Sgt. Dradley Desamours, a military police officer with

Sgt. Dradley Desamours, a military police officer with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Central Command 17.1, provides security during counter-improvised explosive device training on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Sept. 30, 2016. The training consisted of classroom instruction about the use and employment of explosives; a hands-on, practical application on how to find and confirm the presence of IEDs; and instruction on how to properly use counter-IED equipment. A final patrol was conducted to evaluate the Marines’ abilities to properly react to an IED threat. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Shellie Hall)