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Sgt. Joshua Flores, the training noncommissioned officer of Combat Logistics Battalion 3, crawls his way through the crashing surf at Fort Hase beach aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii during a training scenario in Sergeants Course Aug. 19, 2015. Sergeants Course is a vital part of professional military education for any Marine and helps to maintain the standards amongst the NCOs of the Marine Corps. The course supports MCB Hawaii’s mission, which is to provide facilities, programs and services in direct support of units, individuals and families to enhance and sustain combat readiness for all operating forces and tenant organizations aboard the installation.

Sgt. Joshua Flores, the training noncommissioned officer of Combat Logistics Battalion 3, crawls his way through the crashing surf at Fort Hase beach aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii during a training scenario in Sergeants Course Aug. 19, 2015. Sergeants Course is a vital part of professional military education for any Marine and helps to maintain the standards amongst the NCOs of the Marine Corps. The course supports MCB Hawaii’s mission, which is to provide facilities, programs and services in direct support of units, individuals and families to enhance and sustain combat readiness for all operating forces and tenant organizations aboard the installation.

Photo by Cpl. Khalil Ross

Sgt. Phillip Baca, an infantry squad leader with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment and a Barstow, Calif., native, writhes in agony as a cramp grips his leg and he works to straighten it out while low crawling along Fort Hase Beach aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii during Sergeants Course Aug. 19, 2015. Baca, along with other sergeants in the course, low crawled in a tricky scenario where they were outnumbered four to one, and needed to repair a broken down vehicle. Sergeants Course is a vital part of professional military education for any Marine and helps to maintain the standards amongst the NCOs of the Marine Corps. The course supports MCB Hawaii’s mission, which is to provide facilities, programs and services in direct support of units, individuals and families to enhance and sustain combat readiness for all operating forces and tenant organizations aboard the installation.

Sgt. Phillip Baca, an infantry squad leader with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment and a Barstow, Calif., native, writhes in agony as a cramp grips his leg and he works to straighten it out while low crawling along Fort Hase Beach aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii during Sergeants Course Aug. 19, 2015. Baca, along with other sergeants in the course, low crawled in a tricky scenario where they were outnumbered four to one, and needed to repair a broken down vehicle. Sergeants Course is a vital part of professional military education for any Marine and helps to maintain the standards amongst the NCOs of the Marine Corps. The course supports MCB Hawaii’s mission, which is to provide facilities, programs and services in direct support of units, individuals and families to enhance and sustain combat readiness for all operating forces and tenant organizations aboard the installation.

Photo by Cpl. Khalil Ross

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.

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.

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.

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.

Mechanicsburg, Pa., native Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Young, a platoon sergeant with Company A, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, draws a fast-roping line out from underneath a UH-1Y Huey helicopter during a training exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 18, 2015. Utilizing both fast-roping and Special Patrol Insertion and Extraction rigging methods, the purpose of the training exercise was to integrate operational coordination between the I MEF Ground Combat Element and Air Combat Element.

Mechanicsburg, Pa., native Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Young, a platoon sergeant with Company A, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, draws a fast-roping line out from underneath a UH-1Y Huey helicopter during a training exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 18, 2015. Utilizing both fast-roping and Special Patrol Insertion and Extraction rigging methods, the purpose of the training exercise was to integrate operational coordination between the I MEF Ground Combat Element and Air Combat Element.

Photo by Pfc. Devan Gowans

Mechanicsburg, Pa., native Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Young, a platoon sergeant with Company A, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, runs to grab the rope underneath a UH-1Y Huey helicopter during a training exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 18, 2015. Utilizing both fast-roping and Special Patrol Insertion and Extraction rigging methods, the purpose of the training exercise was to integrate operational coordination between the I MEF Ground Combat Element and Air Combat Element.

Mechanicsburg, Pa., native Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Young, a platoon sergeant with Company A, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, runs to grab the rope underneath a UH-1Y Huey helicopter during a training exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 18, 2015. Utilizing both fast-roping and Special Patrol Insertion and Extraction rigging methods, the purpose of the training exercise was to integrate operational coordination between the I MEF Ground Combat Element and Air Combat Element.

Photo by Pfc. Devan Gowans

U.S. Marine 1st Sgt. Sigrid Rivera, Service Company first sergeant, Headquarters Battalion, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, earned her fourth-degree black belt at the Staff Noncommissioned Officer Academy aboard MCB Hawaii, July 30, 2015. Earning this rank puts her among the nine fourth-degree black belts currently in the Marine Corps. The mission of Marine Corps Base Hawaii is to provide programs and services in direct support of units, individuals and families in order to enhance and sustain combat readiness for all operating forces and tenant organizations aboard the installation.

U.S. Marine 1st Sgt. Sigrid Rivera, Service Company first sergeant, Headquarters Battalion, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, earned her fourth-degree black belt at the Staff Noncommissioned Officer Academy aboard MCB Hawaii, July 30, 2015. Earning this rank puts her among the nine fourth-degree black belts currently in the Marine Corps. The mission of Marine Corps Base Hawaii is to provide programs and services in direct support of units, individuals and families in order to enhance and sustain combat readiness for all operating forces and tenant organizations aboard the installation.

Photo by Cpl. Brittney Vito

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.

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

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Andy Larsen, with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, helps distribute water to local civilians during typhoon relief efforts in Saipan, Aug. 13, 2015. The Marines with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st MEU and CLB 31, 31st MEU, are aiding 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.

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Andy Larsen, with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, helps distribute water to local civilians during typhoon relief efforts in Saipan, Aug. 13, 2015. The Marines with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st MEU and CLB 31, 31st MEU, are aiding 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

Staff Sgt. Paul J. Delekto demonstrates baton strikes during nonlethal weapons and level one oleoresin capsicum spray training aboard Camp Foster Aug. 14. According to Delekto, the security augmentation force instructor and staff noncommissioned officer with mobile training team, Provost Marshal’s Office, Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, nonlethal weapons training includes all weapons and techniques that are not inherently deadly, such as batons, defensive tactics, pepper-based spray, and mechanical-advantage control holds.

Staff Sgt. Paul J. Delekto demonstrates baton strikes during nonlethal weapons and level one oleoresin capsicum spray training aboard Camp Foster Aug. 14. According to Delekto, the security augmentation force instructor and staff noncommissioned officer with mobile training team, Provost Marshal’s Office, Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, nonlethal weapons training includes all weapons and techniques that are not inherently deadly, such as batons, defensive tactics, pepper-based spray, and mechanical-advantage control holds.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Daniel Jean-Paul

Staff Sgt. Paul J. Delekto observes as a Japanese security guard employs apprehension tactics during nonlethal weapons and level one oleoresin capsicum spray training aboard Camp Foster Aug. 14. According to Delekto, the security augmentation force instructor and staff noncommissioned officer with mobile training team, Provost Marshal’s Office, Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, nonlethal weapons training includes all weapons and techniques that are not inherently deadly, such as batons, defensive tactics, pepper-based spray, and mechanical-advantage control holds.

Staff Sgt. Paul J. Delekto observes as a Japanese security guard employs apprehension tactics during nonlethal weapons and level one oleoresin capsicum spray training aboard Camp Foster Aug. 14. According to Delekto, the security augmentation force instructor and staff noncommissioned officer with mobile training team, Provost Marshal’s Office, Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, nonlethal weapons training includes all weapons and techniques that are not inherently deadly, such as batons, defensive tactics, pepper-based spray, and mechanical-advantage control holds.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Daniel Jean-Paul

A Japanese security guard receives a dose of oleoresin capsicum spray during nonlethal weapons and level one OC spray training aboard Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 14. According to Staff Sgt. Paul J. Delekto, mobile training team, Provost Marshal’s Office, Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, after being sprayed, the JSGs navigated through an obstacle course of Marines representing potential suspects.

A Japanese security guard receives a dose of oleoresin capsicum spray during nonlethal weapons and level one OC spray training aboard Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 14. According to Staff Sgt. Paul J. Delekto, mobile training team, Provost Marshal’s Office, Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, after being sprayed, the JSGs navigated through an obstacle course of Marines representing potential suspects.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Daniel Jean-Paul

A Japanese security guard executes a knee strike during nonlethal weapons and level one oleoresin capsicum spray training aboard Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 14. According to Delekto, the security augmentation force instructor and staff noncommissioned officer with mobile training team, Provost Marshal’s Office, Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, nonlethal weapons training includes all weapons and techniques that are not inherently deadly, such as batons, defensive tactics, pepper-based spray, and mechanical-advantage control holds.

A Japanese security guard executes a knee strike during nonlethal weapons and level one oleoresin capsicum spray training aboard Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 14. According to Delekto, the security augmentation force instructor and staff noncommissioned officer with mobile training team, Provost Marshal’s Office, Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, nonlethal weapons training includes all weapons and techniques that are not inherently deadly, such as batons, defensive tactics, pepper-based spray, and mechanical-advantage control holds.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Daniel Jean-Paul

Sgt. Dwight Harris, an anti-tank missile man with Combined Anti-Armor Team Platoon, Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, operates a simulated M41A4 Saber missile system during a simulated anti-armor exercise at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 8, 2015. The simulated Saber challenged Marines with its inclusion of friendly and enemy targets, testing their judgement before firing.

Sgt. Dwight Harris, an anti-tank missile man with Combined Anti-Armor Team Platoon, Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, operates a simulated M41A4 Saber missile system during a simulated anti-armor exercise at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Aug. 8, 2015. The simulated Saber challenged Marines with its inclusion of friendly and enemy targets, testing their judgement before firing.

Photo by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez

U.S. Marines with the U.S. Marine Drum and Bugle Corps perform during a sunset parade at the Marine Corps War Memorial, Arlington, Va., Aug 11, 2015. Ms. Hollister K. Petraeus, CFPB assistant director, Service member Affairs, was the guest of honor for the parade, and Sgt. Maj. Ronald L. Green, 18th sergeant major of the Marine Corps, was the hosting official. Since September 1956, marching and musical units from Marine Barracks Washington, D.C., have been paying tribute to those whose “Uncommon Valor was a common virtue” by presenting sunset parades in the shadow of the 32-foot high figures of the United States Marine Corps War Memorial.

U.S. Marines with the U.S. Marine Drum and Bugle Corps perform during a sunset parade at the Marine Corps War Memorial, Arlington, Va., Aug 11, 2015. Ms. Hollister K. Petraeus, CFPB assistant director, Service member Affairs, was the guest of honor for the parade, and Sgt. Maj. Ronald L. Green, 18th sergeant major of the Marine Corps, was the hosting official. Since September 1956, marching and musical units from Marine Barracks Washington, D.C., have been paying tribute to those whose “Uncommon Valor was a common virtue” by presenting sunset parades in the shadow of the 32-foot high figures of the United States Marine Corps War Memorial.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Christopher J. Nunn

Sgt. Corey Burgess awaits take off across from an AH-1W Super Cobra during a training exercise testing a digital interoperability system at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., July 24, 2015, Digital interoperability is the technology capable of increasing prowess on the battlefield. The exercise included Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 467, Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2, and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, testing a LINK 16 conversion system for one of the first times within an explicitly rotary-wing exercise. Burgess is a Bell UH-1 crew chief with HMLA-467.

Sgt. Corey Burgess awaits take off across from an AH-1W Super Cobra during a training exercise testing a digital interoperability system at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., July 24, 2015, Digital interoperability is the technology capable of increasing prowess on the battlefield. The exercise included Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 467, Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2, and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, testing a LINK 16 conversion system for one of the first times within an explicitly rotary-wing exercise. Burgess is a Bell UH-1 crew chief with HMLA-467.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Jason Jimenez

Sgt. Cyrus Brown operates an AN/PRC-117 G wideband tactical radio, inside a UH-1Y Huey while flying alongside an AH-1W Super Cobra during a training exercise testing a digital interoperability system at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., July 24, 2015. Digital interoperability is the technology capable of increasing prowess on the battlefield. The exercise included Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 467, Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2, and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, testing a LINK 16 conversion system for one of the first times within an explicitly rotary-wing exercise. Brown is a radio operator with VMU-2.

Sgt. Cyrus Brown operates an AN/PRC-117 G wideband tactical radio, inside a UH-1Y Huey while flying alongside an AH-1W Super Cobra during a training exercise testing a digital interoperability system at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., July 24, 2015. Digital interoperability is the technology capable of increasing prowess on the battlefield. The exercise included Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 467, Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2, and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command, testing a LINK 16 conversion system for one of the first times within an explicitly rotary-wing exercise. Brown is a radio operator with VMU-2.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Jason Jimenez

U.S. Marine Sgt. Joseph Walkerstill, a Weapons and Tactics Instructor with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron-165, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force—Crisis Response—Central Command, fires an M240 machine gun during Aerial Gunnery Training aboard an MV-22 in Southwest Asia, At Sea, July 15, 2015. The squadron provides SPMAGTF-CR-CC with assault support as well as transport of combat troops, supplies and equipment during expeditionary, joint or combined operations.

U.S. Marine Sgt. Joseph Walkerstill, a Weapons and Tactics Instructor with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron-165, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force—Crisis Response—Central Command, fires an M240 machine gun during Aerial Gunnery Training aboard an MV-22 in Southwest Asia, At Sea, July 15, 2015. The squadron provides SPMAGTF-CR-CC with assault support as well as transport of combat troops, supplies and equipment during expeditionary, joint or combined operations.

Photo by Cpl. Leah Agler

Gunnery Sgt. David C. Stone, a maintenance chief with Company D, 4th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division, explains proper handling of the AT-4 to Marines with Company D, 4th Tank Bn. during a battalion-level Fire Support Coordination Exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 14- 24 for fiscal year 2015. Training included live fire exercises, simulated medical evacuation operations and the employing artillery assets to support operations.

Gunnery Sgt. David C. Stone, a maintenance chief with Company D, 4th Tank Battalion, 4th Marine Division, explains proper handling of the AT-4 to Marines with Company D, 4th Tank Bn. during a battalion-level Fire Support Coordination Exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 14- 24 for fiscal year 2015. Training included live fire exercises, simulated medical evacuation operations and the employing artillery assets to support operations.

Photo by Lance Cpl. April Price

Pilots in Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, use Full Mission Simulators as part of their training with F-35s. The F-35 simulators can also be found at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, where Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121 trains. The F-35 Full Mission Simulator accurately replicates all sensors and weapons to provide a realistic mission rehearsal and training environment.

Pilots in Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, use Full Mission Simulators as part of their training with F-35s. The F-35 simulators can also be found at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, where Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121 trains. The F-35 Full Mission Simulator accurately replicates all sensors and weapons to provide a realistic mission rehearsal and training environment.

Photo by Courtesy Photo