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U.S. Marines and soldiers participate in the Munitions Optimization Workshop, demolition training on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 19, 2021. U.S. Marines train with specialists from U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM AC) and Expeditionary Systems Engineering Division (ESED), a Naval Surface Warfare Detachment from Fallbrook, CA, with Soldiers and Airmen to enhance ideas and tactics and improve inter-service relations. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alexandria Nowell)

U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force elements served as the aviation combat element for Exercise Balikatan 2019. Balikatan is a multilateral exercise that provides realistic quick-response training between the U.S., the Philippines and Australia. The exercise promotes regional security and humanitarian efforts for U.S. allies and partners. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by Pfc. Jackson Ricker)

Approximately 380 U.S. Air Force personnel from more than 60 career fields participated in Exercise Balikatan to exchange operational and organizational knowledge with the Philippine Air Force at Clark Air Base, Philippines, April 1-12, 2019. Exercise Balikatan, in its 35th iteration, is an annual U.S.-Philippine military training focused on a variety of missions, including humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, counter-terrorism, and other combined military operations. (U.S. Air Force video by Senior Airman Michael Jones)

Cpl. Alexandria Weir, a tropospheric scatter radio operator with 7th Communications Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, shares her journey in getting into Marine Special Operations Command. Weir, a native of Hopkinton, Massachusetts, attended a reconnaissance screening with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, Dec. 1 2017.

Marines with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion supervise Marines during a reconnaissance screening on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 1, 2017. Screeners evaluated service members interested in attending the Basic Reconnaissance Course through a series of physically demanding tests. The screening included a physical fitness test, two obstacle courses, a 500 meter swim, a 25 meter underwater swim, one minute of treading water followed by a 25 meter swim with a rifle, 30 minutes of treading water and culminating with an eight mile run with a 55pound pack. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Breanna L. Weisenberger)

The Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center is the premier training base in the Marine Corps. This video shows how Marines and visiting units are trained at the Combat Center.