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U.S. Marines with the Combined Anti-Armor Team (CAAT) within Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 2/1, the ground combat element for the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, practice loading and unloading rounds during sustainment training on Aug. 21, 2015. The CAAT, composed of heavy machine gunners and anti-tank missilemen, is used to combat hardened targets as well as provide security.

Photo by Sgt. Paris Capers

A Marine observes the impact of rounds from Marines with the Combined Anti-Armor Team (CAAT) within Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 2/1, the ground combat element for the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, as they fire a .50 caliber heavy machine gun at targets during sustainment training with multiple weapons platforms on Aug. 21, 2015. The CAAT, composed of heavy machine gunners and anti-tank missilemen, is used to combat hardened targets as well as provide security.

Photo by Sgt. Paris Capers

A U.S. Marine with the Combined Anti-Armor Team (CAAT) within Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 2/1, the ground combat element for the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, pulls a radio antenna clear of the backblast of a Tube-launched, Optically-tracked, Wire-guided (TOW) missile during training on Aug. 21, 2015. The CAAT, composed of heavy machine gunners and anti-tank missilemen, is used to combat hardened targets as well as provide security.

Photo by Sgt. Paris Capers

Lance Cpl. Jay Singh, a U.S. Marine with the Combined Anti-Armor Team (CAAT) within Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 2/1, the ground combat element for the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, performs maintenance on an M2 .50-Caliber machine gun during training on Aug. 21, 2015. The CAAT, composed of heavy machine gunners and anti-tank missilemen, is used to combat hardened targets as well as provide security.

Photo by Sgt. Paris Capers

U.S. Marines with the Combined Anti-Armor Team (CAAT) within Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 2/1, the ground combat element for the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, practice loading and unloading rounds during sustainment training on Aug. 21, 2015. The CAAT, composed of heavy machine gunners and anti-tank missilemen, is used to combat hardened targets as well as provide security.

Photo by Sgt. Paris Capers

U.S. Marines with the Combined Anti-Armor Team (CAAT) within Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 2/1, the ground combat element for the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, remain braced for fire while holding radio antennae out of the back-blast area of a TOW missile during sustainment training on Aug. 21, 2015. The CAAT, composed of heavy machine gunners and anti-tank missilemen, is used to combat hardened targets as well as provide security.

Photo by Sgt. Paris Capers

U.S. Marines with the Combined Anti-Armor Team (CAAT) within Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 2/1, the ground combat element for the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, practiced employing hunter-killer techniques with multiple weapons platforms during sustainment training on Aug. 21, 2015. The CAAT, composed of heavy machine gunners and anti-tank missilemen, is used to combat hardened targets as well as provide security.

Photo by Sgt. Paris Capers

U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 232, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force—Crisis Response—Central Command, perform maintenance on an F/A-18 Hornet in Southwest Asia June 9, 2015. Pilots of VMFA-232 support Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve with a combination of surveillance flights and kinetic strike missions, enabling Iraqi Security Forces in their fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

Photo by Cpl. Leah Agler

Sgt. Chase Mullens, a crowd educator with Marine Barracks Washington, D.C., speaks to the audience before an evening parade, Aug. 21, 2015. The guests of honor for the evening parade was The Honorable Mr. Fred Fletcher, chief of police, Chattanooga Police Department, The Honorable Mr. Earl Anthony Reavley, director of Hamilton County Emergency Services & Homeland Security, and The Honorable Mr. Andy Berke, mayor of Chattanooga, Tenn., and the hosting official was Lt. Gen. Richard P. Mills, commander of Marine Forces Reserve, and Marine Forces North.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha K. Draughon

Marines prepare an F/A-18C Hornet to take off from Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C. to participate in Sentry Savannah, Aug 21. The hornet flew a joint mission with the Air Force simulating enemy aircraft in a large force exercise for the Marines are with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115, Marine Aircraft Group 31.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Jonah Lovy

Marines prepare an F/A-18C Hornet to take off from Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort to participate in Sentry Savannah, Aug. 21. The hornet flew a joint mission with the Air Force simulating enemy aircraft in a large force exercise for the Marines are with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115, Marine Aircraft Group 31.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Jonah Lovy

Marines prepare an F/A-18C Hornet to take off from Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort during Exercise Sentry Savannah 2015, Aug. 21. Sentry Savannah is a joint service air operation hosted by the Savannah Combat Readiness Training Center, Ga. The Marines are with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115, Marine Aircraft Group 31.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Jonah Lovy

Marines prepare F/A-18C Hornets to take off from Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort to during Exercise Sentry Savannah 2015, Aug. 21. Several squadrons from Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, including Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115 flew training exercises for Sentry Savannah. The Marines are with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115, Marine Aircraft Group 31.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Jonah Lovy

Marines assigned to Company K, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, run along hills during the Dark Horse Ajax Challenge aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 20, 2015. The eight-mile course tested the Marines’ and Sailors’ endurance and leadership skills with trials spread across the San Mateo area.

Photo by Cpl. William Perkins

Cpl. Mason Stone, left, a KC-130J crewmaster, Staff Sgt. David Hoyt, middle, a KC-130J loadmaster, and Cpl. Greg Gambrell, right, a KC-130J crewmaster, set up the refueling site for air delivery ground refueling training aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Aug. 21, 2015. Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 uses this training to make sure their Marines are able to proficiently use all of the KC-130J’s assets.

Photo by Cpl. Carlos Cruz Jr.

Staff Sgt. David Hoyt, a KC-130J loadmaster with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron(VMGR) 152, guides a MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262, into place for air-delivery ground refueling training aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Aug. 21, 2015. This kind of refueling operation is usually conducted in an austere environment where an air strip or fuel is not available. The KC-130J’s ability to refuel other vehicles adheres to the Marine Corps aviation’s mission to deliver Marines, fuel and cargo where needed.

Photo by Cpl. Carlos Cruz Jr.

Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 152 MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircrafts with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 during air delivery ground refueling training aboard Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Aug. 21, 2015. The KC-130J aircraft is capable of carrying more than 12,000 gallons of fuel and simultaneously refueling two aircraft at 300 gallons a minute. This ability, along with many others, makes VMGR-152 and their aircraft an important asset to Marine Corps’ aviation.

Photo by Cpl. Carlos Cruz Jr.

An EA-6B Prowler lands for a “touch and go” takeoff during Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Training Squadron 1’s last flight operations for the Prowler at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, Aug. 20, 2015. Four student pilots are among the last to learn how to fly the Prowler due to its transitioning out of the Marine Corps starting in 2016.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Jason Jimenez

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Riley Remoket, with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fills a water bull at a water distribution site during typhoon relief efforts in Saipan, Aug. 19, 2015. The Marines with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st MEU and CLB 31, 31st MEU, assisted the locals of Saipan by producing and distributing potable water. The Marines and sailors of the 31st MEU were conducting training near the Mariana Islands when they were redirected to Saipan after the island was struck by Typhoon Soudelor Aug. 2-3.

Photo by Gunnery Sgt. Ismael Pena

U.S. Marine Cpl. Jeffery Quam waits to start his run at a night live-fire and maneuver exercise in Kuwait, Aug. 19, 2015. Quam is a crew chief with Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). During the training, Marines used night vision devices to engage targets with the Browning .50 caliber machine gun at unknown distances from Amphibious Assault Vehicles (AAV-7). Elements of the 15th MEU are ashore in Kuwait for sustainment training to maintain and enhance the skills they developed during their pre-deployment training period. The 15th MEU is embarked on the Essex Amphibious Ready Group and deployed to maintain regional security in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations.

Photo by Sgt. Emmanuel Ramos