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A U.S. Marine with 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, speaks with Col. Luke Watson, commanding officer of Blount Island Command, during equipment inspections April 8 at a joint theater distribution center in the Philippines. The equipment, sent from Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida, the hub of Marine Corps’ prepositioning programs, will support Marines participating in Exercise Balikatan 25, which kicks off April 21. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Philippines and U.S. armed forces. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo/Jason Hazard)

A U.S. Marine with 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, speaks with Col. Luke Watson, commanding officer of Blount Island Command, during equipment inspections April 8 at a joint theater distribution center in the Philippines. The equipment, sent from Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida, the hub of Marine Corps’ prepositioning programs, will support Marines participating in Exercise Balikatan 25, which kicks off April 21. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Philippines and U.S. armed forces. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo/Jason Hazard)

Photo by Jason Hazard

U.S. Marines with 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, work with a technical advisory and assistance team from Blount Island Command during equipment inspections April 8 at a joint theater distribution center in the Philippines. The equipment, sent from Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida, the hub of Marine Corps’ prepositioning programs, will support Marines participating in Exercise Balikatan 25, which kicks off April 21. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Philippines and U.S. armed forces. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo/Jason Hazard)

U.S. Marines with 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, work with a technical advisory and assistance team from Blount Island Command during equipment inspections April 8 at a joint theater distribution center in the Philippines. The equipment, sent from Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida, the hub of Marine Corps’ prepositioning programs, will support Marines participating in Exercise Balikatan 25, which kicks off April 21. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Philippines and U.S. armed forces. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo/Jason Hazard)

Photo by Jason Hazard

U.S. Marines with 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, work with a technical advisory and assistance team from Blount Island Command during equipment inspections April 8 at a joint theater distribution center in the Philippines. The equipment, sent from Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida, the hub of Marine Corps’ prepositioning programs, will support Marines participating in Exercise Balikatan 25, which kicks off April 21. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Philippines and U.S. armed forces. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo/Jason Hazard)

U.S. Marines with 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, work with a technical advisory and assistance team from Blount Island Command during equipment inspections April 8 at a joint theater distribution center in the Philippines. The equipment, sent from Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida, the hub of Marine Corps’ prepositioning programs, will support Marines participating in Exercise Balikatan 25, which kicks off April 21. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Philippines and U.S. armed forces. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo/Jason Hazard)

Photo by Jason Hazard

U.S. Marines with 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, work with a technical advisory and assistance team from Blount Island Command during equipment inspections April 8 at a joint theater distribution center in the Philippines. The equipment, sent from Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida, the hub of Marine Corps’ prepositioning programs, will support Marines participating in Exercise Balikatan 25, which kicks off April 21. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Philippines and U.S. armed forces. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo/Jason Hazard)

U.S. Marines with 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, work with a technical advisory and assistance team from Blount Island Command during equipment inspections April 8 at a joint theater distribution center in the Philippines. The equipment, sent from Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida, the hub of Marine Corps’ prepositioning programs, will support Marines participating in Exercise Balikatan 25, which kicks off April 21. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Philippines and U.S. armed forces. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo/Jason Hazard)

Photo by Jason Hazard

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Garrett Baucom, a communications equipment specialist with a technical advisory and assistance team from Blount Island Command, prepares RFID readers aboard a roll-on, roll-off discharge facility April 3 at Dingalan Bay in the Philippines. Equipment, sent from Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida, the hub of Marine Corps’ prepositioning programs, will support Marines participating in Exercise Balikatan 25, which kicks off April 21. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Philippines and U.S. armed forces. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo/Col. Luke Watson)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Garrett Baucom, a communications equipment specialist with a technical advisory and assistance team from Blount Island Command, prepares RFID readers aboard a roll-on, roll-off discharge facility April 3 at Dingalan Bay in the Philippines. Equipment, sent from Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida, the hub of Marine Corps’ prepositioning programs, will support Marines participating in Exercise Balikatan 25, which kicks off April 21. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Philippines and U.S. armed forces. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo/Col. Luke Watson)

Photo by Col. Luke Watson

U.S. Marines from 3rd Marine Division work with a technical advisory and assistance team from Blount Island Command during an in-stream offload from the USNS Sisler, a cargo ship operated by Military Sealift Command, April 3 at Dingalan Bay in the Philippines. Equipment, sent from Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida, the hub of Marine Corps’ prepositioning programs, will support Marines participating in Exercise Balikatan 25, which kicks off April 21. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Philippines and U.S. armed forces. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo/Col. Luke Watson)

U.S. Marines from 3rd Marine Division work with a technical advisory and assistance team from Blount Island Command during an in-stream offload from the USNS Sisler, a cargo ship operated by Military Sealift Command, April 3 at Dingalan Bay in the Philippines. Equipment, sent from Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida, the hub of Marine Corps’ prepositioning programs, will support Marines participating in Exercise Balikatan 25, which kicks off April 21. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Philippines and U.S. armed forces. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo/Col. Luke Watson)

Photo by Col. Luke Watson

U.S. Marines from 3rd Marine Division work with a technical advisory and assistance team from Blount Island Command during an in-stream offload from the USNS Sisler, a cargo ship operated by Military Sealift Command, April 3 at Dingalan Bay in the Philippines. The equipment, sent from Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida, the hub of Marine Corps’ prepositioning programs, will support Marines participating in Exercise Balikatan 25, which kicks off April 21. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Philippines and U.S. armed forces. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo/Col. Luke Watson)

U.S. Marines from 3rd Marine Division work with a technical advisory and assistance team from Blount Island Command during an in-stream offload from the USNS Sisler, a cargo ship operated by Military Sealift Command, April 3 at Dingalan Bay in the Philippines. The equipment, sent from Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida, the hub of Marine Corps’ prepositioning programs, will support Marines participating in Exercise Balikatan 25, which kicks off April 21. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Philippines and U.S. armed forces. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo/Col. Luke Watson)

Photo by Col. Luke Watson

John Roberts, interim installation emergency manager and critical infrastructure protection officer, explains an office space after a ribbon-cutting ceremony March 26 at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida. A new $14.2 million police station and emergency operations center opened on the facility, consolidating vital functions into a single, hardened structure and enhancing protection for Marine Corps' prepositioning programs. The up to date, 18,500-square-foot building combines the former police station and emergency operations center, which had been in structures vulnerable to hurricanes.

John Roberts, interim installation emergency manager and critical infrastructure protection officer, explains an office space after a ribbon-cutting ceremony March 26 at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida. A new $14.2 million police station and emergency operations center opened on the facility, consolidating vital functions into a single, hardened structure and enhancing protection for Marine Corps' prepositioning programs. The up to date, 18,500-square-foot building combines the former police station and emergency operations center, which had been in structures vulnerable to hurricanes.

Photo by Dustin Senger

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Luke Watson, commanding officer of Blount Island Command, welcomes community leaders after a ribbon-cutting ceremony March 26 at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida. A new $14.2 million police station and emergency operations center opened on the facility, consolidating vital functions into a single, hardened structure and enhancing protection for Marine Corps' prepositioning programs. The up to date, 18,500-square-foot building combines the former police station and emergency operations center, which had been in structures vulnerable to hurricanes.

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Luke Watson, commanding officer of Blount Island Command, welcomes community leaders after a ribbon-cutting ceremony March 26 at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida. A new $14.2 million police station and emergency operations center opened on the facility, consolidating vital functions into a single, hardened structure and enhancing protection for Marine Corps' prepositioning programs. The up to date, 18,500-square-foot building combines the former police station and emergency operations center, which had been in structures vulnerable to hurricanes.

Photo by Dustin Senger

Timothy Jenkins, interim police chief, explains a training space after a ribbon-cutting ceremony March 26 at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida. A new $14.2 million police station and emergency operations center opened on the facility, consolidating vital functions into a single, hardened structure and enhancing protection for Marine Corps' prepositioning programs. The up to date, 18,500-square-foot building combines the former police station and emergency operations center, which had been in structures vulnerable to hurricanes.

Timothy Jenkins, interim police chief, explains a training space after a ribbon-cutting ceremony March 26 at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida. A new $14.2 million police station and emergency operations center opened on the facility, consolidating vital functions into a single, hardened structure and enhancing protection for Marine Corps' prepositioning programs. The up to date, 18,500-square-foot building combines the former police station and emergency operations center, which had been in structures vulnerable to hurricanes.

Photo by Dustin Senger

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Luke Watson, commanding officer of Blount Island Command, speaks during a ribbon-cutting ceremony March 26 at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida. A new $14.2 million police station and emergency operations center opened on the facility, consolidating vital functions into a single, hardened structure and enhancing protection for Marine Corps' prepositioning programs. The up to date, 18,500-square-foot building combines the former police station and emergency operations center, which had been in structures vulnerable to hurricanes.

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Luke Watson, commanding officer of Blount Island Command, speaks during a ribbon-cutting ceremony March 26 at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida. A new $14.2 million police station and emergency operations center opened on the facility, consolidating vital functions into a single, hardened structure and enhancing protection for Marine Corps' prepositioning programs. The up to date, 18,500-square-foot building combines the former police station and emergency operations center, which had been in structures vulnerable to hurricanes.

Photo by Dustin Senger

U.S. Navy Capt. Miguel Dieguez, commanding officer of Navy Facilities Southeast, speaks during a ribbon-cutting ceremony March 26 at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida. A new $14.2 million police station and emergency operations center opened on the facility, consolidating vital functions into a single, hardened structure and enhancing protection for Marine Corps' prepositioning programs. The up to date, 18,500-square-foot building combines the former police station and emergency operations center, which had been in structures vulnerable to hurricanes.

U.S. Navy Capt. Miguel Dieguez, commanding officer of Navy Facilities Southeast, speaks during a ribbon-cutting ceremony March 26 at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida. A new $14.2 million police station and emergency operations center opened on the facility, consolidating vital functions into a single, hardened structure and enhancing protection for Marine Corps' prepositioning programs. The up to date, 18,500-square-foot building combines the former police station and emergency operations center, which had been in structures vulnerable to hurricanes.

Photo by Dustin Senger

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Luke Watson, commanding officer of Blount Island Command, speaks during a ribbon-cutting ceremony March 26 at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida. A new $14.2 million police station and emergency operations center opened on the facility, consolidating vital functions into a single, hardened structure and enhancing protection for Marine Corps' prepositioning programs. The up to date, 18,500-square-foot building combines the former police station and emergency operations center, which had been in structures vulnerable to hurricanes.

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Luke Watson, commanding officer of Blount Island Command, speaks during a ribbon-cutting ceremony March 26 at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida. A new $14.2 million police station and emergency operations center opened on the facility, consolidating vital functions into a single, hardened structure and enhancing protection for Marine Corps' prepositioning programs. The up to date, 18,500-square-foot building combines the former police station and emergency operations center, which had been in structures vulnerable to hurricanes.

Photo by Dustin Senger

John Roberts, interim emergency manager and critical infrastructure protection officer, speaks with Joe Cowan, patrol and enforcement director, Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, after a ribbon-cutting ceremony March 26 at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida. A new $14.2 million police station and emergency operations center opened on the facility, consolidating vital functions into a single, hardened structure and enhancing protection for Marine Corps' prepositioning programs. The up to date, 18,500-square-foot building combines the former police station and emergency operations center, which had been in structures vulnerable to hurricanes.

John Roberts, interim emergency manager and critical infrastructure protection officer, speaks with Joe Cowan, patrol and enforcement director, Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, after a ribbon-cutting ceremony March 26 at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida. A new $14.2 million police station and emergency operations center opened on the facility, consolidating vital functions into a single, hardened structure and enhancing protection for Marine Corps' prepositioning programs. The up to date, 18,500-square-foot building combines the former police station and emergency operations center, which had been in structures vulnerable to hurricanes.

Photo by Dustin Senger

U.S. Navy Capt. Miguel Dieguez, commanding officer of Navy Facilities Southeast, joins Marine Corps Col. Luke Watson, commanding officer of Blount Island Command, in cutting a ribbon March 26 at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida. A new $14.2 million police station and emergency operations center opened on the facility, consolidating vital functions into a single, hardened structure and enhancing protection for Marine Corps' prepositioning programs. The up to date, 18,500-square-foot building combines the former police station and emergency operations center, which had been in structures vulnerable to hurricanes.

U.S. Navy Capt. Miguel Dieguez, commanding officer of Navy Facilities Southeast, joins Marine Corps Col. Luke Watson, commanding officer of Blount Island Command, in cutting a ribbon March 26 at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida. A new $14.2 million police station and emergency operations center opened on the facility, consolidating vital functions into a single, hardened structure and enhancing protection for Marine Corps' prepositioning programs. The up to date, 18,500-square-foot building combines the former police station and emergency operations center, which had been in structures vulnerable to hurricanes.

Photo by Dustin Senger

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Luke Watson, commanding officer of Blount Island Command, welcomes community leaders after a ribbon-cutting ceremony March 26 at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida. A new $14.2 million police station and emergency operations center opened on the facility, consolidating vital functions into a single, hardened structure and enhancing protection for Marine Corps' prepositioning programs. The up to date, 18,500-square-foot building combines the former police station and emergency operations center, which had been in structures vulnerable to hurricanes.

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Luke Watson, commanding officer of Blount Island Command, welcomes community leaders after a ribbon-cutting ceremony March 26 at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida. A new $14.2 million police station and emergency operations center opened on the facility, consolidating vital functions into a single, hardened structure and enhancing protection for Marine Corps' prepositioning programs. The up to date, 18,500-square-foot building combines the former police station and emergency operations center, which had been in structures vulnerable to hurricanes.

Photo by Dustin Senger

A technical advisory and assistance team from Blount Island Command approach the USNS Sisler, a cargo ship operated by Military Sealift Command, ahead of pier-side offloading March 24 at Subic Bay in the Philippines. Equipment, sent from Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida, the hub of Marine Corps’ prepositioning programs, will support Marines participating in Exercise Balikatan 25, which kicks off April 21. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Philippines and U.S. armed forces. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo/Maj. James Fazica)

A technical advisory and assistance team from Blount Island Command approach the USNS Sisler, a cargo ship operated by Military Sealift Command, ahead of pier-side offloading March 24 at Subic Bay in the Philippines. Equipment, sent from Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida, the hub of Marine Corps’ prepositioning programs, will support Marines participating in Exercise Balikatan 25, which kicks off April 21. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Philippines and U.S. armed forces. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo/Maj. James Fazica)

Photo by Maj. James Fazica

A technical advisory and assistance team from Blount Island Command and Marines from 3rd Marine Division prepare for pier-side offloading from the USNS Sisler, a cargo ship operated by Military Sealift Command, March 24 at Subic Bay in the Philippines. Equipment, sent from Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida, the hub of Marine Corps’ prepositioning programs, will support Marines participating in Exercise Balikatan 25, which kicks off April 21. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Philippines and U.S. armed forces. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo/Maj. James Fazica)

A technical advisory and assistance team from Blount Island Command and Marines from 3rd Marine Division prepare for pier-side offloading from the USNS Sisler, a cargo ship operated by Military Sealift Command, March 24 at Subic Bay in the Philippines. Equipment, sent from Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida, the hub of Marine Corps’ prepositioning programs, will support Marines participating in Exercise Balikatan 25, which kicks off April 21. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Philippines and U.S. armed forces. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo/Maj. James Fazica)

Photo by Maj. James Fazica

Sgt. Saraysophonh Thach, drill instructor from Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, answers questions from individuals scheduled for boot camp during a Marine Corps Recruiting Station Jacksonville pool function March 22 at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida. Roughly 275 young men and women from across Florida and Georgia participated in the annual event, designed to assess the physical and mental readiness of future recruits before they ship to boot camp.

Sgt. Saraysophonh Thach, drill instructor from Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, answers questions from individuals scheduled for boot camp during a Marine Corps Recruiting Station Jacksonville pool function March 22 at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida. Roughly 275 young men and women from across Florida and Georgia participated in the annual event, designed to assess the physical and mental readiness of future recruits before they ship to boot camp.

Photo by Cpl. Nicholas Martinez

Marines explain M777 howitzer operations to individuals scheduled for boot camp during a Marine Corps Recruiting Station Jacksonville pool function March 22 at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida. Roughly 275 young men and women from across Florida and Georgia participated in the annual event, designed to assess the physical and mental readiness of future recruits before they ship to boot camp.

Marines explain M777 howitzer operations to individuals scheduled for boot camp during a Marine Corps Recruiting Station Jacksonville pool function March 22 at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida. Roughly 275 young men and women from across Florida and Georgia participated in the annual event, designed to assess the physical and mental readiness of future recruits before they ship to boot camp.

Photo by Dustin Senger