U.S. Marine Corps Cpl Brian Hawkins, radio operator,

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl Brian Hawkins, radio operator, 8th Communications Battalion, II Marine Headquarters Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force, holds a pipe in place while Cpl. Jason Price, a rifleman with 2nd Battalion 6th Marines, welds the pipe during an 18 week Veterans in Piping (VIP) course aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 28, 2014. VIP offers intensive skills training and job opportunities in the pipe trade to military personnel preparing to leave active duty. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Carolyn P. Pichardo, COMCAM, MCI-East, Camp Lejeune/Released)