Marine Cpl. Franky Mitchell, a welder with Heavy Equipment Platoon, 1st Maintenance Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, welds pieces of metal together during exercise Steel Knight at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 8, 2016. Steel Knight 2017 is a 1st Marine Division-led exercise that exposes Marines and Sailors to skill sets necessary to operate as a fully capable Marine air ground task force. Mitchell is from Ocata, Fla.

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