 World War II veteran who led reunion of honor tour passed away at 95. Learn about the latest honorary Marine and the Marine Corps test autonomous full-scale rotary wing aircrafts. All this and more this week on The Corps Report. More than 250 Marine and Sailors with 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit began training alongside Omani soldiers on Exercise Sea Soldiers 17 in Salala Oman on February 19. The two-week long exercise aims to enhance communication, war-fighting capabilities and long-term regional cooperation between the U.S. and Omani forces. The Marine Corps recently released a Maradmin announcing the training requirements for the new blended retirement system. Marines must complete this training prior to December 31. Officers and staff non-commissioned officers are highly encouraged to review the information on the DOD BRS website militarypaid.defense.gov and take the BRS leadership course. Check out Maradmin 085 forward slash 17 for more information. 95-year-old retired Lieutenant General Lawrence F. Snowden passed away on February 18, 2017. Snowden fought in World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam. Snowden's decorations include the Navy Distinguished Service Medal with a gold star, the Legion of Merit with a Valor device and four gold stars, and the Purple Heart with a gold star. Snowden led and helped organize the reunion of honor missions where U.S. and Japanese veterans gather to recognize the sacrifice made during World War II. He has received high honors from the U.S. and Japanese governments for his leadership and restoring relationships between the two countries. Commandant of the Marine Corps, General Robert Kneller, made American businessman Ross Perot an honorary Marine on February 17 for his lifelong devotion to the Marine Corps. Perot is responsible for starting the Perot Foundation, which donates the Left-Witch trophy to the Marine Corps every year in memory of Lieutenant Colonel William Groom Left-Witch. Left-Witch was Perot's college roommate at the Naval Academy and a close friend. They went their separate ways in 1953 when Perot joined the Navy and Left-Witch commissioned in the Marine Corps. Left-Witch was killed in action during the Vietnam War in 1970. Perot has actively supported the Marine Corps since then. The Left-Witch trophy is awarded yearly to Marine captains in the ground combat element serving on active duty who show outstanding leadership as company or battery commanders. Based on the Marine Corps' request for unmanned cargo aircrafts, Aurora Flight Sciences developed the Autonomous Aerial Cargo Utility System or ACUS. The system's capability enables any Marine with only 15 minutes of training on the system to remotely fly any Marine Corps rotary winged aircraft with an Android device. The system can rapidly respond to requests for support and autonomously navigate to the area and detect and negotiate precise landing sites in potentially hostile settings. The system will reduce the workload on field operators in the landing zone of a forward operating base. The next test phase for the ACUS is this summer. That's all for this week on The Corridor.