U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Richard Johnson, left, a foreign weapons instructor assigned to a Marine Corps Forces, Pacific mobile training team, teaches a class on the Maldivian marine corps service rifle to fellow team members on the island of Maafilaafushi, Maldives, Jan. 19, 2014. The class was part of a noncommissioned officer development program between U.S. and Maldivian marines that was designed to give both forces opportunities to train in unfamiliar settings, strengthen military skills and participate in cultural exchanges.