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Various aviation units from 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing and military members from 408 Tactical Helicopter Squadron, 1 Wing Kingston, 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group, Canadian Forces Base Edmonton, participate in service-level training events to include Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 1-20, and Marine Air Ground Task Force Warfighting Exercise (MWX) 1-20 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., from Sept., to Nov. 2019. The purpose of ITX is to create a challenging, realistic training environment that produces combat-ready forces capable of operating as a Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) and to prepare units to participate in MWX. MWX is a force on force exercise designed to challenge the MAGTF, other U.S. forces, and allied nations' militaries against a peer adversary in a free-play environment in order to assist the forces with meeting current and future real-world operational demands. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Carley Vedro, edited by Cpl. Carley Vedro and Cpl. Corey Mathews)

Canadian Army Capt. Paul Deplace is one of many allied and partner-nation service members integrated into the staff of 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade and Expeditionary Strike Group 2 during Bold Alligator 16. Deplace is serving as an 2nd MEB ground watch officer during the exercise, which is taking place along the eastern seaboard Aug 15-26, 2016. Both staffs will plan and execute a MEB-sized amphibious assault from a sea base in a medium land and maritime threat environment and anti-access/area denial environment to improve naval amphibious core competencies.

Military service members from the U.S. and Canadian Army train members of the Mongolian Armed Forces on mine field self-extraction at Five Hills Training Area, Mongolia, May 25, 2016. U.S. Army SGT Andy Hicks, with 388th Route Clearance Company, and SSG Mark Dalecki, with 716th Explosive Ordnance, provide remarks about the training being conducted. Khaan Quest is an annual, multinational peacekeeping operations exercise hosted by the Mongolian Armed Forces, co-sponsored by U.S. Pacific Command, and supported by U.S. Army Pacific and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific. Khaan Quest, in its 14th iteration, is the capstone exercise for this year’s Global Peace Operations Initiative program and will focus on training activities to enhance international interoperability develop peacekeeping capabilities, build mil-to-mil relationships, and enhance military readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by Lance Cpl. Justin Dixon/ Released)

Marines with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company and Soldiers with the Canadian Army conducted calls for fire during Exercise Maple Resolve 2015 aboard Canadian Manoeuvre Training Center, Camp Wainwright, Alberta, May 5, 2015.

Chief Warrant Officer Curtis McInnis with 37th Combat Engineer Regiment, Royal Canadian Army talks about working with multiple nations during urban tactics training as part of Tradewinds 2014 at Las Calderas Naval Base, Dominican Republic, June 19, 2014. Tradewinds 2014 is a joint combined exercise conducted in order to build partner nation counter-transnational organized crime missions and humanitarian aid and disaster response operations capacity and promote interoperability and multinational relationships throughout the theater. (U.S. Marine Corps motion imagery by Sgt. Bobby J. Gonzalez/Released)