Graduation ceremony for the Advanced Skills Training Heavy Equipment Operator course on the Osceola Campus on July 2, 2018 in Kissimmee, Fla.

Service members from across the Department of Defense participate in an Innovative Readiness Training runway extension project at Old Harbor, Alaska, April 19, 2017. In its fifth year, the U.S. Marine Forces Reserve led exercise is part of a civil and joint military program to improve military readiness while simultaneously provide quality services to underserved communities throughout the United States. Additional participants include the Alaska and Arizona National Guards, Air Force Reserve, Navy Reserve, and Coast Guard. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Balinda O’Neal Dresel)

Service members from across the Department of Defense participate in an Innovative Readiness Training runway extension project at Old Harbor, Alaska, April 20, 2017. In its fifth year, the U.S. Marine Forces Reserve led exercise is part of a civil and joint military program to improve military readiness while simultaneously provide quality services to underserved communities throughout the United States. Additional participants include the Alaska and Arizona National Guards, Air Force Reserve, Navy Reserve, and Coast Guard. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Balinda O’Neal Dresel)

Graduation ceremony for the Advanced Skills Training Heavy Equipment Operator course on the Osceola Campus on July 2, 2018 in Kissimmee, Fla.

Service members from across the Department of Defense participate in an Innovative Readiness Training runway extension project at Old Harbor, Alaska, April 20, 2017. In its fifth year, the U.S. Marine Forces Reserve led exercise is part of a civil and joint military program to improve military readiness while simultaneously provide quality services to underserved communities throughout the United States. Additional participants include the Alaska and Arizona National Guards, Air Force Reserve, Navy Reserve, and Coast Guard. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Balinda O’Neal Dresel)

Students from Old Harbor School visit the Innovative Readiness Training site in Old Harbor, Alaska, April 20, 2017. The visit included a tour of the camp and worksite, along with rides in equipment being used to expand the existing runway. The U.S. Marine Forces led project is part of a civil and joint military program to improve military readiness while simultaneously providing quality services to underserved communities throughout the United States. Additional participants include the Alaska and Arizona National Guards, Air Force Reserve, Navy Reserve, and Coast Guard. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Balinda O’Neal Dresel)

Graduation ceremony for the Advanced Skills Training Heavy Equipment Operator course on the Osceola Campus on July 2, 2018 in Kissimmee, Fla.

Alaska Guardsman Spc. Travis Cooper, a wheeled vehicle mechanic, 207th Engineer Utility Detachment, works in the vehicle maintenance section during a runway extension project at Innovative Readiness Training Old Harbor, Alaska, April 21, 2017. The project will extend the existing Old Harbor runway by 2,700 feet, which will allow larger aircraft to land in Old Harbor. IRT Old Harbor is part of a civil and joint military program to improve military readiness while simultaneously providing quality services to underserved communities throughout the United States. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Balinda O’Neal Dresel)

Graduation ceremony for the Advanced Skills Training Heavy Equipment Operator course on the Osceola Campus on July 2, 2018 in Kissimmee, Fla.

Graduation ceremony for the Advanced Skills Training Heavy Equipment Operator course on the Osceola Campus on July 2, 2018 in Kissimmee, Fla.

Service members from across the Department of Defense participate in an Innovative Readiness Training runway extension project at Old Harbor, Alaska, April 19, 2017. In its fifth year, the U.S. Marine Forces Reserve led exercise is part of a civil and joint military program to improve military readiness while simultaneously provide quality services to underserved communities throughout the United States. Additional participants include the Alaska and Arizona National Guards, Air Force Reserve, Navy Reserve, and Coast Guard. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Balinda O’Neal Dresel)

Graduation ceremony for the Advanced Skills Training Heavy Equipment Operator course on the Osceola Campus on July 2, 2018 in Kissimmee, Fla.

Graduation ceremony for the Advanced Skills Training Heavy Equipment Operator course on the Osceola Campus on July 2, 2018 in Kissimmee, Fla.

Graduation ceremony for the Advanced Skills Training Heavy Equipment Operator course on the Osceola Campus on July 2, 2018 in Kissimmee, Fla.

Service members from across the Department of Defense participate in an Innovative Readiness Training runway extension project at Old Harbor, Alaska, April 19, 2017. In its fifth year, the U.S. Marine Forces Reserve led exercise is part of a civil and joint military program to improve military readiness while simultaneously provide quality services to underserved communities throughout the United States. Additional participants include the Alaska and Arizona National Guards, Air Force Reserve, Navy Reserve, and Coast Guard. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Balinda O’Neal Dresel)

Alaska Guardsman Spc. Travis Cooper, a wheeled vehicle mechanic, 207th Engineer Utility Detachment, works in the vehicle maintenance section during a runway extension project at Innovative Readiness Training Old Harbor, Alaska, April 21, 2017. The project will extend the existing Old Harbor runway by 2,700 feet, which will allow larger aircraft to land in Old Harbor. IRT Old Harbor is part of a civil and joint military program to improve military readiness while simultaneously providing quality services to underserved communities throughout the United States. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Balinda O’Neal Dresel)

Graduation ceremony for the Advanced Skills Training Heavy Equipment Operator course on the Osceola Campus on July 2, 2018 in Kissimmee, Fla.

Chief Warrant Officer 3 Jason Garcia, a project coordinator for Innovative Readiness Training Old Harbor who is with the Marine Corps Wing Support Squadron 471st Marine Aircraft Wing, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve, takes a photo with students from the local school during their visit to the Innovative Readiness Training runway extension project at Old Harbor, Alaska, April 20, 2017. The U.S. Marine Forces led project is part of a civil and joint military program to improve military readiness while simultaneously providing quality services to underserved communities throughout the United States. Additional participants include the Alaska and Arizona National Guards, Air Force Reserve, Navy Reserve, and Coast Guard. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Balinda O’Neal Dresel)

Graduation ceremony for the Advanced Skills Training Heavy Equipment Operator course on the Osceola Campus on July 2, 2018 in Kissimmee, Fla.

Service members from across the Department of Defense enjoy the company of the local camp dog, Maxine, while participating in an Innovative Readiness Training runway extension project at Old Harbor, Alaska, April 21, 2017. In its fifth year, the U.S. Marine Forces Reserve led exercise is part of a civil and joint military program to improve military readiness while simultaneously provide quality services to underserved communities throughout the United States. Additional participants include the Alaska and Arizona National Guards, Air Force Reserve, Navy Reserve, and Coast Guard. Service members began this year’s IRT on April 3 and will continue rotating missions at varied lengths until August 8, moving a projected 150,000 cubic yards of material. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Balinda O’Neal Dresel)

Alaska Guardsman Spc. Travis Cooper, a wheeled vehicle mechanic, 207th Engineer Utility Detachment, works alongside his U.S. Marine Crops counterpart in the vehicle maintenance section during a runway extension project at Innovative Readiness Training Old Harbor, Alaska, April 21, 2017. The project will extend the existing Old Harbor runway by 2,700 feet, which will allow larger aircraft to land in Old Harbor. IRT Old Harbor is part of a civil and joint military program to improve military readiness while simultaneously providing quality services to underserved communities throughout the United States. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Balinda O’Neal Dresel)

Service members from across the Department of Defense participate in an Innovative Readiness Training runway extension project at Old Harbor, Alaska, April 19, 2017. In its fifth year, the U.S. Marine Forces Reserve led exercise is part of a civil and joint military program to improve military readiness while simultaneously provide quality services to underserved communities throughout the United States. Additional participants include the Alaska and Arizona National Guards, Air Force Reserve, Navy Reserve, and Coast Guard. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Balinda O’Neal Dresel)

Chief Warrant Officer 3 Jason Garcia, a project coordinator for Innovative Readiness Training Old Harbor who is with the Marine Corps Wing Support Squadron 471st Marine Aircraft Wing, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve, loads a local school student into a rock truck drive by an Arizona National Guardsman from the 259th Engineer Platoon during their visit to the Innovative Readiness Training runway extension project at Old Harbor, Alaska, April 20, 2017. The U.S. Marine Forces led project is part of a civil and joint military program to improve military readiness while simultaneously providing quality services to underserved communities throughout the United States. Additional participants include the Alaska and Arizona National Guards, Air Force Reserve, Navy Reserve, and Coast Guard. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Balinda O’Neal Dresel)

Students from Old Harbor School visit the Innovative Readiness Training site in Old Harbor, Alaska, April 20, 2017. The visit included a tour of the camp and worksite, along with rides in equipment being used to expand the existing runway. The U.S. Marine Forces led project is part of a civil and joint military program to improve military readiness while simultaneously providing quality services to underserved communities throughout the United States. Additional participants include the Alaska and Arizona National Guards, Air Force Reserve, Navy Reserve, and Coast Guard. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Balinda O’Neal Dresel)

Alaska Guardsman Sgt. Stephen McDowell, horizontal equipment supervisor with the 207th Engineer Utility Detachment, operates a D9R dozer during a runway extension project at Innovative Readiness Training Old Harbor, Alaska, April 20, 2017. The project will extend the existing Old Harbor runway by 2,700 feet, which will allow larger aircraft to land in Old Harbor. IRT Old Harbor is part of a civil and joint military program to improve military readiness while simultaneously providing quality services to underserved communities throughout the United States. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Balinda O’Neal Dresel)

Alaska Guardsman Spc. Brodie Smith, a wheeled vehicle mechanic, 207th Engineer Utility Detachment, works in the vehicle maintenance section during a runway extension project at Innovative Readiness Training Old Harbor, Alaska, April 21, 2017. The project will extend the existing Old Harbor runway by 2,700 feet, which will allow larger aircraft to land in Old Harbor. IRT Old Harbor is part of a civil and joint military program to improve military readiness while simultaneously providing quality services to underserved communities throughout the United States. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Balinda O’Neal Dresel)

Service members from across the Department of Defense enjoy the company of the local camp dog, Maxine, while participating in an Innovative Readiness Training runway extension project at Old Harbor, Alaska, April 21, 2017. In its fifth year, the U.S. Marine Forces Reserve led exercise is part of a civil and joint military program to improve military readiness while simultaneously provide quality services to underserved communities throughout the United States. Additional participants include the Alaska and Arizona National Guards, Air Force Reserve, Navy Reserve, and Coast Guard. Service members began this year’s IRT on April 3 and will continue rotating missions at varied lengths until August 8, moving a projected 150,000 cubic yards of material. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Balinda O’Neal Dresel)

Chief Warrant Officer 3 Jason Garcia, a project coordinator for Innovative Readiness Training Old Harbor who is with the Marine Corps Wing Support Squadron 471st Marine Aircraft Wing, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve, loads Old Harbor School students into a vehicle during their visit to the Innovative Readiness Training runway extension project at Old Harbor, Alaska, April 20, 2017. The U.S. Marine Forces led project is part of a civil and joint military program to improve military readiness while simultaneously providing quality services to underserved communities throughout the United States. Additional participants include the Alaska and Arizona National Guards, Air Force Reserve, Navy Reserve, and Coast Guard. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Balinda O’Neal Dresel)

Graduation ceremony for the Advanced Skills Training Heavy Equipment Operator course on the Osceola Campus on July 2, 2018 in Kissimmee, Fla.

Graduation ceremony for the Advanced Skills Training Heavy Equipment Operator course on the Osceola Campus on July 2, 2018 in Kissimmee, Fla.

Graduation ceremony for the Advanced Skills Training Heavy Equipment Operator course on the Osceola Campus on July 2, 2018 in Kissimmee, Fla.

Alaska Guardsman Spc. Brodie Smith, a wheeled vehicle mechanic, 207th Engineer Utility Detachment, works on a vehicle during a runway extension project at Innovative Readiness Training Old Harbor, Alaska, April 21, 2017. The project will extend the existing Old Harbor runway by 2,700 feet, which will allow larger aircraft to land in Old Harbor. IRT Old Harbor is part of a civil and joint military program to improve military readiness while simultaneously providing quality services to underserved communities throughout the United States. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Balinda O’Neal Dresel)

Chief Warrant Officer 3 Jason Garcia, a project coordinator for Innovative Readiness Training Old Harbor who is with the Marine Corps Wing Support Squadron 471st Marine Aircraft Wing, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve, loads a local school student into a rock truck drive by an Arizona National Guardsman from the 259th Engineer Platoon during their visit to the Innovative Readiness Training runway extension project at Old Harbor, Alaska, April 20, 2017. The U.S. Marine Forces led project is part of a civil and joint military program to improve military readiness while simultaneously providing quality services to underserved communities throughout the United States. Additional participants include the Alaska and Arizona National Guards, Air Force Reserve, Navy Reserve, and Coast Guard. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Balinda O’Neal Dresel)

Service members from across the Department of Defense participate in an Innovative Readiness Training runway extension project at Old Harbor, Alaska, April 20, 2017. In its fifth year, the U.S. Marine Forces Reserve led exercise is part of a civil and joint military program to improve military readiness while simultaneously provide quality services to underserved communities throughout the United States. Additional participants include the Alaska and Arizona National Guards, Air Force Reserve, Navy Reserve, and Coast Guard. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Balinda O’Neal Dresel)

Staff Sgt. Andrew Persen, a pavements and equipment mechanic with the 354th Civil Engineer Squadron, operates an excavator during a runway extension project at Innovative Readiness Training Old Harbor, Alaska, April 20, 2017. The project will extend the existing Old Harbor runway by 2,700 feet, which will allow larger aircraft to land in Old Harbor. IRT Old Harbor is part of a civil and joint military program to improve military readiness while simultaneously providing quality services to underserved communities throughout the United States. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Balinda O’Neal Dresel)

Graduation ceremony for the Advanced Skills Training Heavy Equipment Operator course on the Osceola Campus on July 2, 2018 in Kissimmee, Fla.

Alaska Guardsman Spc. Brodie Smith, a wheeled vehicle mechanic, 207th Engineer Utility Detachment, works on a vehicle during a runway extension project at Innovative Readiness Training Old Harbor, Alaska, April 21, 2017. The project will extend the existing Old Harbor runway by 2,700 feet, which will allow larger aircraft to land in Old Harbor. IRT Old Harbor is part of a civil and joint military program to improve military readiness while simultaneously providing quality services to underserved communities throughout the United States. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Balinda O’Neal Dresel)

Students from Old Harbor School visit the Innovative Readiness Training site in Old Harbor, Alaska, April 20, 2017. The visit included a tour of the camp and worksite, along with rides in equipment being used to expand the existing runway. The U.S. Marine Forces led project is part of a civil and joint military program to improve military readiness while simultaneously providing quality services to underserved communities throughout the United States. Additional participants include the Alaska and Arizona National Guards, Air Force Reserve, Navy Reserve, and Coast Guard. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Balinda O’Neal Dresel)

Alaska Guardsman Spc. Travis Cooper, a wheeled vehicle mechanic, 207th Engineer Utility Detachment, works alongside his U.S. Marine Crops counterpart in the vehicle maintenance section during a runway extension project at Innovative Readiness Training Old Harbor, Alaska, April 21, 2017. The project will extend the existing Old Harbor runway by 2,700 feet, which will allow larger aircraft to land in Old Harbor. IRT Old Harbor is part of a civil and joint military program to improve military readiness while simultaneously providing quality services to underserved communities throughout the United States. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Balinda O’Neal Dresel)

Service members from across the Department of Defense participate in an Innovative Readiness Training runway extension project at Old Harbor, Alaska, April 20, 2017. In its fifth year, the U.S. Marine Forces Reserve led exercise is part of a civil and joint military program to improve military readiness while simultaneously provide quality services to underserved communities throughout the United States. Additional participants include the Alaska and Arizona National Guards, Air Force Reserve, Navy Reserve, and Coast Guard. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Balinda O’Neal Dresel)

Service members from across the Department of Defense enjoy the company of the local camp dog, Maxine, while participating in an Innovative Readiness Training runway extension project at Old Harbor, Alaska, April 21, 2017. In its fifth year, the U.S. Marine Forces Reserve led exercise is part of a civil and joint military program to improve military readiness while simultaneously provide quality services to underserved communities throughout the United States. Additional participants include the Alaska and Arizona National Guards, Air Force Reserve, Navy Reserve, and Coast Guard. Service members began this year’s IRT on April 3 and will continue rotating missions at varied lengths until August 8, moving a projected 150,000 cubic yards of material. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Balinda O’Neal Dresel)

Graduation ceremony for the Advanced Skills Training Heavy Equipment Operator course on the Osceola Campus on July 2, 2018 in Kissimmee, Fla.

Staff Sgt. Andrew Persen, a pavements and equipment mechanic with the 354th Civil Engineer Squadron, operates an excavator during a runway extension project at Innovative Readiness Training Old Harbor, Alaska, April 20, 2017. The project will extend the existing Old Harbor runway by 2,700 feet, which will allow larger aircraft to land in Old Harbor. IRT Old Harbor is part of a civil and joint military program to improve military readiness while simultaneously providing quality services to underserved communities throughout the United States. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Balinda O’Neal Dresel)

Staff Sgt. Randy Graftema, a project coordinator for Innovative Readiness Training Old Harbor who is with the 6th Engineer Support Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve, speaks with local Old Harbor residents during a local school visit to the IRT runway extension project at Old Harbor, Alaska, April 20, 2017. The U.S. Marine Forces led project is part of a civil and joint military program to improve military readiness while simultaneously providing quality services to underserved communities throughout the United States. Additional participants include the Alaska and Arizona National Guards, Air Force Reserve, Navy Reserve, and Coast Guard. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Balinda O’Neal Dresel)

Alaska Guardsman Spc. Travis Cooper, a wheeled vehicle mechanic, 207th Engineer Utility Detachment, works in the vehicle maintenance section during a runway extension project at Innovative Readiness Training Old Harbor, Alaska, April 21, 2017. The project will extend the existing Old Harbor runway by 2,700 feet, which will allow larger aircraft to land in Old Harbor. IRT Old Harbor is part of a civil and joint military program to improve military readiness while simultaneously providing quality services to underserved communities throughout the United States. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Balinda O’Neal Dresel)

Graduation ceremony for the Advanced Skills Training Heavy Equipment Operator course on the Osceola Campus on July 2, 2018 in Kissimmee, Fla.

Students from Old Harbor School visit the Innovative Readiness Training site in Old Harbor, Alaska, April 20, 2017. The visit included a tour of the camp and worksite, along with rides in equipment being used to expand the existing runway. The U.S. Marine Forces led project is part of a civil and joint military program to improve military readiness while simultaneously providing quality services to underserved communities throughout the United States. Additional participants include the Alaska and Arizona National Guards, Air Force Reserve, Navy Reserve, and Coast Guard. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Balinda O’Neal Dresel)

Students from Old Harbor School visit the Innovative Readiness Training site in Old Harbor, Alaska, April 20, 2017. The visit included a tour of the camp and worksite, along with rides in equipment being used to expand the existing runway. The U.S. Marine Forces led project is part of a civil and joint military program to improve military readiness while simultaneously providing quality services to underserved communities throughout the United States. Additional participants include the Alaska and Arizona National Guards, Air Force Reserve, Navy Reserve, and Coast Guard. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Balinda O’Neal Dresel)

Graduation ceremony for the Advanced Skills Training Heavy Equipment Operator course on the Osceola Campus on July 2, 2018 in Kissimmee, Fla.