Marine Capt. Zachary K. Nickless, the operations officer for the Headquarters Marine Corps Casualty Section, Marine Corps Base Quantico, speaks to Marines during a casualty assistance calls officer training session at the Pendleton Base Theater and Training Center on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 15, 2022. CACO training ensures Marines are provided the assistance needed to better represent the Marine Corps and to ensure that a CACO is prepared to assist families with compassion and dignity while carrying out the duty of delivering traumatic news to the next-of-kin.

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