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A U.S. Marine with 1st Battalion, 2d Marines maneuvers to his objective in support of a high-explosive range during Fuji Viper 23.1 at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, Dec. 6, 2022. Exercise Fuji Viper exemplifies a commitment to realistic training that produces lethal, ready, and adaptable forces capable of decentralized operations across a wide range of missions. 1/2 is forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Jaylen Davis

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jorge Faris, a heavy equipment operator with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, conducts a class on urban operations during a field exercise at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 7, 2022. MWSS-171 conducted this exercise in order to familiarize themselves with expeditionary advanced base operations, demolition operations, urban operations, and different weapon systems.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Justin Marty

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Alonso Guillen and U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Spencer Kirkwood, Low Altitude Air Defense gunners with 3rd Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, use a Stinger Field Handling Trainer to practice tracking targets during exercise Steel Knight 23, on San Clemente Island, California, Dec. 6, 2022. 3rd LAAD provided close-in air defense to artillery positions for 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. Exercise Steel Knight 23 provides 3rd MAW an opportunity to refine Wing-level warfighting in support of I Marine Expeditionary Force and fleet maneuver. Guillen is a Longmont, Colorado, native and Kirkwood is an O’Fallon, Illinois, native.

Photo by Cpl. Joshua Brittenham

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jordan Valdez, a field artillery cannoneer with Charlie Battery, 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, guards a gun position during exercise Steel Knight 23, on San Clemente Island, California, Dec. 6, 2022. Exercise Steel Knight 23 provides 1st Marine Division and 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing an opportunity to refine Division- and Wing-level warfighting in support of I Marine Expeditionary Force and fleet maneuver. Valdez is a Compton, California native.

Photo by Cpl. Joshua Brittenham

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, set security during Continuing Promise 2022 in Jeremie, Haiti, Dec. 17, 2022. The Continuing Promise mission includes providing direct medical care and expeditionary veterinary care, conducting training and subject matter expert exchanges on various medical and humanitarian assistance/disaster relief topics, and leading seminars on Women, Peace, and Security.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Ramsammy

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Avery Luengo, left, a martial arts instructor trainer with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, and U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Alexis Flippo, an imagery analysis specialist with 1st Intelligence Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, conduct weapon-free sparring during a martial arts instructor course physical training session at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 8, 2022. MAI courses certify Marines to instruct and monitor Marine Corps Martial Arts Program training and advance Marines in the program, distinguishing their levels of experience with different colored belts.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Gadiel Zaragoza

U.S. Marines with I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, run during a martial arts instructor course physical training session at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 8, 2022. MAI courses certify Marines to instruct and monitor Marine Corps Martial Arts Program training and advance Marines in the program, distinguishing their levels of experience with different colored belts.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Gadiel Zaragoza

A Marine with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, pays for his merchandise purchased from a mobile Post Exchange, or PX, during a Warrior Express Services Team mission in northern Helmand province, July 16-30. Many service members take the opportunity to take some cash out from disbursing to buy a few comfort items from the mobile PX. Operating in combat outposts and forward operating bases, these Marines don't often get these services in their area of operation so they appreciate when a WES Team comes around.

Photo by Cpl. Khoa Pelczar

U.S. Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 773, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve in support of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force UNITAS LXIII, conduct flight operations near the Christ the Redeemer statue at Corcovado Mountain, Rio de Janeiro, during exercise UNITAS LXIII, Sept. 12, 2022. UNITAS is the world's longest-running annual multinational maritime exercise that brings together forces from 19 countries to include Brazil, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico, Namibia, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, South Korea, Spain, United Kingdom, Uruguay, and the United States. The exercise focuses on enhancing interoperability among multiple nations and joint forces during littoral and amphibious operations in order to build on existing regional partnerships and create new enduring relationships that promote peace, stability, and prosperity in the U.S. Southern Command’s area of responsibility.

Photo by Cpl. Jonathan Gonzalez

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, exit a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter during a Raid Course on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Nov. 30, 2022. The Raid was one of several training events part of Marine Air Ground Task Force Interoperability Course, an Expeditionary Operations Training Group led training and evaluation event focused on combining elements of the MAGTF during the initial training phases of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit Pre-deployment training program.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Rafael BrambilaPelayo

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. John Wendt, a scout sniper assistant team-leader with Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, builds a fire during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training/Marine Exercise Indonesia 2022, Dec. 14. CARAT/MAREX Indonesia is a bilateral exercise between Indonesia and the United States designed to promote regional security cooperation, maintain and strengthen maritime partnerships, and enhance maritime interoperability. In its 28th year, the CARAT series is comprised of multinational exercises, designed to enhance U.S. and partner navies’ and marine corps abilities to operate together in response to traditional and non-traditional maritime security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region.

Photo by Sgt. Nicolas Atehortua

U.S. Marines with the Maritime Special Purpose Force, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a free fall insertion into Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, North Carolina, Dec. 1, 2022. This was one of multiple training events during a Marine Air Ground Task Force Interoperability Course which provided an evaluation from the Expeditionary Operations Training Group in combining elements of a MAGTF during the intermediate training phase of the 26th MEU pre-deployment training program.

Photo by Cpl. Kyle Jia

SUMBERWARU, INDONESIA (Dec. 15, 2022) - U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jonathan Natividad, an automotive maintenance technician with Combat Logistics Battalion 13, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, shakes hands with an Indonesian Korps Marinir before an Engineering Civic Assistance Project during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training/ Marine Exercise, Dec. 15, 2022. CARAT/MAREX Indonesia is a bilateral exercise between Indonesia and the United States designed to promote regional security cooperation, maintain and strengthen maritime partnerships, and enhance maritime interoperability. In its 28th year, the CARAT series is comprised of multinational exercises, designed to enhance U.S. and partner navies’ and marine corps abilities to operate together in response to traditional and non-traditional maritime security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region.

Photo by Sgt. Brendan Custer

A U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler aircraft with Electronic Attack Squadron 131 flies in formation for aerial refueling with a KC-130J Super Hercules aircraft with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 during Ryukyu Vice 23.1 near Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 15, 2022. Ryukyu Vice is a joint, fixed-wing aviation command and control exercise that provides critical training to 1st Marine Aircraft Wing tactical air control personnel through offensive, defensive and counter-air live-flight scenarios.

Photo by Cpl. Ryan Ulibarri

A heavy equipment operator operates a 624 KR tractor, rubber tire, articulated, multipurpose, also known as a bucket loader, at West Field, Tinian, Aug. 31 during Exercise Valiant Shield 2014. Valiant Shield is a biennial exercise which focuses on training that enables real-world proficiency in sustaining joint forces. The mission of the HE operators during Valiant Shield is to clear an old runway, 500 by 7,000 feet, of thick jungle. The heavy equipment operator is with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Photo by Lance Cpl. David Walters

Marines with Marine Forces Reserve receive a mass donation of gifts on behalf of Toys For Tots from the Taylor Education Center in New Orleans, Dec. 20, 2022. Toys for Tots aims to provide happiness and hope to disadvantaged children through the gift of a new toy during the holiday season. With the hard work of Marines and many volunteers, combined with the incredible generosity of the American public and support from national and local partners, allows the Toys for Tots program to help so many less fortunate children each year.

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A U.S. Navy landing craft, air cushion with Assault Craft Unit 5 approaches a beach to drop off aviation command and control and aviation ground support equipment for Marine Aircraft Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing during exercise Steel Knight 23 on San Clemente Island, California, Dec. 6, 2022. MACG-38 provides all domain command and control and aviation ground support to enable the six functions of Marine Aviation. Exercise Steel Knight 23 provides 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing an opportunity to refine Wing-level warfighting in support of I Marine Expeditionary Force and fleet maneuver.

Photo by Cpl. Joshua Brittenham

A U.S. Marine with the Battalion Landing Team 1/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit waits to enter an aircraft prior to conducting a simulated raid during Marine Expeditionary Unit Exercise I. Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, North Carolina, Dec. 20, 2022. The raid was the culminating MAGTF mission for the exercise. Through continued training and preparation, the 26th MEU will continue to be the nation’s premier expeditionary force-in readiness and remains ready and able to respond at a moment’s notice.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Jesus Sepulveda Torre

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Demarcus Tunstall, a motor transport operator assigned to I Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion, speaks into an AN/PRC-152 Multiband Handheld Radio to communicate with the vehicle commanders during convoy training at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 16, 2019. I MSB conducted convoy training through a simulated hostile area to improve the unit's ability to accomplish its mission.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Brendan Mullin

A U.S. Marine with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 19.1, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, operates a handheld radio during Exercise Northern Wind 19 in northern Sweden, March 22, 2019. This exercise focuses on enhancing Marines’ proficiency with cold-weather equipment while enhancing basic winter-warfare skills in cold-weather environments.

Photo by Cpl. Nghia Tran