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Noncommissioned officers with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit toss medicine balls during a Force Fitness Instructor led High Intensity Tactical Training session at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, June 8, 2018. The 31st MEU is adopting an NCO-led FFI program to improve overall physical fitness while reducing injury and building unit morale. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide-range of military operations. - Noncommissioned officers with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit toss medicine balls during a Force Fitness Instructor led High Intensity Tactical Training session at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, June 8, 2018. The 31st MEU is adopting an NCO-led FFI program to improve overall physical fitness while reducing injury and building unit morale. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide-range of military operations.

31st MEU Marines, Sailors HITT the field with Force Fitness Instructors

Noncommissioned officers lead – they are the backbone of the Marine Corps. So it makes sense that they would be the first to experience the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Force Fitness Instructor led High Intensity Tactical Training program.

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Marines and Sailors with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, demonstrate proper removal of a gas mask from a simulated chemical contact victim while training for the medical management of chemical and biological causalties during an exercise at Stone Bay on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 6, 2017. Long prohibited by international agreements, chemical weapons have been increasingly used on the battlefield by American adversaries including violent extremist organizations. Raiders gained valuable practical application skills in handling casualties in complex and dangerous chemical environments. - Marines and Sailors with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, demonstrate proper removal of a gas mask from a simulated chemical contact victim while training for the medical management of chemical and biological causalties during an exercise at Stone Bay on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 6, 2017. Long prohibited by international agreements, chemical weapons have been increasingly used on the battlefield by American adversaries including violent extremist organizations. Raiders gained valuable practical application skills in handling casualties in complex and dangerous chemical environments.

Combating chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction

Marines and Sailors with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command conducted a countering weapons of mass destruction course for service members to learn to combat, adapt to and overcome chemical and biological contaminations, at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 5-8, 2017. Chemical weapons have been around since World War I,

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A Marine with Task Force Southwest fires a PK general-purpose machine gun during foreign weapons familiarization training at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Jan. 17, 2016. Marines with the unit are preparing for an upcoming deployment to Helmand Province, Afghanistan, where they will train, advise and assist the Afghan National Army 215th Corps and 505th Zone National Police to continue building well-equipped defense and security forces. - A Marine with Task Force Southwest fires a PK general-purpose machine gun during foreign weapons familiarization training at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Jan. 17, 2016. Marines with the unit are preparing for an upcoming deployment to Helmand Province, Afghanistan, where they will train, advise and assist the Afghan National Army 215th Corps and 505th Zone National Police to continue building well-equipped defense and security forces.

Task Force Southwest Marines prep for Afghanistan deployment

Approximately 300 Marines assigned to Task Force Southwest are preparing for an upcoming deployment to Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The return of Marines to the country is the largest since 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines concluded the Marine Corps’ combat role in Afghanistan in late 2014. This new rotation of troops will replace the Army unit Task

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A Marine student with the Tactical Air Control Party course, conducted by Expeditionary Warfare Training Group-Atlantic, determines the range of enemy targets during a two-day live-fire exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., June 20-21, 2016. The five-week course certifies Marines in safely and efficiently employing fixed and rotor-wing aircraft in close proximity to friendly forces. - A Marine student with the Tactical Air Control Party course, conducted by Expeditionary Warfare Training Group-Atlantic, determines the range of enemy targets during a two-day live-fire exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., June 20-21, 2016. The five-week course certifies Marines in safely and efficiently employing fixed and rotor-wing aircraft in close proximity to friendly forces.

Raining fire: TACP's drop rounds from the sky

Marines at the Expeditionary Warfare Training Group-Atlantic finished a five-week Tactical Air Control Party course at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, by conducting a two-day joint tactical air control training exercise, June 20-21, 2016.Under the cover of artillery fire support from 10th Marine Regiment and mortar fire from 3rd

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A CH-53E Super Stallion carries an external load during a training exercise at Landing Zone Albatross on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., June 9, 2016. The purpose of external lifts is to transport large amounts of supplies and heavy gear to areas inaccessible by ground vehicles. - A CH-53E Super Stallion carries an external load during a training exercise at Landing Zone Albatross on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., June 9, 2016. The purpose of external lifts is to transport large amounts of supplies and heavy gear to areas inaccessible by ground vehicles.

External lifts expand HMHT-302's capabilities

Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Training Squadron 302 and Combat Logistics Battalion 6 conducted external lifts at Landing Zone Albatross on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, June 9, 2016.“The squadron’s mindset is focused on training new crew chiefs and pilots in order to maintain a mission-ready mindset,” said Lance Cpl. Christopher Angelo, a

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Marines with 3rd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, fire a 155mm M777A2 Light-weight Towed Howitzer in the Black Top Training Area aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., May 18, 2016. Various units from 2nd Marine Division participated in Integrated Training Exercise 3-16 in preparation for their deployment with Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa. - Marines with 3rd Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, fire a 155mm M777A2 Light-weight Towed Howitzer in the Black Top Training Area aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., May 18, 2016. Various units from 2nd Marine Division participated in Integrated Training Exercise 3-16 in preparation for their deployment with Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa.

ITX 3-16: MAGTF-2 tackles FINEX

Marine Air Ground Task Force 2 conducted a final exercise aboard the Combat Center May 17-19, 2016, as part of Integrated Training Exercise 3-16.According to Col. Daniel Q. Greenwood, commanding officer, 2nd Marine Regiment, various units from 2nd Marine Division came together to form MAGTF-2 and were evaluated on their ability to conduct

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Recovery operations from HMH-463 helicopter mishap concluded

Recovery operations to retrieve wreckage from a January 14, 2016 aviation mishap involving two CH-53E helicopters and 12 U.S. Marines from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463 have been concluded.The 12 Marines serving as air crew on the helicopters were officially announced deceased on January 21 by Marine Corps officials. They had been previously

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Cpl. Anthony Lubbers, designated marksmanship instructor, Combat Center Marksmanship Training Unit, prepares to breach a door during the Western Regional Combat Match at Marine Corps Air Combat Center, April 8, 2016. - Cpl. Anthony Lubbers, designated marksmanship instructor, Combat Center Marksmanship Training Unit, prepares to breach a door during the Western Regional Combat Match at Marine Corps Air Combat Center, April 8, 2016.

Three-gun showdown at Western Regional Combat Match

Marines from installations across the western United States came to the Combat Center to test their combat shooting skills in the annual Western Regional Combat Match April 4-8, 2016. The match was held to enhance combat marksmanship abilities of individual Marines.“Once that buzzer beeps, you have to maintain a cool mindset and stick to your

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Sgt. Benjamin Hebert, a crew chief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 469 based out of Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif., performs maintenance on a UH-1Y “Venom” helicopter aboard Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., Friday, Feb. 5, 2016. - Sgt. Benjamin Hebert, a crew chief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 469 based out of Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif., performs maintenance on a UH-1Y “Venom” helicopter aboard Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., Friday, Feb. 5, 2016.

HMLA-469: In flight, in fight

The faint whir of helicopter rotors can be heard in the distance and gets louder as it slices through the desert air overhead. The AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopter comes to a complete stop, hovering steadily in the sky. A red dash of fire suddenly amasses from the aircraft’s mounted rocket launcher, delivering hell’s fury onto simulated enemies

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Lance Cpl. Cary Chafton, a rifleman with 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion gives directions to his squad during a patrolling exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec 15, 2015. The unit practiced patrolling techniques and set up patrol bases to maintain readiness. - Lance Cpl. Cary Chafton, a rifleman with 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion gives directions to his squad during a patrolling exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec 15, 2015. The unit practiced patrolling techniques and set up patrol bases to maintain readiness.

Marines with 2nd LAR conduct patrolling techniques

Marines with Scouts Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, increased their tactical proficiency and mission readiness by conducting a scouts’ patrolling exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Dec. 15, 2015.The platoon split into two separate patrol teams to conduct force-on-force drills which

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Marines with II Marine Expeditionary Force practice loading and unloading inert rounds into the Non-Lethal, Tube-Launched Munitions System during their practical application training at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Aug. 14, 2014. Marine Corps Systems Command Optics and Non-Lethal Systems is fielding the system that sends non-lethal munitions out as far as 500 meters and uses an audible bang to deter a crowd or a person with mal-intent. Its intended use is for military checkpoints. - Marines with II Marine Expeditionary Force practice loading and unloading inert rounds into the Non-Lethal, Tube-Launched Munitions System during their practical application training at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Aug. 14, 2014. Marine Corps Systems Command Optics and Non-Lethal Systems is fielding the system that sends non-lethal munitions out as far as 500 meters and uses an audible bang to deter a crowd or a person with mal-intent. Its intended use is for military checkpoints.