Gunnery Sgt. Niles Peden, from Hinesville, Georgia, radios to the safety boat before reconnaissance Marines set off for a 4,000 meter swim Nov. 18 during a pre-combatant diver course at Camp Schwab. The 4,000 meter swim is part of a 10-day training the Marines attend prior to the Marine Corps Combatant Diver Course. The attrition rate for this course is 20 percent. Peden is a reconnaissance man with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force. ( Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Devon Tindle/Released) Recon Marines test the waters before Combatant Diver

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Gunnery Sgt. Niles Peden, from Hinesville, Georgia, radios to the safety boat before reconnaissance Marines set off for a 4,000 meter swim Nov. 18 during a pre-combatant diver course at Camp Schwab. The 4,000 meter swim is part of a 10-day training the Marines attend prior to the Marine Corps Combatant Diver Course. The attrition rate for this course is 20 percent. Peden is a reconnaissance man with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force. ( Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Devon Tindle/Released) Recon Marines test the waters before Combatant Diver Course 141118-M-XW268-076

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