3 Viking aircraft onto the memorial’s developing Legacy Plaza at Cecil Field. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)

Photo by Dustin Senger

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Eric Colon, Blount Island Command expeditionary airfield chief, lays aluminum matting Feb. 12, 2026, at the National POW/MIA Memorial and Museum site in Jacksonville, Florida. The expeditionary airfield matting, which was drawn from prepositioning sets at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, will support the movement of a restored S-3 Viking aircraft onto the developing Legacy Plaza at the National POW/MIA Memorial and Museum site at Cecil Field. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Eric Colon, Blount Island Command expeditionary airfield chief, lays aluminum matting Feb. 12, 2026, at the National POW/MIA Memorial and Museum site in Jacksonville, Florida. The expeditionary airfield matting, which was drawn from prepositioning sets at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, will support the movement of a restored S-3 Viking aircraft onto the developing Legacy Plaza at the National POW/MIA Memorial and Museum site at Cecil Field. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)

Photo by Dustin Senger

U.S. Marines assigned to Blount Island Command lay aluminum expeditionary airfield matting Feb. 12, 2026, at the National POW/MIA Memorial and Museum site in Jacksonville, Florida. The matting, which was drawn from prepositioning sets at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, will support the movement of a restored S-3 Viking aircraft onto the developing Legacy Plaza at the National POW/MIA Memorial and Museum site at Cecil Field. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)

U.S. Marines assigned to Blount Island Command lay aluminum expeditionary airfield matting Feb. 12, 2026, at the National POW/MIA Memorial and Museum site in Jacksonville, Florida. The matting, which was drawn from prepositioning sets at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, will support the movement of a restored S-3 Viking aircraft onto the developing Legacy Plaza at the National POW/MIA Memorial and Museum site at Cecil Field. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)

Photo by Dustin Senger

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Hector Perez, Blount Island Command expeditionary airfield chief, center, explains how to unpack six-foot sections of aluminum expeditionary airfield matting Feb. 12, 2026, at the National POW/MIA Memorial and Museum site in Jacksonville, Florida. The matting, which was drawn from prepositioning sets at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, will support the movement of a restored S-3 Viking aircraft onto the developing Legacy Plaza at the National POW/MIA Memorial and Museum site at Cecil Field. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Hector Perez, Blount Island Command expeditionary airfield chief, center, explains how to unpack six-foot sections of aluminum expeditionary airfield matting Feb. 12, 2026, at the National POW/MIA Memorial and Museum site in Jacksonville, Florida. The matting, which was drawn from prepositioning sets at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, will support the movement of a restored S-3 Viking aircraft onto the developing Legacy Plaza at the National POW/MIA Memorial and Museum site at Cecil Field. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)

Photo by Dustin Senger

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Hector Perez, expeditionary airfield chief, discusses placement of aluminum expeditionary airfield matting with retired Navy Capt. Ed Turner, executive director of the National POW/MIA Memorial and Museum, Feb. 12, 2026, at the National POW/MIA Memorial and Museum site in Jacksonville, Florida. The matting, which was drawn from prepositioning sets at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, supported the movement of a restored S-3 Viking aircraft onto the memorial’s developing Legacy Plaza at Cecil Field. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Hector Perez, expeditionary airfield chief, discusses placement of aluminum expeditionary airfield matting with retired Navy Capt. Ed Turner, executive director of the National POW/MIA Memorial and Museum, Feb. 12, 2026, at the National POW/MIA Memorial and Museum site in Jacksonville, Florida. The matting, which was drawn from prepositioning sets at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, supported the movement of a restored S-3 Viking aircraft onto the memorial’s developing Legacy Plaza at Cecil Field. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)

Photo by Dustin Senger