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U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa are challenged mentally and physically during the Martial Arts Instructor Course at Morón Air Base, Spain, Dec. 16, 2017. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is deployed to conduct limited crisis-response and theater-security operations in Europe and North Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Takoune H. Norasingh/Released)

U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa push themselves to the limit during the Martial Arts Instructor Course at Morón Air Base, Spain, Dec. 16, 2017. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is deployed to conduct limited crisis-response and theater-security operations in Europe and North Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Takoune H. Norasingh/Released)

Marines with Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division, steps off the 241st birthday celebrations with a hike aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Nov. 10, 2016.

Check out what's been happening in this week’s edition of Around the MEF. Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 166 (reinforced) returns to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. 1st Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logsitcs Group practice explosive inerting methods. Headquarters Company, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division participated in ground fighting training.

Marines with Headquarters Company, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division participated in a ground fighting competition aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendelton, Calif., Sept. 9, 2016. After completing a 6 mile hike, the competition was conducted to build camaraderie between the Marines.

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers demonstrate martial arts techniques to 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment currently assigned to 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Marines with 8th Communication Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force pushed themselves to their limits during the unit’s grueling three-week-long Marine Corps Martial Arts Program instructor course held aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 15 – Oct. 3, 2014. Instructors provided the students with intense, hands-on martial arts instruction and physical conditioning in addition to a wide range of classroom instruction covering everything from human anatomy and leadership techniques, to the Marine Corps’ martial arts history. The Marines also learned how to conduct their own martial arts courses for fellow service members. At each stage of the training, students were tested with written exams and performance evaluations, which included a culminating exercise that tested their martial skills, physical endurance, and capacity to lead. The students will return to their various units around Camp Lejeune to help guide fellow service members through the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program.