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DFT 20.1 provides realistic training to Marines with MWSS-171, where they hone their skills and remain mission ready while being forward-postured in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Cristian Bestul)

U.S. Marines and Sailors with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), conducted a deployment for training (DFT) at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), Washington, June 17 through July 1, 2019. The mission of the DFT was to refine procedures for expeditionary operations at unfamiliar airfields and rehearse expeditionary air base set up, consistent with the Marine Corps’ technical employment of expeditionary advanced base operations (EABO).

U.S. Marines and Sailors with 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division conduct a deployment for training at Fort Irwin, California, March 7 - 25, 2019. The Marines of 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion participated in National Training Center 19-05 as the opposing force against the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division. The exercise provided Marines and Sailors an opportunity to sustain training in primary conventional combat operations against a peer competitor. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Melanye Martinez)