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Cpl. Raymond Lemus, military working dog handler, 2nd Law Enforcement Battalion, prepares to release his military working dog during a controlled aggression exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 21. This exercise trains military working dogs on how to take down an immediate threat to become more adaptive in a combat environment.

Cpl. Raymond Lemus, military working dog handler, 2nd Law Enforcement Battalion, prepares to release his military working dog during a controlled aggression exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 21. This exercise trains military working dogs on how to take down an immediate threat to become more adaptive in a combat environment.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Miranda DeKorte

Cpl. Cody Hebert, military working dog handler, 2nd Law Enforcement Battalion, prepares to release his military working dog during a controlled aggression exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 21. This exercise trains military working dogs on how to take down an immediate threat to become more adaptive in a combat environment.

Cpl. Cody Hebert, military working dog handler, 2nd Law Enforcement Battalion, prepares to release his military working dog during a controlled aggression exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 21. This exercise trains military working dogs on how to take down an immediate threat to become more adaptive in a combat environment.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Miranda DeKorte

Sgt. Bryce Schmidt, military working dog handler, 2nd Law Enforcement Battalion, gives commands to his military working dog during a controlled aggression exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 21. This exercise trains military working dogs on how to take down an immediate threat to become more adaptive in a combat environment.

Sgt. Bryce Schmidt, military working dog handler, 2nd Law Enforcement Battalion, gives commands to his military working dog during a controlled aggression exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 21. This exercise trains military working dogs on how to take down an immediate threat to become more adaptive in a combat environment.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Miranda DeKorte

Cpl. Bruce Russell, military working dog handler, 2nd Law Enforcement Battalion, opens a door to inspect a room as his military working dog waits for his command during an exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 21. This exercise trains patrol explosive detector dogs to detect explosives in a combat environment.

Cpl. Bruce Russell, military working dog handler, 2nd Law Enforcement Battalion, opens a door to inspect a room as his military working dog waits for his command during an exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 21. This exercise trains patrol explosive detector dogs to detect explosives in a combat environment.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Miranda DeKorte

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Detachment 34, attached to Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Central Command, conduct an external lift during a Helicopter Support Team exercise in support of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 264, also attached to SPMAGTF-CR-CC, in Southwest Asia, March 20, 2019. The HST exercise provides proficiency training to landing support specialists with CLD 34 and VMM-264 pilots in the insertion and extraction of assets in restrictive terrain.

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Detachment 34, attached to Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Central Command, conduct an external lift during a Helicopter Support Team exercise in support of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 264, also attached to SPMAGTF-CR-CC, in Southwest Asia, March 20, 2019. The HST exercise provides proficiency training to landing support specialists with CLD 34 and VMM-264 pilots in the insertion and extraction of assets in restrictive terrain.

Photo by Cpl. Alina Thackray

U.S. Marines with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit run on the flight deck during a physical fitness test aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge. Marines performed the test before starting a Martial Arts Instructor Course to ensure they could meet the physical demands of the training. Marines and Sailors with the 22nd MEU and Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group are currently deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points.

U.S. Marines with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit run on the flight deck during a physical fitness test aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge. Marines performed the test before starting a Martial Arts Instructor Course to ensure they could meet the physical demands of the training. Marines and Sailors with the 22nd MEU and Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group are currently deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points.

Photo by Sgt. Aaron Henson

Lance Cpl. Caleb E. Engelhardt, a machine gunner with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines fires an M240B medium machine gun while aboard the USS Green Bay, underway in the Pacific Ocean, March 14, 2019. Engelhardt, a native of Joliet, Illinois, graduated Plainfield South High School in May 2017 before enlisting in September later that year. The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.

Lance Cpl. Caleb E. Engelhardt, a machine gunner with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines fires an M240B medium machine gun while aboard the USS Green Bay, underway in the Pacific Ocean, March 14, 2019. Engelhardt, a native of Joliet, Illinois, graduated Plainfield South High School in May 2017 before enlisting in September later that year. The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Tanner Lambert

U.S. Marines with 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division recuperate after conducting night time security during a deployment for training at Fort Irwin, California, March 10, 2019. The Marines of 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion participated in National Training Center 19-05 as the opposing force against the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division. The exercise provided Marines and Sailors an opportunity to sustain training in primary conventional combat operations against a peer competitor.

U.S. Marines with 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division recuperate after conducting night time security during a deployment for training at Fort Irwin, California, March 10, 2019. The Marines of 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion participated in National Training Center 19-05 as the opposing force against the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division. The exercise provided Marines and Sailors an opportunity to sustain training in primary conventional combat operations against a peer competitor.

Photo by Sgt. Justin Smith

Cpl. Angel Gonzales, a combat engineer with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, provides security atop a 7-ton truck during vehicle convoy training, Naval Base Guam, March 9, 2019. Gonzales, a native of Calexico, California, graduated from Calexico High School in June 2015 before enlisting in August the same year. The Marines and Sailors of CLB-31 offloaded in Guam March 6 to conduct roughly two weeks of planned unit-level training. CLB-31 provides security, logistics, and transportation as the Logistics Combat Element for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU partnering with the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.

Cpl. Angel Gonzales, a combat engineer with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, provides security atop a 7-ton truck during vehicle convoy training, Naval Base Guam, March 9, 2019. Gonzales, a native of Calexico, California, graduated from Calexico High School in June 2015 before enlisting in August the same year. The Marines and Sailors of CLB-31 offloaded in Guam March 6 to conduct roughly two weeks of planned unit-level training. CLB-31 provides security, logistics, and transportation as the Logistics Combat Element for the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU partnering with the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Harrison Rakhshani

U.S. Marine corporals Reid Geyer and Michael Womack, crewmasters with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, prepare to refuel an F/A-18 Hornet with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 323, MAG-11, carrying ten AIM-120 and two AIM-9X Air-to-Air missiles, over the W-291 training area in southern California, March 6. MAG-11 supports and integrates aviation combat power and capabilities while enhancing 3rd MAW's ability generate lethality for the supported Marine Air-Ground Task Force.

U.S. Marine corporals Reid Geyer and Michael Womack, crewmasters with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, prepare to refuel an F/A-18 Hornet with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 323, MAG-11, carrying ten AIM-120 and two AIM-9X Air-to-Air missiles, over the W-291 training area in southern California, March 6. MAG-11 supports and integrates aviation combat power and capabilities while enhancing 3rd MAW's ability generate lethality for the supported Marine Air-Ground Task Force.

Photo by Sgt. Dominic Romero

A U.S. Marine with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, III Marine Expeditionary Force, charges toward a target during a squad supported attack at the Kaneohe Bay Range Training Facility, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, March 5, 2019. Fox Company used machine gun suppression and mortar fire on simulated enemy forces, while infantrymen assaulted forward towards them. This combined forces exercise was the first day of the battalion’s training event, Exercise Bougainville I, an annual training exercise that strengthens pre-deployment readiness.

A U.S. Marine with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, III Marine Expeditionary Force, charges toward a target during a squad supported attack at the Kaneohe Bay Range Training Facility, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, March 5, 2019. Fox Company used machine gun suppression and mortar fire on simulated enemy forces, while infantrymen assaulted forward towards them. This combined forces exercise was the first day of the battalion’s training event, Exercise Bougainville I, an annual training exercise that strengthens pre-deployment readiness.

Photo by Sgt. Jesus Sepulveda Torres

U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft assigned to the 442nd Fighter Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, escort MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 268, Hawaii, Feb. 26, 2019. U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment and VMM-268 along with A-10 Thunderbolt II conducted training consisting of a simulated tactical recovery of aircraft personnel scenario and a combat search and rescue scenario.

U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft assigned to the 442nd Fighter Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, escort MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 268, Hawaii, Feb. 26, 2019. U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment and VMM-268 along with A-10 Thunderbolt II conducted training consisting of a simulated tactical recovery of aircraft personnel scenario and a combat search and rescue scenario.

Photo by Sgt. Alex Kouns

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Joseph Hamilton, military police officer with Bravo Company, 1st Law Enforcement Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group answers math trivia questions while wearing an Explosive Ordnance Disposal-9 Advanced Bomb Suit during an EOD lateral move screening at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 26, 2019. Hamilton and other EOD lateral move candidates conducted a bomb suit agility test to evaluate their capability to overcome obstacles, analyze situations and maneuver tactically while wearing the suit.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Joseph Hamilton, military police officer with Bravo Company, 1st Law Enforcement Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group answers math trivia questions while wearing an Explosive Ordnance Disposal-9 Advanced Bomb Suit during an EOD lateral move screening at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 26, 2019. Hamilton and other EOD lateral move candidates conducted a bomb suit agility test to evaluate their capability to overcome obstacles, analyze situations and maneuver tactically while wearing the suit.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Drake Nickels

U.S. Marines and Sailors with the Maritime Raid Force, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, ride in a rigid-hull inflatable boat during a visit, board, search and seizure exercise. The Marines and Sailors of the 11th MEU are conducting routine operations as part of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

U.S. Marines and Sailors with the Maritime Raid Force, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, ride in a rigid-hull inflatable boat during a visit, board, search and seizure exercise. The Marines and Sailors of the 11th MEU are conducting routine operations as part of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

Photo by Cpl. Matthew Teutsch

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. William Burkle, with 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force sweeps the area for explosive devices with his K-9 partner Bbaldur at Combat Town, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 21, 2018. U.S. Marines utilize K-9 units to help sniff out possible bombs in the area as well as swiftly take out a target on command.

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. William Burkle, with 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force sweeps the area for explosive devices with his K-9 partner Bbaldur at Combat Town, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 21, 2018. U.S. Marines utilize K-9 units to help sniff out possible bombs in the area as well as swiftly take out a target on command.

Photo by Cpl. Austin Weck

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Benjamin Westmoreland, a chief scout sniper with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, sights in behind a .50-caliber Special Applications Scoped Rifle aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha. The Marines and Sailors of the 11th MEU are conducting routine operations as part of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Benjamin Westmoreland, a chief scout sniper with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, sights in behind a .50-caliber Special Applications Scoped Rifle aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha. The Marines and Sailors of the 11th MEU are conducting routine operations as part of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Israel Chincio

U.S. Marines with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems Detachment, attached to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Central Command, fire the Marine Air Defense Integrated System Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle during a live-fire range in southwest Asia Feb. 18, 2019. The MADIS is the first vehicle to utilize kinetic and non-kinetic measures to disable Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems. SPMAGTF-CR-CC is specifically designed to be capable of deploying aviation, ground, and logistics forces forward at a moment’s notice.

U.S. Marines with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems Detachment, attached to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Central Command, fire the Marine Air Defense Integrated System Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle during a live-fire range in southwest Asia Feb. 18, 2019. The MADIS is the first vehicle to utilize kinetic and non-kinetic measures to disable Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems. SPMAGTF-CR-CC is specifically designed to be capable of deploying aviation, ground, and logistics forces forward at a moment’s notice.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Jack Howell

A U.S. Marine with a Low Altitude Air Defense Gunner with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems Detachment, attached to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Central Command, loads ammunition into the Marine Air Defense Integrated System Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle during a live-fire range in southwest Asia Feb. 18, 2019. By adapting from conventional aircraft defense systems to more non-conventional aerial threats, LAAD puts more Marines in the fight and enhances regional theatre security. SPMAGTF-CR-CC is specifically designed to be capable of deploying aviation, ground, and logistics forces forward at a moment’s notice.

A U.S. Marine with a Low Altitude Air Defense Gunner with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems Detachment, attached to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Central Command, loads ammunition into the Marine Air Defense Integrated System Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle during a live-fire range in southwest Asia Feb. 18, 2019. By adapting from conventional aircraft defense systems to more non-conventional aerial threats, LAAD puts more Marines in the fight and enhances regional theatre security. SPMAGTF-CR-CC is specifically designed to be capable of deploying aviation, ground, and logistics forces forward at a moment’s notice.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Jack Howell

Marines board an MV-22B Osprey while rehearsing response procedures for a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel scenario on Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina Feb. 16, 2019. The scenario was conducted to increase proficiency and enhance procedures as a Marine Air-Ground Task Force. The Marines are with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment. The aircraft is with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261.

Marines board an MV-22B Osprey while rehearsing response procedures for a Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel scenario on Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina Feb. 16, 2019. The scenario was conducted to increase proficiency and enhance procedures as a Marine Air-Ground Task Force. The Marines are with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment. The aircraft is with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Larisa Chavez

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Ryan George, a low altitude air defense gunner with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems Detachment, attached to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Central Command, conducts a functions check ensuring kinetic capabilities on the Marine Air Defense Integrated System Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle operates properly in southwest Asia Feb. 17, 2019. By adapting from conventional aircraft defense systems to more non-conventional aerial threats, LAAD puts more Marines in the fight and enhances regional theatre security. SPMAGTF-CR-CC is specifically designed to be capable of deploying aviation, ground, and logistics forces forward at a moment’s notice.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Ryan George, a low altitude air defense gunner with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems Detachment, attached to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Central Command, conducts a functions check ensuring kinetic capabilities on the Marine Air Defense Integrated System Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle operates properly in southwest Asia Feb. 17, 2019. By adapting from conventional aircraft defense systems to more non-conventional aerial threats, LAAD puts more Marines in the fight and enhances regional theatre security. SPMAGTF-CR-CC is specifically designed to be capable of deploying aviation, ground, and logistics forces forward at a moment’s notice.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Jack Howell