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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

Lance Cpl. David Hernandez, from San Francisco, fast-ropes out of an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft with his military working dog, Benny, Oct. 27 at Camp Hansen. This was the first time the handlers have fast-roped out of an aircraft with their dogs. The Marines are planning to use this capability for future exercises. The Marines and dogs are with 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force, III MHG.

Lance Cpl. David Hernandez, from San Francisco, fast-ropes out of an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft with his military working dog, Benny, Oct. 27 at Camp Hansen. This was the first time the handlers have fast-roped out of an aircraft with their dogs. The Marines are planning to use this capability for future exercises. The Marines and dogs are with 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force, III MHG.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Mains

U.S. Marines use smoke as concealment during a training exercise as part of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training 2014 Nov. 12 at the Penanjong Garrison, Tutong, Brunei. The smokescreen was one of the techniques U.S. Marines and members of the Royal Brunei Land Force used as they trained in military operations in urban terrain tactics. CARAT is a nine-country, bilateral exercise series between the U.S., Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand and Timor-Leste. 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.

U.S. Marines use smoke as concealment during a training exercise as part of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training 2014 Nov. 12 at the Penanjong Garrison, Tutong, Brunei. The smokescreen was one of the techniques U.S. Marines and members of the Royal Brunei Land Force used as they trained in military operations in urban terrain tactics. CARAT is a nine-country, bilateral exercise series between the U.S., Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand and Timor-Leste. 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 R. Haller II

Fire fighters with the Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Fire Station extract a victim from the fire training tower during Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear and Hazardous Material Emergency Response Operations aboard MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Nov. 8, 2014. This was the first time the MCAS Iwakuni Fire Station, Marine Aircraft Group 12 and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s 102nd Central Nuclear Biological Chemical Weapon Defense Unit collaborated to conduct this type of training.

Fire fighters with the Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Fire Station extract a victim from the fire training tower during Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear and Hazardous Material Emergency Response Operations aboard MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, Nov. 8, 2014. This was the first time the MCAS Iwakuni Fire Station, Marine Aircraft Group 12 and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s 102nd Central Nuclear Biological Chemical Weapon Defense Unit collaborated to conduct this type of training.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alissa P. Schuning

Royal Netherlands Korps Mariniers wait for orders to assault a combat town in Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina on Nov. 7, 2014. This was one of the many training events of Bold Alligator 2014. A large-scale amphibious exercise on the East Coast designed to improve U.S. and allied forces response to a myriad of different crises.

Royal Netherlands Korps Mariniers wait for orders to assault a combat town in Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina on Nov. 7, 2014. This was one of the many training events of Bold Alligator 2014. A large-scale amphibious exercise on the East Coast designed to improve U.S. and allied forces response to a myriad of different crises.

Photo by Cpl. Cuong Le

Royal Netherlands Korps Mariniers wait for orders to assault a combat town in Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina on Nov. 7, 2014. This was one of the many training events of Bold Alligator 2014. A large-scale amphibious exercise on the East Coast designed to improve U.S. and allied forces response to a myriad of different crises.

Royal Netherlands Korps Mariniers wait for orders to assault a combat town in Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina on Nov. 7, 2014. This was one of the many training events of Bold Alligator 2014. A large-scale amphibious exercise on the East Coast designed to improve U.S. and allied forces response to a myriad of different crises.

Photo by Cpl. Cuong Le

Royal Netherlands Korps Mariniers wait for orders to assault a combat town in Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina on Nov. 7, 2014. This was one of the many training events of Bold Alligator 2014. A large-scale amphibious exercise on the East Coast designed to improve U.S. and allied forces response to a myriad of different crises.

Royal Netherlands Korps Mariniers wait for orders to assault a combat town in Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina on Nov. 7, 2014. This was one of the many training events of Bold Alligator 2014. A large-scale amphibious exercise on the East Coast designed to improve U.S. and allied forces response to a myriad of different crises.

Photo by Cpl. Cuong Le

Royal Netherlands Korps Mariniers wait for orders to assault a combat town in Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina on Nov. 7, 2014. This was one of the many training events of Bold Alligator 2014. A large-scale amphibious exercise on the East Coast designed to improve U.S. and allied forces response to a myriad of different crises.

Royal Netherlands Korps Mariniers wait for orders to assault a combat town in Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina on Nov. 7, 2014. This was one of the many training events of Bold Alligator 2014. A large-scale amphibious exercise on the East Coast designed to improve U.S. and allied forces response to a myriad of different crises.

Photo by Cpl. Cuong Le

Royal Netherlands Korps Mariniers wait for orders to assault a combat town in Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina on Nov. 7, 2014. This was one of the many training events of Bold Alligator 2014. A large-scale amphibious exercise on the East Coast designed to improve U.S. and allied forces response to a myriad of different crises.

Royal Netherlands Korps Mariniers wait for orders to assault a combat town in Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina on Nov. 7, 2014. This was one of the many training events of Bold Alligator 2014. A large-scale amphibious exercise on the East Coast designed to improve U.S. and allied forces response to a myriad of different crises.

Photo by Cpl. Cuong Le

Royal Netherlands Korps Mariniers wait for orders to assault a combat town in Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina on Nov. 7, 2014. This was one of the many training events of Bold Alligator 2014. A large-scale amphibious exercise on the East Coast designed to improve U.S. and allied forces response to a myriad of different crises.

Royal Netherlands Korps Mariniers wait for orders to assault a combat town in Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina on Nov. 7, 2014. This was one of the many training events of Bold Alligator 2014. A large-scale amphibious exercise on the East Coast designed to improve U.S. and allied forces response to a myriad of different crises.

Photo by Cpl. Cuong Le

U.S. Marine Cpl. Matthew Miller clears a malfunction while blindfolded during a security element course aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Oct. 23, 2014. Miller is a radio operator with Force Reconnaissance Detachment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. Marines in this course are preparing for the 15th MEU’s deployment in the spring.

U.S. Marine Cpl. Matthew Miller clears a malfunction while blindfolded during a security element course aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Oct. 23, 2014. Miller is a radio operator with Force Reconnaissance Detachment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. Marines in this course are preparing for the 15th MEU’s deployment in the spring.

Photo by Cpl. Anna Albrecht

U.S. Marine Cpl. Matthew Miller clears a malfunction while blindfolded during a security element course aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Oct. 23, 2014. Miller is a radio operator with Force Reconnaissance Detachment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. Marines in this course are preparing for the 15th MEU’s deployment in the spring.

U.S. Marine Cpl. Matthew Miller clears a malfunction while blindfolded during a security element course aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Oct. 23, 2014. Miller is a radio operator with Force Reconnaissance Detachment, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. Marines in this course are preparing for the 15th MEU’s deployment in the spring.

Photo by Cpl. Anna Albrecht

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force line up outside a doorway in preparation for a room-clearing exercise at MOC-3 range aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 21, 2014. The Marines formed up in groups, creating a tight assault force, and entered the facility after throwing a live grenade.

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force line up outside a doorway in preparation for a room-clearing exercise at MOC-3 range aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 21, 2014. The Marines formed up in groups, creating a tight assault force, and entered the facility after throwing a live grenade.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler Andersen

Seaman Robert Carpenter, a hospitalman with Security Platoon, Maritime Raid Force, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, waits to board a CH-53E Super Stallion aboard the USS Iwo Jima, Oct. 22, 2014. Marines and Sailors from the MRF conducted a precision raid in southern Georgia during Composite Training Unit Exercise, the last major pre-deployment event before their deployment at the end of the year.

Seaman Robert Carpenter, a hospitalman with Security Platoon, Maritime Raid Force, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, waits to board a CH-53E Super Stallion aboard the USS Iwo Jima, Oct. 22, 2014. Marines and Sailors from the MRF conducted a precision raid in southern Georgia during Composite Training Unit Exercise, the last major pre-deployment event before their deployment at the end of the year.

Photo by Cpl. Todd F. Michalek

Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 373 prepare to offload heavy machinery into the staging area while performing a ship-to-shore drill during exercise Pacific Horizon 2015 aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Oct 23. PH 15 is a scenario driven, simulation supported crisis response exercise designed to improve 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade's and Expeditionary Strike Group 3's interoperability and strengthen Navy-Marine Corps relations by conducting an in-stream Maritime Prepositioning Force offload of equipment by providing host country civil-military security assistance, and by conducting infrastructure restoration support from Oct. 20-28.

Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 373 prepare to offload heavy machinery into the staging area while performing a ship-to-shore drill during exercise Pacific Horizon 2015 aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Oct 23. PH 15 is a scenario driven, simulation supported crisis response exercise designed to improve 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade's and Expeditionary Strike Group 3's interoperability and strengthen Navy-Marine Corps relations by conducting an in-stream Maritime Prepositioning Force offload of equipment by providing host country civil-military security assistance, and by conducting infrastructure restoration support from Oct. 20-28.

Photo by Cpl. Ricardo Hurtado

Sailors with Beach Master Unit 1 guide a Landing Craft, Air Cushions assigned to Assault Craft Unit 5 while performing a ship-to-shore drill during exercise Pacific Horizon 2015 aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Oct 23. PH 15 is a scenario driven, simulation supported crisis response exercise designed to improve 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade's and Expeditionary Strike Group 3's interoperability and strengthen Navy-Marine Corps relations by conducting an in-stream Maritime Prepositioning Force offload of equipment by providing host country civil-military security assistance, and by conducting infrastructure restoration support from Oct. 20-28.

Sailors with Beach Master Unit 1 guide a Landing Craft, Air Cushions assigned to Assault Craft Unit 5 while performing a ship-to-shore drill during exercise Pacific Horizon 2015 aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Oct 23. PH 15 is a scenario driven, simulation supported crisis response exercise designed to improve 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade's and Expeditionary Strike Group 3's interoperability and strengthen Navy-Marine Corps relations by conducting an in-stream Maritime Prepositioning Force offload of equipment by providing host country civil-military security assistance, and by conducting infrastructure restoration support from Oct. 20-28.

Photo by Cpl. Ricardo Hurtado

Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 373 offload heavy machinery into the staging area while performing a ship-to-shore drill during exercise Pacific Horizon 2015 aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Oct 23. PH 15 is a scenario driven, simulation supported crisis response exercise designed to improve 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade's and Expeditionary Strike Group 3's interoperability and strengthen Navy-Marine Corps relations by conducting an in-stream Maritime Prepositioning Force offload of equipment by providing host country civil-military security assistance, and by conducting infrastructure restoration support from Oct. 20-28.

Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 373 offload heavy machinery into the staging area while performing a ship-to-shore drill during exercise Pacific Horizon 2015 aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Oct 23. PH 15 is a scenario driven, simulation supported crisis response exercise designed to improve 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade's and Expeditionary Strike Group 3's interoperability and strengthen Navy-Marine Corps relations by conducting an in-stream Maritime Prepositioning Force offload of equipment by providing host country civil-military security assistance, and by conducting infrastructure restoration support from Oct. 20-28.

Photo by Cpl. Ricardo Hurtado

Cpl. Erich Jurgensen, left, motor vehicle operator, Provisional Rifle Platoon, Company A, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, conducts a speed reload during fire and maneuver drills executed at the company’s barracks, Oct. 22, 2014. The Co. A PRP is made up of male and female volunteers from numerous military occupational specialties who have had no additional infantry-specific training since Marine Combat Training. From October 2014 to July 2015, the Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force will conduct individual and collective skills training in designated 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.

Cpl. Erich Jurgensen, left, motor vehicle operator, Provisional Rifle Platoon, Company A, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, conducts a speed reload during fire and maneuver drills executed at the company’s barracks, Oct. 22, 2014. The Co. A PRP is made up of male and female volunteers from numerous military occupational specialties who have had no additional infantry-specific training since Marine Combat Training. From October 2014 to July 2015, the Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force will conduct individual and collective skills training in designated 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.

Photo by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez

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. 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. 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

Ryan Arnold, a scout observer with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, from Halfway, Missouri, provides perimeter security during a multi-national, joint-service casualty evacuation sustainment training evolution. The 11th MEU is deployed with the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout U.S. Central Command and the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

Ryan Arnold, a scout observer with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, from Halfway, Missouri, provides perimeter security during a multi-national, joint-service casualty evacuation sustainment training evolution. The 11th MEU is deployed with the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group as a theater reserve and crisis response force throughout U.S. Central Command and the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility.

Photo by Sgt. Melissa Wenger