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Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members with the Special Weapons Protection Unit conduct immediate decontamination on a simulated casualty Dec. 1 at Camp Naha, Okinawa. The immediate decontamination consisted of spraying a large amount of water onto the victims effected clothing and equipment. The demonstration consisted of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense specialist Marines training alongside their JGSDF counterparts.

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members with the Special Weapons Protection Unit conduct immediate decontamination on a simulated casualty Dec. 1 at Camp Naha, Okinawa. The immediate decontamination consisted of spraying a large amount of water onto the victims effected clothing and equipment. The demonstration consisted of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense specialist Marines training alongside their JGSDF counterparts.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler Giguere

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members and U.S. Marines prepare and plan reconnaissance of a simulated contamination zone with casualties Dec. 1 at Camp Naha, Okinawa. The demonstration consisted of reconnaissance, casualty packaging and extraction, victim care, and immediate decontamination. The Marines are chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense specialists with CBRN Unit, Headquarters Regiment, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force. The JGSDF members are with the Nuclear Biological Chemical Unit, 15th Brigade.

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members and U.S. Marines prepare and plan reconnaissance of a simulated contamination zone with casualties Dec. 1 at Camp Naha, Okinawa. The demonstration consisted of reconnaissance, casualty packaging and extraction, victim care, and immediate decontamination. The Marines are chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense specialists with CBRN Unit, Headquarters Regiment, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force. The JGSDF members are with the Nuclear Biological Chemical Unit, 15th Brigade.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler Giguere

Gunnery Sgt. Gabriel Machado, left, Master Sgt. Raul Argumedo, center, and Gunnery Sgt. Matthew Bateman jump in tandem from a KC-130J Super Hercules aircraft Nov. 20, 2014 over Ie Shima Training Facility, off the northwest coast of Okinawa, Japan. The Marines jumped from an altitude of 10,000 feet during the high speed training. Machado, from New York, New York, is an air delivery specialist with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force. Argumedo, from Los Angeles, California, is an air delivery specialist with the battalion. Bateman, from Gaithersburg, Maryland, is a reconnaissance man with the battalion.

Gunnery Sgt. Gabriel Machado, left, Master Sgt. Raul Argumedo, center, and Gunnery Sgt. Matthew Bateman jump in tandem from a KC-130J Super Hercules aircraft Nov. 20, 2014 over Ie Shima Training Facility, off the northwest coast of Okinawa, Japan. The Marines jumped from an altitude of 10,000 feet during the high speed training. Machado, from New York, New York, is an air delivery specialist with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force. Argumedo, from Los Angeles, California, is an air delivery specialist with the battalion. Bateman, from Gaithersburg, Maryland, is a reconnaissance man with the battalion.

Photo by Cpl. Drew Tech

Marines prepare to jump from a KC-130J Super Hercules aircraft Nov. 20, 2014 over Ie Shima Training Facility, off the northwest coast of Okinawa, Japan. The low level static line jumps were performed at an altitude of 1,500 feet for the training. The Marines are with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Marines prepare to jump from a KC-130J Super Hercules aircraft Nov. 20, 2014 over Ie Shima Training Facility, off the northwest coast of Okinawa, Japan. The low level static line jumps were performed at an altitude of 1,500 feet for the training. The Marines are with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Photo by Cpl. Drew Tech

Marines parachute from the back of a KC-130J Super Hercules aircraft Nov. 20, 2014 over Ie Shima Training Facility, off the northwest coast of Okinawa, Japan. The training gave the Marines added experience with air drop operations while also maintaining their jump proficiency. The Marines are with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Marines parachute from the back of a KC-130J Super Hercules aircraft Nov. 20, 2014 over Ie Shima Training Facility, off the northwest coast of Okinawa, Japan. The training gave the Marines added experience with air drop operations while also maintaining their jump proficiency. The Marines are with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Photo by Cpl. Drew Tech

Recon Marines load onto a KC-130J Super Hercules aircraft during parachute training Nov. 20, 2014 on Ie Shima Training Facility, off the northwest coast of Okinawa, Japan. The ability to jump from aircraft and accurately land in a drop zone is an insert asset essential to recon Marines. The Marines are with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Recon Marines load onto a KC-130J Super Hercules aircraft during parachute training Nov. 20, 2014 on Ie Shima Training Facility, off the northwest coast of Okinawa, Japan. The ability to jump from aircraft and accurately land in a drop zone is an insert asset essential to recon Marines. The Marines are with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Photo by Cpl. Drew Tech

U.S. Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), cut the ceremonial cake for the 239th birthday of the United States Marine Corps during sustainment training in D'Arta Plage, Djibouti, Nov. 10. The 11th MEU is deployed as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout U.S. Central Command and 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

U.S. Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), cut the ceremonial cake for the 239th birthday of the United States Marine Corps during sustainment training in D'Arta Plage, Djibouti, Nov. 10. The 11th MEU is deployed as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout U.S. Central Command and 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

Photo by Cpl. Jonathan Waldman

Members of the Royal Brunei Land Force and U.S. Marines practice military operations on urbanized terrain tactics Nov. 10 at the Penanjong Garrison, Tutong, Brunei. Service members participated in MOUT training as part of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training 2014 to learn tactics for operating in urban areas such as towns and cities. CARAT maritime exercise series promotes regional security cooperation, mutual understanding, and enhances interoperability among participating forces. The Royal Brunei Land Force service members are with 1st Battalion, RBLF. The U.S. Marines are with 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment currently assigned to 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force under the unit deployment program.

Members of the Royal Brunei Land Force and U.S. Marines practice military operations on urbanized terrain tactics Nov. 10 at the Penanjong Garrison, Tutong, Brunei. Service members participated in MOUT training as part of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training 2014 to learn tactics for operating in urban areas such as towns and cities. CARAT maritime exercise series promotes regional security cooperation, mutual understanding, and enhances interoperability among participating forces. The Royal Brunei Land Force service members are with 1st Battalion, RBLF. The U.S. Marines are with 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment currently assigned to 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force under the unit deployment program.

Photo by Pfc. Cedric Haller

Corporal Mark F. Todd, an H-1 flight-line mechanic with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Aviation Combat Element, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365, conducts flight maintenance on a UH-1Y Huey aboard the USS Iwo Jima, Oct. 28, 2014. Marines conduct 24/7 flight maintenance to maintain mission readiness for all MEU aircraft. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Devin Nichols) (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Devin Nichols)

Corporal Mark F. Todd, an H-1 flight-line mechanic with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Aviation Combat Element, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365, conducts flight maintenance on a UH-1Y Huey aboard the USS Iwo Jima, Oct. 28, 2014. Marines conduct 24/7 flight maintenance to maintain mission readiness for all MEU aircraft. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Devin Nichols) (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Devin Nichols)

Photo by Sgt. Devin Nichols

Barbara Kenney displays a photo of her late father, U.S. Marine 1st Lt. George Greeley Wells, at her home in Bellevue, Washington, Oct. 25, 2014. Greeley served as the adjutant of 2nd Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division, during World War II’s famed Battle of Iwo Jima. He carried the first flag that was raised on Mt. Suribachi, a moment later captured by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal in the war’s most famous photo. In the 1990s and early 2000s, he was featured in James Bradley’s best-selling book “Flags of Our Fathers” and “War Stories with Oliver North,” produced by the retired Marine and Fox News correspondent. Greeley, a native of Lake Forest, Illinois, moved with his family from Harding Township, New Jersey, to Bellevue in the early 2000s. At 94, he passed away in his sleep here Sept. 22, 2014.

Barbara Kenney displays a photo of her late father, U.S. Marine 1st Lt. George Greeley Wells, at her home in Bellevue, Washington, Oct. 25, 2014. Greeley served as the adjutant of 2nd Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division, during World War II’s famed Battle of Iwo Jima. He carried the first flag that was raised on Mt. Suribachi, a moment later captured by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal in the war’s most famous photo. In the 1990s and early 2000s, he was featured in James Bradley’s best-selling book “Flags of Our Fathers” and “War Stories with Oliver North,” produced by the retired Marine and Fox News correspondent. Greeley, a native of Lake Forest, Illinois, moved with his family from Harding Township, New Jersey, to Bellevue in the early 2000s. At 94, he passed away in his sleep here Sept. 22, 2014.

Photo by Sgt. Reece Lodder

A suit jacket adorned with military awards earned by U.S. Marine 1st Lt. George Greeley Wells hangs in the home of his daughter Barbara Kenney in Bellevue, Washington, Oct. 25, 2014. Greeley served as the adjutant of 2nd Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division, during World War II’s famed Battle of Iwo Jima. He carried the first flag that was raised on Mt. Suribachi, a moment later captured by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal in the war’s most famous photo. In the 1990s and early 2000s, he was featured in James Bradley’s best-selling book “Flags of Our Fathers” and “War Stories with Oliver North,” produced by the retired Marine and Fox News correspondent. Greeley, a native of Lake Forest, Illinois, moved with his family from Harding Township, New Jersey, to Bellevue in the early 2000s. At 94, he passed away in his sleep here Sept. 22, 2014.

A suit jacket adorned with military awards earned by U.S. Marine 1st Lt. George Greeley Wells hangs in the home of his daughter Barbara Kenney in Bellevue, Washington, Oct. 25, 2014. Greeley served as the adjutant of 2nd Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division, during World War II’s famed Battle of Iwo Jima. He carried the first flag that was raised on Mt. Suribachi, a moment later captured by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal in the war’s most famous photo. In the 1990s and early 2000s, he was featured in James Bradley’s best-selling book “Flags of Our Fathers” and “War Stories with Oliver North,” produced by the retired Marine and Fox News correspondent. Greeley, a native of Lake Forest, Illinois, moved with his family from Harding Township, New Jersey, to Bellevue in the early 2000s. At 94, he passed away in his sleep here Sept. 22, 2014.

Photo by Sgt. Reece Lodder

Sergeant Tyler W. Envall, an H-1 avionics technician with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Aviation Combat Element, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365, conducts 90-degree gear box wiring of a UH-1Y Huey aboard the USS Iwo Jima, Oct. 27, 2014. Marines conduct flight maintenance around the clock to maintain mission readiness for all MEU aircraft. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Devin Nichols)

Sergeant Tyler W. Envall, an H-1 avionics technician with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Aviation Combat Element, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365, conducts 90-degree gear box wiring of a UH-1Y Huey aboard the USS Iwo Jima, Oct. 27, 2014. Marines conduct flight maintenance around the clock to maintain mission readiness for all MEU aircraft. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Devin Nichols)

Photo by Sgt. Devin Nichols

Greeley Wells Jr., Barbara Kenney and Elizabeth Wells display letters and challenge coins they received from Maj. Sung Kim, the commanding officer of Marine Corps Recruiting Station Seattle, on behalf of 35th Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James Amos following a memorial service for their father, 1st Lt. George Greeley Wells, in Bellevue, Washington, Oct. 25, 2014. Greeley served as the adjutant of 2nd Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division, during World War II’s famed Battle of Iwo Jima. He carried the first flag that was raised on Mt. Suribachi, a moment later captured by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal in the war’s most famous photo. In the 1990s and early 2000s, he was featured in James Bradley’s best-selling book “Flags of Our Fathers” and “War Stories with Oliver North,” produced by the retired Marine and Fox News correspondent. Greeley, a native of Lake Forest, Illinois, moved with his family from Harding Township, New Jersey, to Bellevue in the early 2000s. At 94, he passed away in his sleep here Sept. 22, 2014.

Greeley Wells Jr., Barbara Kenney and Elizabeth Wells display letters and challenge coins they received from Maj. Sung Kim, the commanding officer of Marine Corps Recruiting Station Seattle, on behalf of 35th Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James Amos following a memorial service for their father, 1st Lt. George Greeley Wells, in Bellevue, Washington, Oct. 25, 2014. Greeley served as the adjutant of 2nd Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division, during World War II’s famed Battle of Iwo Jima. He carried the first flag that was raised on Mt. Suribachi, a moment later captured by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal in the war’s most famous photo. In the 1990s and early 2000s, he was featured in James Bradley’s best-selling book “Flags of Our Fathers” and “War Stories with Oliver North,” produced by the retired Marine and Fox News correspondent. Greeley, a native of Lake Forest, Illinois, moved with his family from Harding Township, New Jersey, to Bellevue in the early 2000s. At 94, he passed away in his sleep here Sept. 22, 2014.

Photo by Sgt. Reece Lodder

Maj. Stephen Harding, a supply officer with Combat Logistics Battalion 23, presents a flag on behalf of 35th Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James Amos to Barbara Kenney during a memorial service for her father, 1st Lt. George Greeley Wells, in Bellevue, Washington, Oct. 25, 2014. Greeley served as the adjutant of 2nd Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division, during World War II’s famed Battle of Iwo Jima. He carried the first flag that was raised on Mt. Suribachi, a moment later captured by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal in the war’s most famous photo. In the 1990s and early 2000s, he was featured in James Bradley’s best-selling book “Flags of Our Fathers” and “War Stories with Oliver North,” produced by the retired Marine and Fox News correspondent. Greeley, a native of Lake Forest, Illinois, moved with his family from Harding Township, New Jersey, to Bellevue in the early 2000s. At 94, he passed away in his sleep here Sept. 22, 2014.

Maj. Stephen Harding, a supply officer with Combat Logistics Battalion 23, presents a flag on behalf of 35th Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James Amos to Barbara Kenney during a memorial service for her father, 1st Lt. George Greeley Wells, in Bellevue, Washington, Oct. 25, 2014. Greeley served as the adjutant of 2nd Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division, during World War II’s famed Battle of Iwo Jima. He carried the first flag that was raised on Mt. Suribachi, a moment later captured by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal in the war’s most famous photo. In the 1990s and early 2000s, he was featured in James Bradley’s best-selling book “Flags of Our Fathers” and “War Stories with Oliver North,” produced by the retired Marine and Fox News correspondent. Greeley, a native of Lake Forest, Illinois, moved with his family from Harding Township, New Jersey, to Bellevue in the early 2000s. At 94, he passed away in his sleep here Sept. 22, 2014.

Photo by Sgt. Reece Lodder

Maj. Stephen Harding, a supply officer with Combat Logistics Battalion 23, presents a flag on behalf of 35th Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James Amos to Barbara Kenney during a memorial service for her father, 1st Lt. George Greeley Wells, in Bellevue, Wash., Oct. 25, 2014. Greeley served as the adjutant of 2nd Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division, during World War II’s famed Battle of Iwo Jima. He carried the first flag that was raised on Mt. Suribachi, a moment later captured by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal in the war’s most famous photo. In the 1990s and early 2000s, he was featuring in James Bradley’s best-selling book “Flags of Our Fathers” and “War Stories with Oliver North,” produced by the retired Marine and Fox News correspondent. Greeley, a native of Lake Forest, Ill., moved with his family from Harding Township, N.J., to Bellevue in the early 2000s. At 94, he passed away in his sleep here Sept. 22, 2014.

Maj. Stephen Harding, a supply officer with Combat Logistics Battalion 23, presents a flag on behalf of 35th Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James Amos to Barbara Kenney during a memorial service for her father, 1st Lt. George Greeley Wells, in Bellevue, Wash., Oct. 25, 2014. Greeley served as the adjutant of 2nd Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division, during World War II’s famed Battle of Iwo Jima. He carried the first flag that was raised on Mt. Suribachi, a moment later captured by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal in the war’s most famous photo. In the 1990s and early 2000s, he was featuring in James Bradley’s best-selling book “Flags of Our Fathers” and “War Stories with Oliver North,” produced by the retired Marine and Fox News correspondent. Greeley, a native of Lake Forest, Ill., moved with his family from Harding Township, N.J., to Bellevue in the early 2000s. At 94, he passed away in his sleep here Sept. 22, 2014.

Photo by Sgt. Reece Lodder

Greeley Wells Jr., the son of U.S. Marine veteran 1st Lt. George Greeley Wells, displays a challenge coin and letter he received on behalf of 35th Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James Amos following a memorial service for his father in Bellevue, Washington, Oct. 25, 2014. Greeley served as the adjutant of 2nd Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division, during World War II’s famed Battle of Iwo Jima. He carried the first flag that was raised on Mt. Suribachi, a moment later captured by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal in the war’s most famous photo. In the 1990s and early 2000s, he was featured in James Bradley’s best-selling book “Flags of Our Fathers” and “War Stories with Oliver North,” produced by the retired Marine and Fox News correspondent. Greeley, a native of Lake Forest, Illinois, moved with his family from Harding Township, New Jersey, to Bellevue in the early 2000s. At 94, he passed away in his sleep here Sept. 22, 2014.

Greeley Wells Jr., the son of U.S. Marine veteran 1st Lt. George Greeley Wells, displays a challenge coin and letter he received on behalf of 35th Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James Amos following a memorial service for his father in Bellevue, Washington, Oct. 25, 2014. Greeley served as the adjutant of 2nd Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division, during World War II’s famed Battle of Iwo Jima. He carried the first flag that was raised on Mt. Suribachi, a moment later captured by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal in the war’s most famous photo. In the 1990s and early 2000s, he was featured in James Bradley’s best-selling book “Flags of Our Fathers” and “War Stories with Oliver North,” produced by the retired Marine and Fox News correspondent. Greeley, a native of Lake Forest, Illinois, moved with his family from Harding Township, New Jersey, to Bellevue in the early 2000s. At 94, he passed away in his sleep here Sept. 22, 2014.

Photo by Sgt. Reece Lodder

A hat depicting the Iwo Jima flag raising rests on display at a memorial for U.S. Marine 1st Lt. George Greeley Wells in Bellevue, Wash., Oct. 25, 2014. Greeley served as the adjutant of 2nd Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division, during World War II’s famed Battle of Iwo Jima. He carried the first flag that was raised on Mt. Suribachi, a moment later captured by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal in the war’s most famous photo. In the 1990s and early 2000s, he was featuring in James Bradley’s best-selling book “Flags of Our Fathers” and “War Stories with Oliver North,” produced by the retired Marine and Fox News correspondent. Greeley, a native of Lake Forest, Ill., moved with his family from Harding Township, N.J., to Bellevue in the early 2000s. At 94, he passed away in his sleep here Sept. 22, 2014.

A hat depicting the Iwo Jima flag raising rests on display at a memorial for U.S. Marine 1st Lt. George Greeley Wells in Bellevue, Wash., Oct. 25, 2014. Greeley served as the adjutant of 2nd Battalion, 28th Marine Regiment, 5th Marine Division, during World War II’s famed Battle of Iwo Jima. He carried the first flag that was raised on Mt. Suribachi, a moment later captured by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal in the war’s most famous photo. In the 1990s and early 2000s, he was featuring in James Bradley’s best-selling book “Flags of Our Fathers” and “War Stories with Oliver North,” produced by the retired Marine and Fox News correspondent. Greeley, a native of Lake Forest, Ill., moved with his family from Harding Township, N.J., to Bellevue in the early 2000s. At 94, he passed away in his sleep here Sept. 22, 2014.

Photo by Sgt. Reece Lodder

Marines with Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, participate in a gunners qualification aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island, Oct. 19, 2014. The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group and the embarked 11th MEU provide a versatile, sea-based, expeditionary force that can be tailored to a variety of missions in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

Marines with Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, participate in a gunners qualification aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island, Oct. 19, 2014. The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group and the embarked 11th MEU provide a versatile, sea-based, expeditionary force that can be tailored to a variety of missions in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

Photo by Cpl. Laura Y. Raga

Corporal Dillon Hanner, a crew chief with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Aviation Combat Element, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365, sands the “dorsal fin” of a CH-53E Super Stallion aboard the USS Iwo Jima, Oct. 15, 2014. MEU aircraft undergo several mandatory hours of maintenance checks before each flight. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Devin Nichols)

Corporal Dillon Hanner, a crew chief with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Aviation Combat Element, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365, sands the “dorsal fin” of a CH-53E Super Stallion aboard the USS Iwo Jima, Oct. 15, 2014. MEU aircraft undergo several mandatory hours of maintenance checks before each flight. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Devin Nichols)

Photo by Sgt. Devin Nichols

Col. Matthew G. St. Clair, commanding officer, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, presents 1st Lt. Benjamin Sheldon, platoon commander, Company A, GCEITF, with a Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with combat "V" distinguishing device at the task force headquarters, Oct. 10, 2014. Sheldon was awarded for actions during a deployment to Afghanistan with 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, from September 2013 to May 2014. From October 2014 to July 2015, the GCEITF will conduct individual and collective level skills training in designated ground combat arms occupational specialties in order to facilitate the standards based assessment of the physical performance of Marines in a simulated operating environment performing specific ground combat arms tasks. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez/Released)

Col. Matthew G. St. Clair, commanding officer, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, presents 1st Lt. Benjamin Sheldon, platoon commander, Company A, GCEITF, with a Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with combat "V" distinguishing device at the task force headquarters, Oct. 10, 2014. Sheldon was awarded for actions during a deployment to Afghanistan with 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, from September 2013 to May 2014. From October 2014 to July 2015, the GCEITF will conduct individual and collective level skills training in designated ground combat arms occupational specialties in order to facilitate the standards based assessment of the physical performance of Marines in a simulated operating environment performing specific ground combat arms tasks. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez