MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – Cpl. Modesto Martinez, a Victoria, Texas, native and a water purification specialist with 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Logistics Combat Element, poses next to a water pump during Certification Exercise, June 9, 2017. Martinez claims his philosophy on life as Marines is, “always ready to fight.”

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