Reserve Marines with 1st Battalion, 24th Marines, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, provide suppressive machine gun fire for ground units at range 410A during Integrated Training Exercise 4-16, at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, June 14, 2016. ITX 4-16 allows Reserve Marines to train in realistic environments to increase their proficiency and readiness. Amphibious Assault Vehicles with Combat Assault Company, 3rd Marine Regiment, prepare to drive ashore near the Pacific War Memorial on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, June 13, 2016. The CAC Marines practiced towing drills in Kaneohe Bay to gain a good understanding of what to do in the event an AAV breaks down or gets stuck. Marines with Battery F, 2nd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserves, conduct dry-fire shooting drills during their annual training at Fort Sill in Lawton, Oklahoma, June 3, 2016. To maintain a high level of readiness, the Marine Corps Reserve conducts annual training to ensure Marines remain proficient in their jobs as well as gain experience in other areas. U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jackson T. Allen, a rifleman, reaches for the next rope on an over-water obstacle course at Gallipoli Barracks, Queensland, Australia, June 7, 2016. The course is part of a three day period of sustainment training to keep Marines in good physical condition during Marine Rotational Force – Darwin. MRF-D is a six-month deployment of Marines into Darwin, Australia, where they will conduct exercises and train with the Australian Defence Forces, strengthening the U.S.-Australia alliance. Allen, from Round Rock, Texas, is with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, MRF-D. Pfc. Casin Mullinex and Lance Cpl. Shaun Carnley, machine gunners with 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, set up defensive security after capturing Landing Zone Cardinal from the enemy during the final raid of the Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, June 9, 2016. The MCCRE tests the Marines on their ability to operate as a whole and is the final exercise as a battalion during pre-deployment training.
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Katherine Pagni throws a shotput at practice during the 2016 Department of Defense Warrior Games at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, June 13, 2016. Pagni, a Ceres, California native, is a member of the 2016 DoD Warrior Games Team Marine Corps. The 2016 DoD Warrior Games is an adaptive sports competition for wounded, ill and injured Service members and veterans from the U.S. Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Special Operations Command and the British Armed Forces. Cpl. Nicholas Stone performs maintenance on a AV-8B Harrier inside the Marine Attack Training Squadron 203 hangar at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, June 8, 2016. During the past three years, VMAT-203 has trained more than 130 AV-8B pilots and 2,000 AV-8B maintenance personnel. Within that time period, the squadron has flown over 12,000 flight hours, participated in four deployments for instructor and student training and received the Commandant's Aviation Efficiency Award. Stone is a fixed wing aircraft airframe mechanic with the Squadron. The gunner of a mortar team with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, prepares to drop a round into the mortar barrel at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, June 6, 2016. Marines underwent mortar familiarization and proficiency training in preparation for their upcoming deployment in support of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force. A Marine with Company C, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, posts security during Exercise Predator Strike at Cultana Training Area, South Australia, Australia, June 5, 2016. Predator Strike, a yearly exercise taken place in Australia with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, allows Marines to enhance their skills and train with the Australian Defence Force. The 37th Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Robert B. Neller, with the 18th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps (left), participate in a demonstration of the Shoulder-Launched Multipurpose Assault Weapon and the Multi-Role Anti-Armor Anti-Personnel Weapon System at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, June 8, 2016.
Pilots with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169 prepare an AH-1Z Cobra flight simulator for operations during Virtual Flag aboard Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, California, May 18. Virtual Flag is the flagship event for the U.S. Air Force Distributed Missions Operations Center of Excellence and is a quarterly exercise among military branches using various aircraft and mechanized simulators across the country. U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Miguel Santibanez, sits in the defensive position during Exercise Southern Jackaroo at Shoalwater Bay, Queensland, Australia, May 18, 2016. Conducting defensive training allows U.S. Marines and Australian service members to share techniques, tactics and procedures to improve their defensive skills during Marine Rotational Force – Darwin. A detachment of KC-130J Super Hercules aircraft from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152, conduct low altitude training during exercise Kodiak Mace, May 28, 2016. The squadron trained at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, in support of exercise Kodiak Mace, which is an annual joint exercise designed to give the U.S. Marine pilots of VMGR-152 an opportunity to conduct low altitude training in an unfamiliar environment to enhance their technical skills and operational capabilities. U.S. Marines from 3rd Marine Division, Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear defense platoon, Headquarters Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force, test for chemical hazards at a simulated airplane crash site during exercise Habu Sentinel 16 at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, June 3, 2016. As the annual capstone exercise for the division’s response element, this event encompasses multiple objectives specific to CBRN response and validates unit standard operating procedures in an unfamiliar training environment. Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Robert B. Neller, gets water from the Devil Dog fountain after the American Memorial Day ceremony at the Aisne-Marne American Memorial Cemetery, Belleau, France, May 29, 2016. Each Memorial Day weekend, U.S. Marines, French service members, family members and locals gather to honor the memory of the Marines killed during the battle of Belleau Wood.
U.S. Marines with Task Force Koa Moana 16, secure ladderwells aboard the USNS Sacagawea, June 2, 2016. KM 16 will serve to further strengthen alliances around the Asia-Pacific region as well as highlight the effectiveness of a maritime prepositioning force. U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Chucky Rumano, a firefighter assigned to the Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting section, puts out a fire during a fire response training scenario at Landing Zone Westfield, Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, June 3, 2016. The ARFF Marines conduct monthly training to sharpen and enhance their firefighting skills so that they may be ready to respond to emergencies at a moment's notice. Marines with Company C, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, conduct exterior military operations during Exercise Predator Strike at Cultana Training Area, South Australia, Australia, June 5, 2016. Predator Strike, a yearly exercise taken place in Australia with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, allows Marines to enhance their skills and train with the Australian Defence Force. Members of the Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon perform at Liberty State Park, New Jersey, May 29, 2016. U.S. Marines and sailors are in New Jersey to interact with the public, demonstrate capabilities, and teach the people of New Jersey about America's sea services. An MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 364 “Purple Foxes” lands during section and division confined area landings at Holtville Airfield, California., May 20. The training was conducted to familiarize both pilots and crew chiefs with landing in a small area around other aircraft.
Marines and sailors start a squad competition carrying main packs and logs at Robertson Barracks, Northern Territory, Australia, on May 25, 2016. The squad-level competition determined which rifle squad or weapons platoon section had the best physical fitness, small-unit leadership, and cohesion within Company C, 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force - Darwin. Marines from Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment’s “Kings of Battles,” fire off artillery rounds from their M777 Lightweight 155mm howitzers during Spartan Fury, an annual pre-deployment exercise, aboard the Schofield Range Facility on May 4th, 2016. Spartan Fury is one of three annual battalion level exercises to help improve sustainment training for future deployments. A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, arrives at Eisenhower Park during Military Day as part of Fleet Week, in East Meadow, New York, May 28, 2016. U.S. Marines and sailors are visiting to interact with the public, demonstrate capabilities and teach the people of New York about America's sea services. U.S. Marine Corps Major Sven Jensen, the Commander of troops for Easy Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines Regiment watches as an landing craft air cushion brings in supplies during an amphibious transition from ship to shore Tanduo Beach, Malaysia, May 30, 2016. The Marines of Easy Co., BLT, 2/2 are embarked with U.S. sailors aboard the USS Ashland (LSD 48) in support of exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training. CARAT is a series of annual, bilateral maritime exercises between the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and the armed forces of nine partner nations to include Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand and Timor-Leste. The Ashland is assigned to U.S. 7th Fleet. Marines from the 2nd Marine Division band exit the cemetary after a Memorial Day ceremony in which U.S. Marines performed alongside the French Army at the Aisne-Marne American Memorial Cemetery in Belleau, France, May 29, 2016. The French and the Americans gathered together, as they do every year, to honor those service members from both countries who have fallen in WWI, Belleau Wood and throughout history, fighting side by side.
Reserve Marines with 1st Battalion, 24th Marines, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, provide suppressive machine gun fire for ground units at range 410A during Integrated Training Exercise 4-16, at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, June 14, 2016. ITX 4-16 allows Reserve Marines to train in realistic environments to increase their proficiency and readiness.
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