Marine Leaders of The Americas Conference (MLAC) 2025

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Joseph Lazarus with Security Cooperation Training Team 18, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South, participates in a water survival training course at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras where participants worked towards earning their Water Survival— Advanced qualification on Dec. 21, 2017. The five-day training strengthens swimmers’ performance in four different strokes under Marine Corps regulation to be qualified as rescue swimmers. Strokes included in the training were breast, crawl, side and elementary back stroke. (U.S. Army photo by Maria Pinel)