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Sgt. Brenton A. Slover, squad leader, Engineer Platoon, Headquarters and Service Company, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, observes the detonation of M1A2 Bangalores during a Marine Corps Operational Test and Evaluation Activity assessment at Range 107, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, March 22, 2015. 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.

Sgt. Brenton A. Slover, squad leader, Engineer Platoon, Headquarters and Service Company, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, observes the detonation of M1A2 Bangalores during a Marine Corps Operational Test and Evaluation Activity assessment at Range 107, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, March 22, 2015. 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.

Photo by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez

U.S. Marine Sgt. Kyle Kimbriel, right, the noncommissioned officer in charge of the Theater Security Cooperation team with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, helps a Tanzanian park ranger aim an AKM assault rifle in the prone position during a combat marksmanship class at the Selous Game Reserve in Matambwe, Tanzania, March 3, 2015. The Marines and Sailors will spend the next several weeks teaching the Tanzanian park rangers infantry skills such as patrolling, offensive tactics, land navigation and mounted operations to aid in countering illicit trafficking.

U.S. Marine Sgt. Kyle Kimbriel, right, the noncommissioned officer in charge of the Theater Security Cooperation team with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, helps a Tanzanian park ranger aim an AKM assault rifle in the prone position during a combat marksmanship class at the Selous Game Reserve in Matambwe, Tanzania, March 3, 2015. The Marines and Sailors will spend the next several weeks teaching the Tanzanian park rangers infantry skills such as patrolling, offensive tactics, land navigation and mounted operations to aid in countering illicit trafficking.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Lucas Hopkins

Marines with Bridge Company, 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, march to their training site for a rafting exercise on the Colorado River in Laughlin, Nev., March 17-21, 2014. More than 60 Marines trained in moving heavy equipment, to include 7-tons and Humvees, across a flowing body of water using Bridge Erection Boats and an Improved Ribbon Bridge. The IRB is a multi-piece floating bridge that can function as a raft. Despite being accustomed to training in a bay with little to no current, these Marines managed to transport two 7-tons up the river at the same time.

Marines with Bridge Company, 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, march to their training site for a rafting exercise on the Colorado River in Laughlin, Nev., March 17-21, 2014. More than 60 Marines trained in moving heavy equipment, to include 7-tons and Humvees, across a flowing body of water using Bridge Erection Boats and an Improved Ribbon Bridge. The IRB is a multi-piece floating bridge that can function as a raft. Despite being accustomed to training in a bay with little to no current, these Marines managed to transport two 7-tons up the river at the same time.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Keenan Zelazoski

Marines with Bridge Company, 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, operate Bridge Erection Boats as part of a rafting exercise on the Colorado River in Laughlin, Nev., March 17-21, 2014. More than 60 Marines trained in moving heavy equipment, to include 7-tons and Humvees, across a flowing body of water utilizing BEBs and an Improved Ribbon Bridge. The IRB is a multi-piece floating bridge that can function as a raft. The BEBs were used to push the raft against the current. Despite being accustomed to training in a bay with little to no current, these Marines managed to transport two 7-tons up the river at the same time.

Marines with Bridge Company, 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, operate Bridge Erection Boats as part of a rafting exercise on the Colorado River in Laughlin, Nev., March 17-21, 2014. More than 60 Marines trained in moving heavy equipment, to include 7-tons and Humvees, across a flowing body of water utilizing BEBs and an Improved Ribbon Bridge. The IRB is a multi-piece floating bridge that can function as a raft. The BEBs were used to push the raft against the current. Despite being accustomed to training in a bay with little to no current, these Marines managed to transport two 7-tons up the river at the same time.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Keenan Zelazoski

A Bridge Erection Boat faces the current of the Colorado River during a training exercise executed by Marines with Bridge Company, 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, in Laughlin, Nev., March 17-21, 2014. More than 60 Marines trained in moving heavy equipment, to include 7-tons and Humvees, across a flowing body of water using BEBs and an Improved Ribbon Bridge. The IRB is a multi-piece floating bridge that can function as a raft. The BEBs were used to push the raft against the current. Despite being accustomed to training in a bay with little to no current, these Marines managed to transport two 7-tons up the river at the same time.

A Bridge Erection Boat faces the current of the Colorado River during a training exercise executed by Marines with Bridge Company, 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, in Laughlin, Nev., March 17-21, 2014. More than 60 Marines trained in moving heavy equipment, to include 7-tons and Humvees, across a flowing body of water using BEBs and an Improved Ribbon Bridge. The IRB is a multi-piece floating bridge that can function as a raft. The BEBs were used to push the raft against the current. Despite being accustomed to training in a bay with little to no current, these Marines managed to transport two 7-tons up the river at the same time.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Keenan Zelazoski

Marines with Bridge Company, 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, push an Improved Ribbon Bridge against the current of the Colorado River during a rafting exercise aboard Laughlin, Nev., March 17-21, 2014. More than 60 Marines trained in moving heavy equipment, to include 7-tons and Humvees, across a flowing body of water using BEBs and an Improved Ribbon Bridge. The IRB is a multi-piece floating bridge that can function as a raft. The BEBs were used to push the raft against the current. Despite being accustomed to training in a bay with little to no current, these Marines managed to transport two 7-tons up the river at the same time.

Marines with Bridge Company, 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, push an Improved Ribbon Bridge against the current of the Colorado River during a rafting exercise aboard Laughlin, Nev., March 17-21, 2014. More than 60 Marines trained in moving heavy equipment, to include 7-tons and Humvees, across a flowing body of water using BEBs and an Improved Ribbon Bridge. The IRB is a multi-piece floating bridge that can function as a raft. The BEBs were used to push the raft against the current. Despite being accustomed to training in a bay with little to no current, these Marines managed to transport two 7-tons up the river at the same time.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Keenan Zelazoski

Marines with Bridge Company, 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, drive a Combat Rubber Raiding Craft onto the back of an Improved Ribbon Bridge during a training exercise on the Colorado River in Laughlin, Nev., March 17-21, 2014. More than 60 Marines trained in moving heavy equipment, to include 7-tons and Humvees, across a flowing body of water using BEBs and an Improved Ribbon Bridge. The IRB is a multi-piece floating bridge that can function as a raft. The BEBs were used to push the raft against the current. Despite being accustomed to training in a bay with little to no current, these Marines managed to transport two 7-tons up the river at the same time.

Marines with Bridge Company, 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, drive a Combat Rubber Raiding Craft onto the back of an Improved Ribbon Bridge during a training exercise on the Colorado River in Laughlin, Nev., March 17-21, 2014. More than 60 Marines trained in moving heavy equipment, to include 7-tons and Humvees, across a flowing body of water using BEBs and an Improved Ribbon Bridge. The IRB is a multi-piece floating bridge that can function as a raft. The BEBs were used to push the raft against the current. Despite being accustomed to training in a bay with little to no current, these Marines managed to transport two 7-tons up the river at the same time.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Keenan Zelazoski

Marines with Bridge Company, 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, ensure that an Improved Ribbon Bridge is not carried down river, while waiting for equipment to dismantle the IRB, during a training exercise on the Colorado River in Laughlin, Nev., March 17-21, 2014. More than 60 Marines trained in moving heavy equipment, to include 7-tons and Humvees, across a flowing body of water using BEBs and an Improved Ribbon Bridge. The IRB is a multi-piece floating bridge that can function as a raft. The BEBs were used to push the raft against the current. Despite being accustomed to training in a bay with little to no current, these Marines managed to transport two 7-tons up the river at the same time.

Marines with Bridge Company, 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, ensure that an Improved Ribbon Bridge is not carried down river, while waiting for equipment to dismantle the IRB, during a training exercise on the Colorado River in Laughlin, Nev., March 17-21, 2014. More than 60 Marines trained in moving heavy equipment, to include 7-tons and Humvees, across a flowing body of water using BEBs and an Improved Ribbon Bridge. The IRB is a multi-piece floating bridge that can function as a raft. The BEBs were used to push the raft against the current. Despite being accustomed to training in a bay with little to no current, these Marines managed to transport two 7-tons up the river at the same time.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Keenan Zelazoski

Marines with Bridge Company, 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, secure an Improved Ribbon Bridge, to extract it from the Colorado River, during a training exercise in Laughlin, Nev., March 17-21, 2014. More than 60 Marines trained in moving heavy equipment, to include 7-tons and Humvees, across a flowing body of water using BEBs and an Improved Ribbon Bridge. The IRB is a multi-piece floating bridge that can function as a raft. The BEBs were used to push the raft against the current. Despite being accustomed to training in a bay with little to no current, these Marines managed to transport two 7-tons up the river at the same time.

Marines with Bridge Company, 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, secure an Improved Ribbon Bridge, to extract it from the Colorado River, during a training exercise in Laughlin, Nev., March 17-21, 2014. More than 60 Marines trained in moving heavy equipment, to include 7-tons and Humvees, across a flowing body of water using BEBs and an Improved Ribbon Bridge. The IRB is a multi-piece floating bridge that can function as a raft. The BEBs were used to push the raft against the current. Despite being accustomed to training in a bay with little to no current, these Marines managed to transport two 7-tons up the river at the same time.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Keenan Zelazoski

Gunnery Sgt. Ashton Benn, an assistant operations chief for II MEF Headquarters Group and Brooklyn, N.Y., native, teaches hand-and-arm signals during a MHG field exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 12-19, 2015. The purpose of the FEX was to allow the Marines the opportunity to test their skill sets and find areas of improvement.

Gunnery Sgt. Ashton Benn, an assistant operations chief for II MEF Headquarters Group and Brooklyn, N.Y., native, teaches hand-and-arm signals during a MHG field exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 12-19, 2015. The purpose of the FEX was to allow the Marines the opportunity to test their skill sets and find areas of improvement.

Photo by Cpl. Chelsea Toombs

Gunnery Sgt. Ashton Benn, an assistant operations chief for II MEF Headquarters Group and Brooklyn, N.Y., native, teaches a class on combat formations during a MHG field exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 12-19, 2015. The purpose of the FEX was to allow the Marines the opportunity to test their skill sets and find areas of improvement.

Gunnery Sgt. Ashton Benn, an assistant operations chief for II MEF Headquarters Group and Brooklyn, N.Y., native, teaches a class on combat formations during a MHG field exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 12-19, 2015. The purpose of the FEX was to allow the Marines the opportunity to test their skill sets and find areas of improvement.

Photo by Cpl. Chelsea Toombs

Adam Pereira, son of Ret. Gunnery Sgt. Jose Pereira, shoots an AR-15 300 yards from his target during the 7th Regiment Midrange Rifle Competition aboard the Combat Center, March 14, 2015. Two classifications of rifles were used for the event, high-powered rifles, which are rifles with a sling and no scope and F Class rifles, which have high-powered scopes and bi-pods.

Adam Pereira, son of Ret. Gunnery Sgt. Jose Pereira, shoots an AR-15 300 yards from his target during the 7th Regiment Midrange Rifle Competition aboard the Combat Center, March 14, 2015. Two classifications of rifles were used for the event, high-powered rifles, which are rifles with a sling and no scope and F Class rifles, which have high-powered scopes and bi-pods.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Thomas Mudd

U.S. Marine Sgt. Garrett Jackson, a squad leader with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, checks his team before setting out on a mock assault with U.S. Army Special Forces in Baumholder, Germany, March 11, 2015. Jackson led his squad through more than a week of training with Special Forces personnel to prepare the two groups to conduct future operations together.

U.S. Marine Sgt. Garrett Jackson, a squad leader with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Africa, checks his team before setting out on a mock assault with U.S. Army Special Forces in Baumholder, Germany, March 11, 2015. Jackson led his squad through more than a week of training with Special Forces personnel to prepare the two groups to conduct future operations together.

Photo by Sgt. Paul Peterson

Sergeant Cody L. Olson, a main battle tank technician with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Logistics Combat Element, Combat Logistics Battalion 24, poses with his father, former Marine Sgt. Richard L. Olson, at Cody’s graduation ceremony at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, Feb. 24, 2012. Olson is deployed with the 24th MEU, conducting theater security cooperation exercises to increase cooperation and interoperability, enhance relationships with existing partners and promote long-term regional stability within the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. The 24th MEU is embarked on the ships of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group and deployed to maintain regional security in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations.

Sergeant Cody L. Olson, a main battle tank technician with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Logistics Combat Element, Combat Logistics Battalion 24, poses with his father, former Marine Sgt. Richard L. Olson, at Cody’s graduation ceremony at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, Feb. 24, 2012. Olson is deployed with the 24th MEU, conducting theater security cooperation exercises to increase cooperation and interoperability, enhance relationships with existing partners and promote long-term regional stability within the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. The 24th MEU is embarked on the ships of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group and deployed to maintain regional security in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations.

Photo by Courtesy photos

Sgt. Dallas S. Liebe uses a blowtorch to ignite the training pit on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma Feb. 21 during live-burn training. Marines worked together to control and extinguish the fire while enhancing communication and teamwork. Liebe is a Fall City, Washington, native and an assistant section leader with ARFF, H&HS, MCAS Futenma.

Sgt. Dallas S. Liebe uses a blowtorch to ignite the training pit on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma Feb. 21 during live-burn training. Marines worked together to control and extinguish the fire while enhancing communication and teamwork. Liebe is a Fall City, Washington, native and an assistant section leader with ARFF, H&HS, MCAS Futenma.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Janessa Pon

Staff Sgt. Absalon A. Cabrera guides his gunner on target at a range at Marine Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Jan. 26 during Integrated Training Exercise 2-15. The jump team trained with machine guns, and fire and maneuver to hone their convoy skills to be able to successfully move the command element’s commanding officer. ITX 2-15 is designed to integrate combined arms and improve warfighting capabilities. Cabrera, an infantry unit leader, is the jump team commander with Headquarters Company, 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Staff Sgt. Absalon A. Cabrera guides his gunner on target at a range at Marine Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Jan. 26 during Integrated Training Exercise 2-15. The jump team trained with machine guns, and fire and maneuver to hone their convoy skills to be able to successfully move the command element’s commanding officer. ITX 2-15 is designed to integrate combined arms and improve warfighting capabilities. Cabrera, an infantry unit leader, is the jump team commander with Headquarters Company, 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Photo by Lance Cpl. William Hester

Staff Sgt. Absalon A. Cabrera uses a radio to communicate with the 4th Marine Regiment’s combat operations center while transporting the commanding officer across the battle space Feb. 12 at Marine Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, during the battalion assault course as part of Integrated Training Exercise 2-15. “I am very proud of all of my Marines,” said Cabrera. “They have accomplished a lot and it has been seen at different levels out here.” ITX 2-15 is designed to integrate combined arms and improve war fighting capabilities. Cabrera, a Los Angeles, California, native and an infantry unit leader, is the jump team commander for Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Four with Headquarters Company, 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Staff Sgt. Absalon A. Cabrera uses a radio to communicate with the 4th Marine Regiment’s combat operations center while transporting the commanding officer across the battle space Feb. 12 at Marine Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, during the battalion assault course as part of Integrated Training Exercise 2-15. “I am very proud of all of my Marines,” said Cabrera. “They have accomplished a lot and it has been seen at different levels out here.” ITX 2-15 is designed to integrate combined arms and improve war fighting capabilities. Cabrera, a Los Angeles, California, native and an infantry unit leader, is the jump team commander for Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Four with Headquarters Company, 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Photo by Lance Cpl. William Hester

Staff Sgt. Charles L. Burger, section leader, Amphibious Assault Vehicle Platoon, Company B, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, sits atop an AAV during a live-fire exercise at Range SR-10 aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Jan. 20, 2015. 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.

Staff Sgt. Charles L. Burger, section leader, Amphibious Assault Vehicle Platoon, Company B, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, sits atop an AAV during a live-fire exercise at Range SR-10 aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Jan. 20, 2015. 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.

Photo by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez

Staff Sgt. Charles L. Burger, section leader, Amphibious Assault Vehicle Platoon, Company B, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, observes rounds fired downrange during a live-fire exercise at Range SR-10 aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Jan. 20, 2015. 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.

Staff Sgt. Charles L. Burger, section leader, Amphibious Assault Vehicle Platoon, Company B, Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force, observes rounds fired downrange during a live-fire exercise at Range SR-10 aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Jan. 20, 2015. 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.

Photo by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez

Cpl. Mike Smith (left), Staff Sgt. Steve Fitzpatrick (center), and Spc. Kevin Braun (right), members of a U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, Task Force Al Asad, examine the point of impact of a 122 mm rocket aboard Al Asad Airbase, Iraq, Jan. 4, 2015. Soldiers and Marines are taking prudent measures to protect the members of Task Force Al Asad from the threat of indirect fire.

Cpl. Mike Smith (left), Staff Sgt. Steve Fitzpatrick (center), and Spc. Kevin Braun (right), members of a U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, Task Force Al Asad, examine the point of impact of a 122 mm rocket aboard Al Asad Airbase, Iraq, Jan. 4, 2015. Soldiers and Marines are taking prudent measures to protect the members of Task Force Al Asad from the threat of indirect fire.

Photo by Cpl. Carson Gramley