Sgt. Brenton A. Slover, combat engineer with Engineer

Sgt. Brenton A. Slover, combat engineer with Engineer Platoon, Headquarters and Support Company, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, embraces his son after returning to Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 20, 2015, from a three-month assessment at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms and Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center Bridgeport, California. From October 2014 to July 2015, the GCEITF conducted individual and collective level skills training in designated ground combat arms occupational specialties in order to facilitate the standards-based assessment of the physical performance of Marines in a simulated operating environment performing specific ground combat arms tasks. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Alicia R. Leaders/Released)