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A U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper attached to 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit dispenses flares while conducting threat counter tactics training over the Pacific Ocean Aug. 1, 2024. The aircraft launched from the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer. Boxer and embarked elements of the 15th MEU are conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet areas of operations.

A U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper attached to 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit dispenses flares while conducting threat counter tactics training over the Pacific Ocean Aug. 1, 2024. The aircraft launched from the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer. Boxer and embarked elements of the 15th MEU are conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet areas of operations.

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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Albert Morelli, center, an assistant patrol leader assigned to Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, is promoted to the rank of sergeant by his brother Gunnery Sgt. Joseph Morelli, left, the communications maintenance chief assigned to the 15th MEU, aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) in the Pacific Ocean Aug. 1, 2024. Gunnery Sgt. Morelli and Sgt. Morelli, identical twins from Cheyenne, Wyoming, enlisted together in the Marine Corps in 2009 and are both underway aboard Boxer supporting the 15th MEU’s routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Luis Agostini)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Albert Morelli, center, an assistant patrol leader assigned to Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, is promoted to the rank of sergeant by his brother Gunnery Sgt. Joseph Morelli, left, the communications maintenance chief assigned to the 15th MEU, aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) in the Pacific Ocean Aug. 1, 2024. Gunnery Sgt. Morelli and Sgt. Morelli, identical twins from Cheyenne, Wyoming, enlisted together in the Marine Corps in 2009 and are both underway aboard Boxer supporting the 15th MEU’s routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Luis Agostini)

Photo by Cpl. Luis Agostini

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Joseph Morelli, right, the communications maintenance chief assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, hugs Sgt. Albert Morelli, an assistant patrol leader assigned to Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th MEU, following Sgt. Morelli’s promotion ceremony aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) in the Pacific Ocean Aug. 1, 2024. Gunnery Sgt. Morelli and Sgt. Morelli, identical twins from Cheyenne, Wyoming, enlisted together in the Marine Corps in 2009 and are both underway aboard Boxer supporting the 15th MEU’s routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Luis Agostini)

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Joseph Morelli, right, the communications maintenance chief assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, hugs Sgt. Albert Morelli, an assistant patrol leader assigned to Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th MEU, following Sgt. Morelli’s promotion ceremony aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) in the Pacific Ocean Aug. 1, 2024. Gunnery Sgt. Morelli and Sgt. Morelli, identical twins from Cheyenne, Wyoming, enlisted together in the Marine Corps in 2009 and are both underway aboard Boxer supporting the 15th MEU’s routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Luis Agostini)

Photo by Cpl. Luis Agostini

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Ethan Richter, a field artillery radar operator with 12th Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division connects an AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar cable to a power generator during exercise Resolute Dragon 24 at Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Camp Yonaguni, Okinawa, Japan, July 31, 2024. The radar was deployed to support training with enhanced sensing and targeting data between 12th MLR and the JSDF during RD 24. This effort aims to enhance operational readiness in the region, underscoring the U.S. Marine Corps’ commitment to maintaining peace and security in the Indo-Pacific through realistic training with innovative and proven technology. RD 24 is an annual bilateral exercise in Japan that strengthens the command, control, and multi-domain maneuver capabilities of U.S. Marines in the III Marine Expeditionary Force and Japan Self-Defense Force personnel, with a focus on controlling and defending key maritime terrain. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew Morales)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Ethan Richter, a field artillery radar operator with 12th Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division connects an AN/TPS-80 Ground/Air Task Oriented Radar cable to a power generator during exercise Resolute Dragon 24 at Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Camp Yonaguni, Okinawa, Japan, July 31, 2024. The radar was deployed to support training with enhanced sensing and targeting data between 12th MLR and the JSDF during RD 24. This effort aims to enhance operational readiness in the region, underscoring the U.S. Marine Corps’ commitment to maintaining peace and security in the Indo-Pacific through realistic training with innovative and proven technology. RD 24 is an annual bilateral exercise in Japan that strengthens the command, control, and multi-domain maneuver capabilities of U.S. Marines in the III Marine Expeditionary Force and Japan Self-Defense Force personnel, with a focus on controlling and defending key maritime terrain. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew Morales)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew Morales

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Eli Gregg, an assistant M3E1 multipurpose anti-armor anti-personnel weapon system gunner with Marine Rotational Force –Darwin 24.3, assists Lance Cpl. Ryan Waskosky, a MAAW gunner also with MRF-D 24.3, while firing a MAAW during a live-fire range as a part of Exercise Predator’s Run 24 at Mount Bundey Training Area, NT, Australia, July 30, 2024. Exercise Predator’s Run 24 is a littoral-focused, multilateral training exercise led by the Australian Army’s 1st Brigade.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Eli Gregg, an assistant M3E1 multipurpose anti-armor anti-personnel weapon system gunner with Marine Rotational Force –Darwin 24.3, assists Lance Cpl. Ryan Waskosky, a MAAW gunner also with MRF-D 24.3, while firing a MAAW during a live-fire range as a part of Exercise Predator’s Run 24 at Mount Bundey Training Area, NT, Australia, July 30, 2024. Exercise Predator’s Run 24 is a littoral-focused, multilateral training exercise led by the Australian Army’s 1st Brigade.

Photo by Cpl. Juan Torres

Marines with 1st Marine Division and members of the Cuerpo de Infanteria Marina Chile, climb Monte Tarn, Chile, July 30, 2024. U.S. and Chilean Marines conducted training to include cold weather lane training, mountaineering, and land navigation in order to hone fieldcraft, improve combined task force operations, and increase understanding of each other’s cold weather tactics, techniques, and procedures to support a secure, free, and prosperous western hemisphere.

Marines with 1st Marine Division and members of the Cuerpo de Infanteria Marina Chile, climb Monte Tarn, Chile, July 30, 2024. U.S. and Chilean Marines conducted training to include cold weather lane training, mountaineering, and land navigation in order to hone fieldcraft, improve combined task force operations, and increase understanding of each other’s cold weather tactics, techniques, and procedures to support a secure, free, and prosperous western hemisphere.

Photo by Sgt. Gabriel Groseclose-Durand

Marines with 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit set up security during a Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure training aboard USS Miguel Keith in the Philippine Sea on July 30, 2024. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the USS America Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th Fleet area of operations, the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

Marines with 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit set up security during a Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure training aboard USS Miguel Keith in the Philippine Sea on July 30, 2024. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the USS America Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th Fleet area of operations, the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region.

Photo by Cpl. Angel Diaz

Gen. George Crist poses for a command board photo, 1985.

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Gen. George Crist poses for a command board photo, 1985. (Courtesy asset)

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U.S. Navy Lt. j.g. Jimi Liddell Gayden, a newly commissioned Naval officer with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, poses after his commissioning ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 30, 2024. Following 28 years of service in the U.S. Marine Corps, Liddell Gayden commissioned as a lieutenant junior grade in the U.S. Navy to pursue a new career as a chaplain. Liddell Gayden will attend Navy Officer Development School this fall, followed by Naval Chaplaincy School. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nicholas Johnson)

U.S. Navy Lt. j.g. Jimi Liddell Gayden, a newly commissioned Naval officer with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, poses after his commissioning ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 30, 2024. Following 28 years of service in the U.S. Marine Corps, Liddell Gayden commissioned as a lieutenant junior grade in the U.S. Navy to pursue a new career as a chaplain. Liddell Gayden will attend Navy Officer Development School this fall, followed by Naval Chaplaincy School. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nicholas Johnson)

Photo by Cpl. Nicholas Johnson

U.S. Navy Lt. j.g. Jimi Liddell Gayden, left, a newly commissioned Naval officer with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, returns his first salute as an officer from Sgt. Santiago Desmond, an intelligence chief with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, during his commissioning ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 30, 2024. Following 28 years of service in the U.S. Marine Corps, on July 30, 2024, Liddell Gayden commissioned as a lieutenant junior grade in the U.S. Navy to pursue a new career as a chaplain. Liddell Gayden will attend Navy Officer Development School this fall, followed by Naval Chaplaincy School. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nicholas Johnson)

U.S. Navy Lt. j.g. Jimi Liddell Gayden, left, a newly commissioned Naval officer with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, returns his first salute as an officer from Sgt. Santiago Desmond, an intelligence chief with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, during his commissioning ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 30, 2024. Following 28 years of service in the U.S. Marine Corps, on July 30, 2024, Liddell Gayden commissioned as a lieutenant junior grade in the U.S. Navy to pursue a new career as a chaplain. Liddell Gayden will attend Navy Officer Development School this fall, followed by Naval Chaplaincy School. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nicholas Johnson)

Photo by Cpl. Nicholas Johnson

U.S. Navy Lt. j.g. Jimi Liddell Gayden, a newly commissioned Naval officer with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, gives closing remarks during his commissioning ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 30, 2024. Following 28 years of service in the U.S. Marine Corps, on July 30, 2024, Liddell Gayden commissioned as a lieutenant junior grade in the U.S. Navy to pursue a new career as a chaplain. Liddell Gayden will attend Navy Officer Development School this fall, followed by Naval Chaplaincy School. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nicholas Johnson)

U.S. Navy Lt. j.g. Jimi Liddell Gayden, a newly commissioned Naval officer with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, gives closing remarks during his commissioning ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 30, 2024. Following 28 years of service in the U.S. Marine Corps, on July 30, 2024, Liddell Gayden commissioned as a lieutenant junior grade in the U.S. Navy to pursue a new career as a chaplain. Liddell Gayden will attend Navy Officer Development School this fall, followed by Naval Chaplaincy School. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nicholas Johnson)

Photo by Cpl. Nicholas Johnson

U.S. Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sgt. Jimi Liddell Gayden, an intelligence chief with 3rd Marine Air Wing, is pinned to the rank of lieutenant junior grade during his commissioning ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 30, 2024. Following 28 years of service in the U.S. Marine Corps, Liddell Gayden commissioned as a lieutenant junior grade in the U.S. Navy to pursue a new career as a chaplain. Liddell Gayden will attend Navy Officer Development School this fall, followed by Naval Chaplaincy School. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nicholas Johnson)

U.S. Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sgt. Jimi Liddell Gayden, an intelligence chief with 3rd Marine Air Wing, is pinned to the rank of lieutenant junior grade during his commissioning ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 30, 2024. Following 28 years of service in the U.S. Marine Corps, Liddell Gayden commissioned as a lieutenant junior grade in the U.S. Navy to pursue a new career as a chaplain. Liddell Gayden will attend Navy Officer Development School this fall, followed by Naval Chaplaincy School. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nicholas Johnson)

Photo by Cpl. Nicholas Johnson

U.S. Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sgt. Jimi Liddell Gayden, an intelligence chief with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, swears in during his commissioning ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 30, 2024. Following 28 years of service in the U.S. Marine Corps, Liddell Gayden commissioned as a lieutenant junior grade in the U.S. Navy to pursue a new career as a chaplain. Liddell Gayden will attend Navy Officer Development School this fall, followed by Naval Chaplaincy School. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nicholas Johnson)

U.S. Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sgt. Jimi Liddell Gayden, an intelligence chief with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, swears in during his commissioning ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 30, 2024. Following 28 years of service in the U.S. Marine Corps, Liddell Gayden commissioned as a lieutenant junior grade in the U.S. Navy to pursue a new career as a chaplain. Liddell Gayden will attend Navy Officer Development School this fall, followed by Naval Chaplaincy School. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nicholas Johnson)

Photo by Cpl. Nicholas Johnson

U.S. Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sgt. Jimi Liddell Gayden, an intelligence chief with, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, gives opening remarks during his commissioning ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 30, 2024. Following 28 years of service in the U.S. Marine Corps, Liddell Gayden commissioned as a lieutenant junior grade in the U.S. Navy to pursue a new career as a chaplain. Liddell Gayden will attend Navy Officer Development School this fall, followed by Naval Chaplaincy School. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nicholas Johnson)

U.S. Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sgt. Jimi Liddell Gayden, an intelligence chief with, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, gives opening remarks during his commissioning ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 30, 2024. Following 28 years of service in the U.S. Marine Corps, Liddell Gayden commissioned as a lieutenant junior grade in the U.S. Navy to pursue a new career as a chaplain. Liddell Gayden will attend Navy Officer Development School this fall, followed by Naval Chaplaincy School. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nicholas Johnson)

Photo by Cpl. Nicholas Johnson

U.S. Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sgt. Jimi Liddell Gayden, an intelligence chief with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, poses outside of the Base Chapel at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, July 29, 2024. Following 28 years of service in the U.S. Marine Corps, on July 30, 2024, Liddell Gayden commissioned as a lieutenant junior grade in the U.S. Navy to pursue a new career as a chaplain. Liddell Gayden will attend Navy Officer Development School this fall, followed by Naval Chaplaincy School. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nicholas Johnson)

U.S. Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sgt. Jimi Liddell Gayden, an intelligence chief with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, poses outside of the Base Chapel at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, July 29, 2024. Following 28 years of service in the U.S. Marine Corps, on July 30, 2024, Liddell Gayden commissioned as a lieutenant junior grade in the U.S. Navy to pursue a new career as a chaplain. Liddell Gayden will attend Navy Officer Development School this fall, followed by Naval Chaplaincy School. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nicholas Johnson)

Photo by Cpl. Nicholas Johnson

Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force and members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force participate in an opening ceremony for exercise Resolute Dragon 24 at Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Camp Kengun, Kumamoto, Japan, July 28, 2024. Resolute Dragon 24 is an annual bilateral exercise in Japan that strengthens the command, control, and multi-domain maneuver capabilities of U.S. Marines and Japan Self-Defense Force personnel.

Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force and members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force participate in an opening ceremony for exercise Resolute Dragon 24 at Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Camp Kengun, Kumamoto, Japan, July 28, 2024. Resolute Dragon 24 is an annual bilateral exercise in Japan that strengthens the command, control, and multi-domain maneuver capabilities of U.S. Marines and Japan Self-Defense Force personnel.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Manuel Alvarado

III Marine Expeditionary Force Commanding General Lt. Gen. Roger B. Turner, III MEF Deputy Commanding General Brig. Gen. Trevor Hall and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Western Army Commanding General Lt. Gen. Masayoshi Arai share a meal after the opening ceremony of exercise Resolute Dragon at the JGSDF Camp Kengun, Kumamoto, Japan, July 28, 2024. RD 24 is an annual bilateral exercise in Japan that strengthens the command, control, and multi-domain maneuver capabilities of U.S. Marines in III Marine Expeditionary Force and Japan Self-Defense Force personnel, with a focus on controlling and defending key maritime terrain. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Manuel Alvarado)

III Marine Expeditionary Force Commanding General Lt. Gen. Roger B. Turner, III MEF Deputy Commanding General Brig. Gen. Trevor Hall and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Western Army Commanding General Lt. Gen. Masayoshi Arai share a meal after the opening ceremony of exercise Resolute Dragon at the JGSDF Camp Kengun, Kumamoto, Japan, July 28, 2024. RD 24 is an annual bilateral exercise in Japan that strengthens the command, control, and multi-domain maneuver capabilities of U.S. Marines in III Marine Expeditionary Force and Japan Self-Defense Force personnel, with a focus on controlling and defending key maritime terrain. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Manuel Alvarado)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Manuel Alvarado

Marines and civilians conduct a commemorative hike on Grytoya Island, Norway, July 25, 2024. The hike was conducted in honor of five U.S. Marines killed in a helicopter crash during Exercise Strong Express in 1972 on the island.

Marines and civilians conduct a commemorative hike on Grytoya Island, Norway, July 25, 2024. The hike was conducted in honor of five U.S. Marines killed in a helicopter crash during Exercise Strong Express in 1972 on the island.

Photo by Sgt. Kedrick Schumacher

A U.S. Marine with 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, II Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, observes the impact area during a close air support exercise during Unit Enhancement Training 24-2 at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, July 23, 2024. UET 24-2 is a bilateral military exercise, held to strengthen interoperability and build upon the longstanding military relationship between U.S. Marines and the United Arab Emirates soldiers. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jack Labrador)

A U.S. Marine with 2nd Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, II Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, observes the impact area during a close air support exercise during Unit Enhancement Training 24-2 at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, July 23, 2024. UET 24-2 is a bilateral military exercise, held to strengthen interoperability and build upon the longstanding military relationship between U.S. Marines and the United Arab Emirates soldiers. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jack Labrador)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Jack Labrador

U.S. Marines assigned to Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165 (Reinforced), 15th MEU, scan for simulated threats from the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) with a NightFighter S portable counter-unmanned aerial vehicle system, a MODI II system, and an FIM-92 Stinger during a counter-unmanned aircraft system drill in the Pacific Ocean July 20, 2024. Elements of the 15th MEU are currently embarked aboard the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Amelia Kang)

U.S. Marines assigned to Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165 (Reinforced), 15th MEU, scan for simulated threats from the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) with a NightFighter S portable counter-unmanned aerial vehicle system, a MODI II system, and an FIM-92 Stinger during a counter-unmanned aircraft system drill in the Pacific Ocean July 20, 2024. Elements of the 15th MEU are currently embarked aboard the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Amelia Kang)

Photo by Cpl. Amelia Kang