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U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 26, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, and Marines with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, conduct Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA) mission rehearsals from Aug. 17 to Aug. 23, 2023 at Naval Base Norfolk, and Fort Story, Virginia. Marines and Sailors with the II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF) Maritime DSCA Task Force conducted a full destructive weather mission rehearsal, designed by II MEF and United States Fleet Forces Command to prepare their capabilities for a future DSCA mission. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by Lance Cpl. Alfonso Livrieri)

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 15 and U.S. Sailors with Amphibious Construction Battalion 1 pilot Landing Air Craft Cushions onto Sunset Beach in Astoria, Oregon on June 3, 2019 in conjunction with Defense Support to Civilian Authorities event. U.S. Marines and U.S. Sailors demonstrated amphibious landing capabilities in order to support any possible need for expeditious humanitarian assistance or disaster relief to local, state, and federal emergency management organizations. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Miah Nielsen)

A Tinian resident and Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, speak of their experiences before, during and after Typhoon Yutu during the U.S. Defense support of civil authorities relief efforts on Tinian, commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Nov.15, 2018. Businesses, government buildings, homes and schools were heavily damaged by Super Typhoon Yutu, which made a direct hit with devastating effect on Tinian Oct. 25 as the second strongest storm to ever hit U.S. soil. Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and Combat Logistics Battalion 31 arrived on Tinian Oct. 29-31 in the wake of Super Typhoon Yutu as part of Task Force-West. TF-W is providing Department of U.S. Defense support to the CNMI's civil and local officials as part of the FEMA-supported Super Typhoon recovery effort. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide-range of military operations across the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Angelo Garavito/Released)

A time lapse video shows Marines and Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and Combat Logistics Battalion 31 assembling a U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency emergency shelter after Super Typhoon Yutu devastated Tinian, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Nov. 7, 2018. Yutu is the second strongest storm to ever hit U.S. soil. The 31st MEU and CLB-31 arrived Oct. 29-31 to lead the DOD’s relief efforts here, a multi-service contingent of military units addressing Tinian’s urgent needs. Partnering with FEMA, CNMI and Tinian officials, the 31st MEU is the command element for Task Force-West here. FEMA and Tinian officials identified families most in need of emergency shelters during the days after Yutu passed on Oct. 25 – Now, the Marines and Sailors of the 31st MEU and CLB-31 are helping assemble tents to house displaced Tinians as more aid continues to arrive. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Gunnery Sgt. T. T. Parish/Released)

U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) supported the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) with Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA) during hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands from Aug. 30 through Oct. 16, 2017. The 26th MEU supported FEMA, the lead federal agency, as one component of the whole-of-government response effort in helping those affected by Hurricane Irma and Maria to minimize suffering. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Juan A. Soto-Delgado)

Approximately 185 Marines with 2nd Marine Logistics Group assigned to the Defense Support of Civil Authorities, or DSCA, worked with sailors with Navy Expeditionary Combat Command to conduct loading and off-loading exercises in order to maintain DSCA mission readiness and strengthen the Navy-Marine Corps relationship.

Marines and sailors with 1st Marine Logistics Group, display humanitarian assistance and disaster relief capabilities during a Defense Support of Civil Authorities conference in Southern Calif., April 29.

Marines and sailors attached to Combat Logistics Battalion 24, 2nd Marine Logistics Group participated in a three-day training exercise in preparation for Defense Support of Civil Authorities, or DSCA, operations aboard Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Va., Aug. 20 to 22.