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U.S. Marine Pfc. Brandon Daniels, 18, from Dayton, Texas, navigates his way up a cliff during Mountain Exercise 2014 aboard Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, Calif., Sept. 1, 2014. Daniels is an infantry rifleman with 2nd Platoon, Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment will become the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s ground combat element in October. Mountain Exercise 2014 develops critical skills the battalion will need during deployment.

Photo by Sgt. Emmanuel Ramos

Marines from 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force recently conducted training aboard Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, Calif., Aug. 18 to Sept. 17, 2014. The month-long exercise trained Marines in many facets all centered on mountaineering skills and high-altitude warfare. Assault climbing, rappelling, horse and mule packing, and small unit movements were all included during the exercise.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Seth Starr

An amphibious assault vehicle with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, leaves the well deck of the USS Comstock during Malaysia-United States Amphibious Exercise 2014 Aug. 30. MALUS AMPHEX 14 is a bilateral exercise between the 11th MEU and Malaysian Armed Forces designed to foster and sustain cooperative and international relationships with emphasis on amphibious and humanitarian operations within the context of a stability and security operation.

Photo by Sgt. Melissa Wenger

Lance Cpl. Brittny A. Williams, from Riverside, California, puts on her gas mask during an assessment and consequence management response training event Aug. 27 at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma. Williams and her fellow Marines were suiting up to respond to simulated hazardous materials. Williams is a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense specialist with Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 1, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler Ngiraswei

Marines from 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force recently conducted training aboard Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, Calif., Aug. 18 to Sept. 17, 2014. The month-long exercise trained Marines in many facets all centered on mountaineering skills and high-altitude warfare. Assault climbing, rappelling, horse and mule packing, and small unit movements were all included during the exercise.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Seth Starr

Marines from 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force recently conducted training aboard Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, Calif., Aug. 18 to Sept. 17, 2014. The month-long exercise trained Marines in many facets all centered on mountaineering skills and high-altitude warfare. Assault climbing, rappelling, horse and mule packing, and small unit movements were all included during the exercise.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Seth Starr

Unexploded ordnance is detonated during range clearance operations at the Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, Calif., Monday, Aug. 25, 2014. Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians with both Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., and Marine Wing Support Squadron 372 from Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., conducted a surface sweep to clear target areas of ordnance in preparation for the next Weapons and Tactics Instructor course.

Photo by Cpl. Reba James

An F/A-18C Hornet with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122 completes an aerial refuel from an Air Force KC-10 Extender over the Pacific Ocean, August 23, 2014. The Hornet flew from Hawaii to Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska. While in Alaska, VMFA-122, nicknamed the Werewolves, is scheduled to conduct unit level training and fly with squadrons from the United States Air Force to enhance interoperability between services.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Justin Pack

Marines with Weapons Company conduct security patrol in Helmand province, Afghanistan

Photo by Cpl. Cody Haas

Petty Officer 3rd Class James Johnson, a U.S. Navy hospital corpsman with Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force South, of New Orleans, fires at his target during a live-fire exercise on the flight deck of the future amphibious assault ship USS America, Aug. 15, 2014. The purpose of the exercise was to refresh the Marines on weapons handling and marksmanship with the M4 service rifle and M9 service pistol.

Photo by Cpl. Christopher J. Moore

A 7-ton tactical vehicle is operated by the autonomous mobile applique system during the Autonomous Mobility Applique System Joint Capability Technology Demonstration Aug. 20, 2014, at the Savannah River Site in Aiken, South Carolina. Known as AMAS, the system is designed to robotically assist drivers in convoys to enhance driver awareness during combat operations.

Photo by Cpl. Terry Brady

Sgt. Brandon M. Frongillo, a motor vehicle operator with 2nd Tank Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force, supervises the autonomous mobile applique system as it operates a 7-ton tactical vehicle during the Autonomous Mobility Applique System Joint Capability Technology Demonstration Aug. 20, 2014, at the Savannah River Site in Aiken, South Carolina. The AMAS can both assist drivers or warn them of upcoming danger. The system can be controlled manually or through remote control.

Photo by Cpl. Terry Brady

Staff Sgt. Maurice Mincey, a motor transport operations chief with Combat Logistics Battalion 2, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, II Marine Expeditionary Force, operates a remote control system during the Autonomous Mobility Applique System Joint Capability Technology Demonstration Aug. 20, 2014, at the Savannah River Site in Aiken, South Carolina. The remote control is designed to operate tactical vehicles with the assistance of the AMAS without being in a convoy, leaving the personnel in the convoy to supervise the system’s actions.

Photo by Cpl. Terry Brady

A simulated improvised explosive device is set off as a tactical convoy travels down a simulated highway during the Autonomous Mobility Applique System Joint Capability Technology Demonstration Aug. 20, 2014, at the Savannah River Site in Aiken, South Carolina. The IED demonstration tested the AMAS’ capability to detect obstacles to better maneuver a convoy.

Photo by Cpl. Terry Brady

The Chilean ships Rancagua, Almirante Riveros and Sargento Aldea sail alongside the Mexican ship ARM Usumacinta during Partnership of the Americas 2014. The ships are accompanied by two U.S. Marine CH-46E Sea Knights from HMM-364. Representatives from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay and the United States are participating in POA 2014 from Aug. 11-22, 2014. This exercise is designed to enhance joint and combined interoperability, increase the combined capability to execute Amphibious Operations, Peace Support Operations and Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief missions and further develop strong and lasting relationships the U.S. Marine Corps has established with Partner Nations naval infantries/marine corps.

Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Paul Seeber

Cpl. Shane Byram, a native of Sacramento, California and towed artillery system technician with Tango Battery, 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, poses for a photo next to a M777 howitzer aboard Camp Bastion, Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 21, 2014. Tango Battery has been vital to safeguarding the remaining U.S. and coalition forces in the region during 2014.

Photo by 1st Lt. Garth Langley

Lance Cpl. Rashon Burrell, an automatic rifleman with Company K, Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, a Waterloo, Iowa native, maneuvers through a window as part of a squad competition at Central Training Area, Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 8, 2014. There were seven total stations the BLT Marines had to complete, which included a physical circuit course where the Marines performed squad push ups, jumping lunges and air squats. Another station challenged the Marines to answer infantry-related questions for points that helped toward their overall time. The competition started at 5 a.m., with one squad starting every twenty minutes.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Brian Bekkala

Cpl. Sean McKenzie, right, a Germantown, Maryland native, holds back Benjamin, a military working dog, from subduing Cpl. Nicholas Newell, a Troy, New York native, during bite work training Aug. 7, 2014 at the Central Training Area, Okinawa, Japan. Bite work trains the dog to subdue a suspect while allowing the handler to maintain control over their dog. Military working dog handlers practiced explosives and narcotics detection, patrolling and bite work training throughout the day. McKenzie and Neville are military working dog handlers with 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III MEF.

Photo by Abbey Perria

Marines with the headquarters element of Golf Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines Regiment, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, call over a Marine for communication set up during a long-range raid at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii, as part of their Western Pacific 14-2 deployment Aug. 1, 2014.The 11th MEU and Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group are deploying as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious missions across the full range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Demetrius Morgan/ RELEASED)

Photo by Cpl. Demetrius Morgan

Department of Defense's first production F-35B Lightning II joint strike fighter flies toward its new home at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., escorted by Marine Corps F-18 Hornets. The Marine variant of the JSF belongs to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 501. The Marines of VMFAT-501 received two F-35Bs Jan. 11. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joely Santiago)

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