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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Nicholas Dove, a satellite transmission systems operator with Marine Wing Communications Squadron 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, assembles a very small aperture terminal-small during a satellite communication electromagnetic interference training event at Camp Courtney, Okinawa.

(Photo by Lance Cpl. Justin Cledera/U.S. Marine Corps)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Nicholas Dove, a satellite transmission systems operator with Marine Wing Communications Squadron 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, assembles a very small aperture terminal-small during a satellite communication electromagnetic interference training event at Camp Courtney, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 3, 2026. The training event enabled satellite transmissions systems operators to efficiently monitor, detect, report, and mitigate electromagnetic interference effects. Dove is a native of Colorado.

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