Lance Cpl. Stephen Pushkin, a field radio operator with 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, II Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, poses for a photo during a field training exercise at Camp Lejeune, N.C. Oct., 15, 2019. "Leaders are not born; they're made," said Pushkin, a Columbus, Ohio native. According to his leadership, Pushkin is a qualified mountain communications and cold-weather operations training Marine who constantly strives to emulate what is expected of a true leader. He is also fluent in Russian. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Dillon Blake Elrod)