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Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115 maintainers prepare an F/A-18 hornet to complete it 9,000 flight hour aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, Nov. 13.The squadron's maintainers ensure the aircraft continue flying are responsible for the squadron maintaining the highest state readiness to deploy forward.

Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115 maintainers prepare an F/A-18 hornet to complete it 9,000 flight hour aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, Nov. 13.The squadron's maintainers ensure the aircraft continue flying are responsible for the squadron maintaining the highest state readiness to deploy forward.

Photo by Cpl. Justin M. Boling

Silver Eagle 206, a Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115 F/A-18,completed its 9,000th hour of flight in the skies above the Lowcountry before landing back aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, Nov. 13. The maintainers ensure the aircraft continue flying are responsible for the squadron maintaining the highest state readiness to deploy forward.

Silver Eagle 206, a Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115 F/A-18,completed its 9,000th hour of flight in the skies above the Lowcountry before landing back aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, Nov. 13. The maintainers ensure the aircraft continue flying are responsible for the squadron maintaining the highest state readiness to deploy forward.

Photo by Cpl. Justin M. Boling

Silver Eagle 206, a Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115 F/A-18,completed its 9,000th hour of flight in the skies above the Lowcountry before landing back aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, Nov. 13. The maintainers ensure the aircraft continue flying are responsible for the squadron maintaining the highest state readiness to deploy forward.

Silver Eagle 206, a Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115 F/A-18,completed its 9,000th hour of flight in the skies above the Lowcountry before landing back aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, Nov. 13. The maintainers ensure the aircraft continue flying are responsible for the squadron maintaining the highest state readiness to deploy forward.

Photo by Cpl. Justin M. Boling

An MV-22B Osprey takes off after landing support specialists attached a 7,000-pound concrete block during dual-point external training on Ie Shima Oct. 25. Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 recently switched from the CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter to the Osprey, which allows for dual-point external operations at faster speeds. The landing support specialists are with Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force. The pilot and crew are with VMM-265, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III MEF.

An MV-22B Osprey takes off after landing support specialists attached a 7,000-pound concrete block during dual-point external training on Ie Shima Oct. 25. Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 recently switched from the CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter to the Osprey, which allows for dual-point external operations at faster speeds. The landing support specialists are with Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force. The pilot and crew are with VMM-265, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III MEF.

Photo by Pfc. Kasey Peacock

The Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 provided close air support from units with 1st Marine Division maneuvering throughout a realistic training environment to develop skill sets necessary at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif. on Dec. 10, 2015 to maintain a fully capable Marine Air Ground Task Force. Exercise Steel Knight is the first time the F-35B Lightning II is participating in an integrated live fire exercise with the 1st Marine Division.

The Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 provided close air support from units with 1st Marine Division maneuvering throughout a realistic training environment to develop skill sets necessary at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif. on Dec. 10, 2015 to maintain a fully capable Marine Air Ground Task Force. Exercise Steel Knight is the first time the F-35B Lightning II is participating in an integrated live fire exercise with the 1st Marine Division.

Photo by Sgt. Cameron Storm

Marines with Battery I, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, fire an M777 Howitzer¬ during the opening day of live-fire operations for Steel Knight at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., on Dec. 10, 2015. The tough, realistic training is intended to develop combat skills necessary to operate as the ground combat element of the I Marine Expeditionary Force.

Marines with Battery I, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, fire an M777 Howitzer¬ during the opening day of live-fire operations for Steel Knight at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., on Dec. 10, 2015. The tough, realistic training is intended to develop combat skills necessary to operate as the ground combat element of the I Marine Expeditionary Force.

Photo by Sgt. Cameron Storm

Marines with Battery I, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, fire an M777 Howitzer¬ during the opening day of live-fire operations for Steel Knight at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, on Dec. 10, 2015. The tough, realistic training is intended to develop combat skills necessary to operate as the ground combat element of the I Marine Expeditionary Force.

Marines with Battery I, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, fire an M777 Howitzer¬ during the opening day of live-fire operations for Steel Knight at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, on Dec. 10, 2015. The tough, realistic training is intended to develop combat skills necessary to operate as the ground combat element of the I Marine Expeditionary Force.

Photo by Sgt. Cameron Storm

Marines with Battery I, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, fire an M777 Howitzer¬ during the opening day of live-fire operations for Steel Knight at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, on Dec. 10, 2015. The tough, realistic training is intended to develop combat skills necessary to operate as the ground combat element of the I Marine Expeditionary Force.

Marines with Battery I, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, fire an M777 Howitzer¬ during the opening day of live-fire operations for Steel Knight at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, on Dec. 10, 2015. The tough, realistic training is intended to develop combat skills necessary to operate as the ground combat element of the I Marine Expeditionary Force.

Photo by Sgt. Cameron Storm

Marines with Battery I, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, fire an M777 Howitzer¬ during the opening day of live-fire operations for Steel Knight at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, on Dec. 10, 2015. The tough, realistic training is intended to develop combat skills necessary to operate as the ground combat element of the I Marine Expeditionary Force.

Marines with Battery I, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, fire an M777 Howitzer¬ during the opening day of live-fire operations for Steel Knight at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, on Dec. 10, 2015. The tough, realistic training is intended to develop combat skills necessary to operate as the ground combat element of the I Marine Expeditionary Force.

Photo by Sgt. Cameron Storm

Marines with Battery I, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, fire an M777 Howitzer¬ during the opening day of live-fire operations for Steel Knight at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, on Dec. 10, 2015. The tough, realistic training is intended to develop combat skills necessary to operate as the ground combat element of the I Marine Expeditionary Force.

Marines with Battery I, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, fire an M777 Howitzer¬ during the opening day of live-fire operations for Steel Knight at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, on Dec. 10, 2015. The tough, realistic training is intended to develop combat skills necessary to operate as the ground combat element of the I Marine Expeditionary Force.

Photo by Sgt. Cameron Storm

Capt. Karlo Landrau, a Cleveland native, looks out over the Australian Outback as he flies a Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 KC-130J “Hercules” from Darwin to Brisbane Nov 10. Marines and aircraft from VMGR-152, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 and VMM-262 flew approximately 4,700 miles from Okinawa, Japan to Brisbane to provide aerial support for President Barack Obama while he attended the G20 Summit. With an area of operations spanning 105 million square miles, the Hercules and MV-22 “Osprey” team are vital to commanders needing to get Marines and equipment to far flung locations quickly. Landrau is a pilot with VMGR-152.

Capt. Karlo Landrau, a Cleveland native, looks out over the Australian Outback as he flies a Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 KC-130J “Hercules” from Darwin to Brisbane Nov 10. Marines and aircraft from VMGR-152, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 and VMM-262 flew approximately 4,700 miles from Okinawa, Japan to Brisbane to provide aerial support for President Barack Obama while he attended the G20 Summit. With an area of operations spanning 105 million square miles, the Hercules and MV-22 “Osprey” team are vital to commanders needing to get Marines and equipment to far flung locations quickly. Landrau is a pilot with VMGR-152.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Zachary Dyer

An MV-22 “Osprey” from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 soars over the Pacific Ocean during a flight from the Philippines to Australia Nov. 8. Marines and aircraft from VMM-262, VMM-265 and Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 flew approximately 4,700 miles from Okinawa, Japan to Brisbane, Australia to provide aerial support for President Barack Obama and Marine Helicopter Squadron One during the G20 Summit. When paired with the KC-130J, the Osprey is able to provide assault support to any location in the 105 million square miles that comprise the Marine Forces Pacific area of responsibility.

An MV-22 “Osprey” from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 soars over the Pacific Ocean during a flight from the Philippines to Australia Nov. 8. Marines and aircraft from VMM-262, VMM-265 and Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 flew approximately 4,700 miles from Okinawa, Japan to Brisbane, Australia to provide aerial support for President Barack Obama and Marine Helicopter Squadron One during the G20 Summit. When paired with the KC-130J, the Osprey is able to provide assault support to any location in the 105 million square miles that comprise the Marine Forces Pacific area of responsibility.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Zachary Dyer

Lance Cpl. Donshae Lawson, a Trenton, N.C., native, watches from the rear window of a Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 KC-130J as an MV-22 pulls away from his aircraft after aerial refueling Nov. 8. Marines and aircraft from VMGR-152, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 and VMM-262 flew approximately 4,700 miles from Okinawa, Japan to Brisbane, Australia to provide aerial support for President Barack Obama and Marine Helicopter Squadron One during the G20 Summit. Together, the MV-22 “Osprey” and KC-130J “Hercules” are capable of quickly providing assault support to any location in the MarForPac area of operations. Lawson is a crewmaster with VMGR-152.

Lance Cpl. Donshae Lawson, a Trenton, N.C., native, watches from the rear window of a Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 KC-130J as an MV-22 pulls away from his aircraft after aerial refueling Nov. 8. Marines and aircraft from VMGR-152, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 and VMM-262 flew approximately 4,700 miles from Okinawa, Japan to Brisbane, Australia to provide aerial support for President Barack Obama and Marine Helicopter Squadron One during the G20 Summit. Together, the MV-22 “Osprey” and KC-130J “Hercules” are capable of quickly providing assault support to any location in the MarForPac area of operations. Lawson is a crewmaster with VMGR-152.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Zachary Dyer

Lance Cpl. Kasey Pike, a native of Neptune Beach, Florida, talks to the pilots of a KC-130J from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 via interphone communications system Nov. 8 as the aircraft prepares to take off from Clark Air Base. Marines and aircraft from VMGR-152, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 and VMM-262 flew approximately 4,700 miles from Okinawa, Japan to Brisbane, Australia to provide aerial support for President Barack Obama and Marine Helicopter Squadron One during the G20 Summit. Together, the MV-22 “Osprey” and KC-130J “Hercules” are capable of quickly providing assault support to any location in the MarForPac area of operations. Pike is a crewmaster with VMGR-152.

Lance Cpl. Kasey Pike, a native of Neptune Beach, Florida, talks to the pilots of a KC-130J from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 via interphone communications system Nov. 8 as the aircraft prepares to take off from Clark Air Base. Marines and aircraft from VMGR-152, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 and VMM-262 flew approximately 4,700 miles from Okinawa, Japan to Brisbane, Australia to provide aerial support for President Barack Obama and Marine Helicopter Squadron One during the G20 Summit. Together, the MV-22 “Osprey” and KC-130J “Hercules” are capable of quickly providing assault support to any location in the MarForPac area of operations. Pike is a crewmaster with VMGR-152.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Zachary Dyer

Lance Cpl. Miguel Salazar, an unmanned aerial vehicle technician with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 4, Marine Aircraft Group 41, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, returns an RQ-7 Shadow to the VMU-4 hanger at Camp Wilson, Marine Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, June 22, 2017. VMU-4 provided aerial reconnaissance in support of the 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, MARFORRES final battalion exercise of ITX 4-17.

Lance Cpl. Miguel Salazar, an unmanned aerial vehicle technician with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 4, Marine Aircraft Group 41, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, returns an RQ-7 Shadow to the VMU-4 hanger at Camp Wilson, Marine Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, June 22, 2017. VMU-4 provided aerial reconnaissance in support of the 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, MARFORRES final battalion exercise of ITX 4-17.

Photo by Courtesy Photo

An MV-22B Osprey with the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing lands at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., during exercise Seahorse Wind on Dec. 6. Exercise Seahorse Wind was a long-range raid exercise conducted by over 600 Marines with the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing and the 1st Marine Division.

An MV-22B Osprey with the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing lands at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., during exercise Seahorse Wind on Dec. 6. Exercise Seahorse Wind was a long-range raid exercise conducted by over 600 Marines with the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing and the 1st Marine Division.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Jake McClung

Marines with Marines with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, board a CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462 “Heavy Haulers” before performing an insertion at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif., Feb. 1, 2017. Without support from HMH-462, ground units would have hiked nearly 1,500 meters above sea level to arrive at the objective site.

Marines with Marines with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, board a CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462 “Heavy Haulers” before performing an insertion at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif., Feb. 1, 2017. Without support from HMH-462, ground units would have hiked nearly 1,500 meters above sea level to arrive at the objective site.

Photo by Pfc. Dylan Overbay

Sgt. Matthew Bennett instructs a member from the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, 30th Infantry Regiment, 12th Brigade, Eastern Army on how to properly fast rope out of an MV-22B tiltrotor aircraft during Forest Light 17-1 at Camp Soumagahara, Japan, March 10, 2017. Forest Light is a routine, semi-annual exercise conducted by U.S. and Japanese forces in order to strengthen our interoperability and combined capabilities in defense of the U.S.-Japanese alliance. Bennett is a fast rope master from Bear, Delaware with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Sgt. Matthew Bennett instructs a member from the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, 30th Infantry Regiment, 12th Brigade, Eastern Army on how to properly fast rope out of an MV-22B tiltrotor aircraft during Forest Light 17-1 at Camp Soumagahara, Japan, March 10, 2017. Forest Light is a routine, semi-annual exercise conducted by U.S. and Japanese forces in order to strengthen our interoperability and combined capabilities in defense of the U.S.-Japanese alliance. Bennett is a fast rope master from Bear, Delaware with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Photo by Cpl. Kelsey Dornfeld

A member of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, 30th Infantry Regiment, 12th Brigade, Eastern Army fast ropes out of an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft during Forest Light 17-1 at Camp Soumagahara, Japan, on March 10, 2017. Forest Light is a routine, semi-annual exercise conducted by U.S. and Japanese forces in order to strengthen our interoperability and combined capabilities in defense of the U.S.-Japanese alliance.

A member of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, 30th Infantry Regiment, 12th Brigade, Eastern Army fast ropes out of an MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft during Forest Light 17-1 at Camp Soumagahara, Japan, on March 10, 2017. Forest Light is a routine, semi-annual exercise conducted by U.S. and Japanese forces in order to strengthen our interoperability and combined capabilities in defense of the U.S.-Japanese alliance.

Photo by Cpl. Kelsey Dornfeld

A tiltrotor crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing awaits a casualty while practicing casualty evacuation drills, March 10, 2017 at Camp Soumagahara, Japan as part of Forest Light 17-1. Forest Light is a routine, semi-annual exercise conducted by U.S. and Japanese forces in order to strengthen our interoperability and combined capabilities in defense of the U.S.-Japanese alliance.

A tiltrotor crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing awaits a casualty while practicing casualty evacuation drills, March 10, 2017 at Camp Soumagahara, Japan as part of Forest Light 17-1. Forest Light is a routine, semi-annual exercise conducted by U.S. and Japanese forces in order to strengthen our interoperability and combined capabilities in defense of the U.S.-Japanese alliance.

Photo by Cpl. Kelsey Dornfeld