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U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Abigail Hamilton and U.S. Marines and Sailors assigned to the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a Non-Combatant Evacuation Operation as part of Exercise Cobra Gold in Chonburi province, Kingdom of Thailand, March 5, 2023. Participating nations conducted operations simultaneously across multiple locations to refine command and control processes while fostering interoperability. Cobra Gold, now in its 42nd year, is a Thai-U.S. co-sponsored training event that builds on the long-standing friendship between the two allied nations and brings together a robust multinational force to promote regional peace and security in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Brendan Custer)

Philippine airmen and U.S. soldiers continue construction of a two-classroom school building at Pagasa Elementary School in Orani, Bataan during exercise Balikatan 2019. Balikatan 2019 is a bilateral training exercise that strengthens cooperation in humanitarian and civic assistance activities and enables our service members to get to know each other and provide support to local communities. Combined training like that of Balikatan 2019 helps service members develop mutual respect, trust and partnership. (U.S. Army video by Spc. Jon Welch)

Nearly 40 Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa 15.2 rehearsed entry control center operations during a certification exercise, June 19 at Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia. The exercise certified the Marines' abilities to receive and process U.S. citizens and U.S. embassy personnel at a cooperative security location, a forward-staged compound fit with dining, hygiene and command and control facilities, should a U.S. embassy be evacuated. The scenario used Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia as a U.S. embassy in the Central African Republic and NAS Oceana as the CSL in nearby Gabon.

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment trained to set up evacuation control centers during a simulated disaster relief exercise in Virginia, Dec. 11, 2014. The training prepared the Marines to conduct similar operations during their upcoming deployment with the Black Sea Rotational Force. The Marines assisted role players taking the part of American citizens attempting to leave an earthquake-devastated region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Christopher A. Mendoza/Released)

More than 30 Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 272, Marine Aircraft Group 26, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, conducted non-combatant evacuation operations aboard Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, North Carolina, Nov. 19, 2014. The Marines processed 29 role players through a makeshift Evacuation Control Center.