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Operation RCW: The New Air-Ground Team

poster showing Marines and red-cockaded woodpeckerTeamwork between air and ground forces is critical to the success of the U.S. Marine Corps, but when Marines take the field at Camp Lejeune, they often find the red-cockaded woodpecker already controls the sky. That's because the Marines, teaming up with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, are proving that a first-rate military force can train while protecting endangered species. One result: the red-cockaded woodpecker is thriving at Camp Lejeune. That's what happens when your best friends are Marines.