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A U.S. Marine assigned to Combined Anti-Armor Team, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines, engages targets with an M240B machine gun at a Jordanian Armed Forces firing range during exercise Intrepid Maven 22-1, aboard Camp Titin, Jordan, March 15, 2022. IM is a bilateral engagement series between U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Central Command and the JAF that provides an opportunity to exchange military tactics and expertise. IM 22-1 is the first of multiple engagements scheduled between the U.S. Marine Corps and the JAF to increase interoperability, strengthen our enduring partnership, deter malign actors in the region, and ensure optimal readiness to respond to a variety crisis and contingency operations in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.

Photo by Cpl. James Stanfield

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division advance as a riot control unit during the I Marine Expeditionary Force Non-Lethal Weapons Course on Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 7, 2022. During the course, instructors with Expeditionary Operations Training Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force taught the Marines to execute various riot control drills in order to support crisis response, embassy reinforcement, as well as noncombatant evacuation operations in the future.

Photo by Sgt. Dana Beesley

U.S. Marines and Sailors with Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, participate in a unit pugil stick competition during a field meet held by CLR 17 on Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 8, 2022. The field meet was held to boost morale and camaraderie throughout the regiment.

Photo by Sgt. Maximiliano Rosas

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Cameron Moss, a motor transport technician assigned to Marine Air Support Squadron 2, provides security during a Marine Corps combat readiness evaluation at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, April 5, 2022. The MCCRE creates a challenging, realistic training environment that produces combat-ready forces capable of operating as a deployed unit at any time.

Photo by Sgt. Branden Bourque

Participants in the Colorful Consent Run are covered in powder the conclusion of the Colorful Consent Run at Marine Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., April 1. To begin the Sexual Assault Awareness month, members of the MCAGCC community participated in the Colorful Consent Run, a 3.2 mile run while having colorful powder thrown on them.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew Bray

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Ryan Nascimento, a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense specialist, reads off casualty information for a nine-line medical evacuation request during a Combat Lifesaver Course practical application at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 30, 2022. CLS is a three-day course that teaches Marines lifesaving medical techniques to eliminate preventable loss of life on the battlefield.

Photo by Cpl. Garrett Kiger

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Michael Joyner tries on a German service member's gear during Exercise Cold Response 2022, Bodø, Norway, March 20, 2022. Joyner is a combat engineer with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division. Exercise Cold Response '22 is a biennial Norwegian national readiness and defense exercise that takes place across Norway, with participation from each of its military services, as well as from 26 additional NATO allied nations and regional partners.

Photo by 2nd Lt. Emily Stewart

U.S. Marine Corps scout swimmers with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, execute a small boat raid at Camp Pendleton, Calif., March 24, 2022. Gaining proficiency in small boat tactics increases the unit's capability to operate in the littoral environment.

Photo by Cpl. Skyler Harris

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fire 60mm and 81mm mortar rounds at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, March 23, 2022. BLT 1/5 conducted a live-fire mortars shoot to sustain maritime readiness and to integrate Japanese forces in training for Maritime Defense Exercise Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade. MDX-ARDB is a bilateral exercise meant to increase interoperability and strengthen ties between U.S. and Japanese forces for the defense of Japan.

Photo by Cpl. Grace Gerlach

All the female Marines and Sailors who make up 3rd Sustainment Group gathered to take a group photo at Camp Kinser, Okinawa, Japan, Mar. 16, 2022. 3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward-deployed combat unit that serves as III Marine Expeditionary Force’s comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Hailey Clay

All the female Marines and Sailors who make up 3rd Sustainment Group gathered to take a group photo at Camp Kinser, Okinawa, Japan, Mar. 16, 2022. 3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward-deployed combat unit that serves as III Marine Expeditionary Force’s comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Hailey Clay

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Cody Meggs, a helicopter crew chief with the Aviation Combat Element of the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit fires a GAU-17/A minigun off the side of a UH-1Y Huey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 263 during Fleet Battle Problem 22-1, March 20, 2022. FBP 22-1 integrates naval capabilities to support special operations, provide defense ashore and at sea, and develop the use of unmanned underwater vehicles.

Photo by Cpl. Yvonna Guyette

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistic Battalion 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, unload pallets of bottled water at a water distribution point, Manana Housing Community, Pearl City, Hawaii, Dec. 14, 2021. U.S. Marines with 3rd MLG, as part of Task Force KULEANA, and soldiers with 1st Cavalry Division, are providing support services such as drinking water, field expedient showers and laundry facilities to the residents of Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam affected by the ongoing water issue. 3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward deployed combat unit that serves as III Marine Expeditionary Force’s comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility.

Photo by Sgt. Hailey Clay

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Japanese soldiers with the 1st Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment conduct a convoy with a Marine Corps joint light tactical vehicle and two medium tactical vehicle replacement trucks, and a Japanese Toyota Type 73 medium truck and two Type 73 Kogata light utility vehicles for a company-level training exercise on Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, Mar. 17, 2022. CLB-31 conducted convoy maneuvers to sustain maritime readiness and to integrate Japanese forces in training for Maritime Defense Exercise Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (MDX-ARDB). MDX-ARDB is a bilateral exercise meant to increase interoperability and strengthen ties between U.S. and Japanese forces for the defense of Japan.

Photo by Cpl. Grace Gerlach

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Alexander Clear, a motor transport operator with Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, and Lance Cpl. John Meyer, a maintenance management specialist with CLR-17, grapple during a green belt Marine Corps Martial Arts Program culminating event on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., March 14, 2022. This event was the final test of the Marines’ physical, mental and character disciplines. The Marine Corps first implemented MCMAP in 2002 with the intention to develop the moral, mental, and physical resiliency of individual Marines and ultimately their unit as a whole.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Hope Straley

U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Sargon Bebla, a ground intelligence officer with Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, observes a training area during a littoral maneuver exercise at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, March. 9, 2022. The littoral maneuver encompassed several units passing through other units' positions while moving toward an objective; these actions are the most complex evolutions a partnered force can conduct. Maritime Defense Exercise Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade is a bilateral exercise meant to increase interoperability and strengthen ties between U.S. and Japanese forces for the defense of Japan.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Manuel Alvarado

A U.S. Marine with Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, searches the simulated enemy during a helicopter raid training exercise on Ie Shima, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 9, 2022. The training exercise consisted of Marines taking control of a known location to establish a Forward Arming and Refueling Point. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Malik Lewis

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Collin Bish, landing support and air delivery officer in charge, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and Lance Cpl. Angel D. Marmolejo, a transmission system operator with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st MEU, establish a communications network while participating in mass casualty response training on Ie Shima, Feb. 10, 2022. The mass casualty response mission allows the 31st MEU to reach victims of an attack, natural disaster or other emergent events when local medical and reactionary forces are unable to provide proper medical care. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the Expeditionary Strike Group in the 7th fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners, and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Manuel Alvarado)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Manuel Alvarado

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Branden Holcomb, a rifleman with Golf Co., 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, teaches a class about riot control techniques at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 22, 2022. The Marines of 2/5 participated in an embassy reinforcement exercise organized by Expeditionary Operations Training Group in order to ensure Marines who are preparing to deploy are ready for complex combat situations.

Photo by Cpl. Benjamin Aulick

A member of the Philippine Armed Forces assigned to 4th Marine Battalion Landing Team, left, and U.S. Marines assigned to Charlie company, Battalion Landing Team, 1/1, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, set security during an amphibious assault demonstration in support of Marine Exercise Philippines at Brooke’s Point, Philippines, Jan. 31, 2022. MAREX 22 PH demonstrates U.S. commitment to the region and our long-standing treaty allies. We seek to build enduring, mutually beneficial relationships and invest in training to ensure a Free and Open Indo-Pacific.

Photo by Sgt. Israel Chincio