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Marines with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment clear a building in a simulated combat town during the culminating event of Division School’s Urban Leaders Course aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 22, 2015. The three-week course is designed to prepare Marines to lead in an urban environment.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Danielle Rodrigues

Marines with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment provide security in a simulated combat town during the culminating event of Division School’s Urban Leaders Course aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 22, 2015. The three-week course is designed to prepare Marines to lead in an urban environment.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Danielle Rodrigues

Marines with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment provide security in a simulated combat town during the culminating event of Division School’s Urban Leaders Course at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 22, 2015. The three-week course is designed to prepare Marines to lead in an urban environment.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Danielle Rodrigues

Marines with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment clear a building in a simulated combat town during the culminating event of Division School’s Urban Leaders Course at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 22, 2015. The three-week course is designed to prepare Marines to lead in an urban environment.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Danielle Rodrigues

Marines with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment provide security in a simulated combat town during the culminating event of Division School’s Urban Leaders Course at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 22, 2015. The three-week course is designed to prepare Marines to lead in an urban environment.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Danielle Rodrigues

Marines with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment provide security in a simulated combat town during the culminating event of Division School’s Urban Leaders Course at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 22, 2015. The three-week course is designed to prepare Marines to lead in an urban environment.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Danielle Rodrigues

Marines with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment provide security in a simulated combat town during the culminating event of Division School’s Urban Leaders Course at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 22, 2015. The three-week course is designed to prepare Marines to lead in an urban environment.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Danielle Rodrigues

A Marine with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion shoots the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon after donning and clearing his gas mask at range SR-7 aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., April 7, 2015. Approximately 30 Marines from the battalion conducted a two-day, machine-gun range in which they shot the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, M240 Bravo medium machine gun and M2 .50-caliber heavy machine gun from both the mounted and un-mounted positions at targets placed at unknown distances.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Preston McDonald

A Marine with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion shoots the M2 .50-caliber heavy machine gun at targets placed at unknown distances at range SR-7 aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., April 7, 2015. Approximately 30 Marines from the battalion conducted a two-day, machine-gun range in which they shot the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, M240 Bravo medium machine gun, and the .50-caliber heavy machine gun from both the mounted and un-mounted positions at targets placed at unknown distances.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Preston McDonald

Marines with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion shoot an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon during a training exercise at range SR-7 aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., April 6, 2015. Approximately 30 Marines from the battalion conduct a two-day, machine-gun range where they shoot the M249 SAW, the M240 Bravo medium machine gun, and the M2 .50-caliber heavy machine gun from both the mounted and un-mounted positions.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Preston McDonald

Marines with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion load the M2 .50- caliber heavy machine gun during a range shoot at SR-7 aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., April 6, 2015. Approximately 30 Marines from the battalion conducted a two-day, machine-gun range in which they shot the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, the M240 Bravo medium machine gun, and the .50-caliber heavy machine gun from both the mounted and un-mounted positions at targets placed at unknown distances.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Preston McDonald

U.S. Marine Amphibious Assault Vehicles from Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, move to their objective while being escorted by a Kuwaiti AH-64D Apache helicopter during a simulated amphibious assault as part of Exercise Eagle Resolve 2015 at Failaka Island, Kuwait, March 24, 2015. Eagle Resolve is the premiere Arabian Peninsula/gulf region exercise among the United States, Gulf Cooperation Council nations, and international partners. It serves to address regional challenges associated with asymmetric/unconventional warfare in a multi-national environment.

Photo by Sgt. Devin Nichols

Students with Kilo Company, Marine Combat Training Battalion, load magazines with ammunition prior to starting a fire and movement range aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 24, 2015. During the range, Marines were issued 30 rounds of ammunition and advanced across a field in teams, while engaging targets from unknown distances, providing suppressive fire for their peers.

Photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin

Marines with Kilo Company, Marine Combat Training Battalion prepare to start a fire and movement range aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 24, 2015. The fire and movement range prepares Marines for situations they may face during a deployment.

Photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin

A student with Kilo Company, Marine Combat Training Battalion awaits an order to sight in and fire his weapon at targets from an unknown distance during a fire and movement range aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 24, 2015. The fire and movement range put to practice the basic rifleman skills Marines acquire at boot camp and adds a component of shooting and moving while maintaining communication with team members.

Photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin

A student with Kilo Company, Marine Combat Training Battalion aims her M16-A4 service rifle at targets from an unknown distance during a fire and movement range aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 24, 2015. The fire and movement range was the first time students were equipped with live ammunition and allowed to move across a field as a team, engaging targets and providing suppressive fire for their peers.

Photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin

U.S. Marines with Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to assault a simulated objective during Exercise Eagle Resolve 2015 with service members from Kuwait, Qatar, Turkey and Saudi Arabia at Failaka Island, Kuwait, March 23, 2015. Eagle Resolve is the premiere Arabian Peninsula/gulf region exercise among the United States, Gulf Cooperation Council nations, and international partners. It serves to address regional challenges associated with asymmetric/unconventional warfare in a multi-national environment.

Photo by Sgt. Devin Nichols

U.S. Marines with Kilo Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and service members from Kuwait, Qatar, Turkey and Saudi Arabia use a terrain model to discuss plans for an amphibious landing during Exercise Eagle Resolve 2015 at Failaka Island, Kuwait, March 23, 2015. Eagle Resolve is the premiere Arabian Peninsula/gulf region exercise among the United States, Gulf Cooperation Council nations, and international partners. It serves to address regional challenges associated with asymmetric/unconventional warfare in a multi-national environment.

Photo by Sgt. Devin Nichols

A CH-53E Super Stallion inserts a team of reconnaissance Marines with Force Company, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, during a training exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., March 16, 2015. The Marines were honing their insertion capabilities with an Internally Transportable Vehicle.

Photo by Pfc. Alvin Pujols

A crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 monitors another MV-22B Osprey and the ground below during a division flight exercise in the Camp Lejeune vicinity, March 3, 2015. Crew chiefs responsibilities include loading and balancing cargo and making adjustments to electrical systems while in flight.

Photo by Cpl. Shawn Valosin