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Maj. Gen. Jon M. Davis presents retired Lt. Gen. Philip D. Shutler a plaque thanking him for speaking to the Marine officers about the history of Marine aviation May 3, at Miller’s Landing consolidated club aboard Cherry Point. Shutler, who joined the Marine Corps in 1947, spoke to the crowd about what makes the Marine Corps unique, evoking historical examples from World War II, Korea, and today. - Maj. Gen. Jon M. Davis presents retired Lt. Gen. Philip D. Shutler a plaque thanking him for speaking to the Marine officers about the history of Marine aviation May 3, at Miller’s Landing consolidated club aboard Cherry Point. Shutler, who joined the Marine Corps in 1947, spoke to the crowd about what makes the Marine Corps unique, evoking historical examples from World War II, Korea, and today.

A student body consisting of one junior Nicaraguan lieutenant, a Nicaraguan Navy petty officer and six soon-to-be Nicaraguan Marine Corps corporals listen attentively as Marines give them a class on leadership principles at Naval Base El Bluff, near Bluefields, Nicaragua Sept. 19. Seven Marine non-commissioned officers and one staff NCO participated in a subject-matter expert exchange to give a leadership fundamentals course to eight members of the Nicaraguan Navy and Marine Corps. - A student body consisting of one junior Nicaraguan lieutenant, a Nicaraguan Navy petty officer and six soon-to-be Nicaraguan Marine Corps corporals listen attentively as Marines give them a class on leadership principles at Naval Base El Bluff, near Bluefields, Nicaragua Sept. 19. Seven Marine non-commissioned officers and one staff NCO participated in a subject-matter expert exchange to give a leadership fundamentals course to eight members of the Nicaraguan Navy and Marine Corps.

Guatemalan Army Special Forces soldiers or "Kaibiles" observe how a U.S. Marine positions himself to post security during a jungle patrol exercise at Poptun Training Camp in Poptun, Guatemala, Sept. 11. Patrolling in jungle terrain was part of the subject-matter expert exchange between Kaibil soldiers and Marines of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010. - Guatemalan Army Special Forces soldiers or "Kaibiles" observe how a U.S. Marine positions himself to post security during a jungle patrol exercise at Poptun Training Camp in Poptun, Guatemala, Sept. 11. Patrolling in jungle terrain was part of the subject-matter expert exchange between Kaibil soldiers and Marines of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010.

Guatemalan Marines execute U.S. Marine Corps martial arts bayonet thrusts, Sept. 7, at Puerto Santo Tomas de Castilla Naval Base in Guatemala. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010 taught Marine Corps martial arts techniques to Guatemalan Marines for six days. Marines with CP10 are currently deployed to the Caribbean, Central and South America conducting subject-matter expert exchanges and providing humanitarian civic assistance to host nations. - Guatemalan Marines execute U.S. Marine Corps martial arts bayonet thrusts, Sept. 7, at Puerto Santo Tomas de Castilla Naval Base in Guatemala. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010 taught Marine Corps martial arts techniques to Guatemalan Marines for six days. Marines with CP10 are currently deployed to the Caribbean, Central and South America conducting subject-matter expert exchanges and providing humanitarian civic assistance to host nations.