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U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Wyatt Koenig, a medical laboratory technician with Combat Logistics Battalion 13, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, and a native of Santee, California, shows microscope techniques to detect pathogens, disease states, and bodily fluids to medical assistants at Pohnpei’s Community Health Center during exercise Koa Moana 24 at Kolonia, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, July 24, 2024. During Koa Moana’s deployment throughout the Indo-Pacific region, U.S. Marines and Sailors from I Marine Expeditionary Force work to strengthen alliances and partnerships with development of interoperable capabilities, combined operations, theater security cooperation, and capacity-building efforts. Exercises like Koa Moana administer 1st MLG to tackle complex challenges by fostering collaboration among bold thinkers and employing creative methods to optimize prepositioning, enhance sustainment and distribution networks, and bolster readiness in distributed environments such as Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, and Papua New Guinea. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Hannah Hollerud)