U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jadon Valdez, a rifleman

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jadon Valdez, a rifleman with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, gives an operations order brief before conducting a reconnaissance patrol during Exercise Southern Katipo 17 (SK17), at St. Arnaud, New Zealand, Oct. 27, 2017. Exercise SK17 is a combined joint and interagency field training exercise focused on developing, exercising and evaluating the New Zealand Defense Force’s ability to project forces anywhere in the South West Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Allison M. DeVries)