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AT SEA – A CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter prepares to land on the USS Makin Island (LHD 8), during flight deck landing qualifications as part of Amphibious Squadron – Marine Expeditionary Unit Integration (PMINT) July 12, 2016. PMINT is the first at-sea period in the MEU’s pre-deployment training cycle and is designed to develop a strong working relationship between the Marines of the 11th MEU and sailors of Amphibious Squadron 5 prior to their deployment to the Pacific and Central Commands’ areas of operations. The helicopter is with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced), 11th MEU. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Devan K. Gowans/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Devan Gowans

AT SEA – Sgt. Jojadys Hernandez, a career planner with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, responds to a situational update on her radio while posting security during a defense of amphibious taskforce drill during a straits transit exercise as a part of Amphibious Squadron – MEU Integration training exercise July 14, 2016. A ship will execute DATF and posture Marines and sailors defensively around their ships upon confirmation of a possible threat approaching the ARG/MEU. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Scott McAdam/Released)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Scott McAdam

SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND, Calif. – Cpl. Edward L. Fontes, field artillery Marine, Alpha Battery, Battalion Landing Team 1st Bn., 4th Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, carries an HE-M795 round to an M777 Howitzer during a supporting arms coordination center exercise during Amphibious Squadron - 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit Integration July 16, 2016. The overall focus of PMINT is to facilitate integration through staff and mission planning, and to get the Marines and sailors working with each other prior to their Western Pacific 16-2 deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Xzavior T. McNeal)

Photo by Sgt. Xzavior McNeal

Marines gather for their live-fire range safety brief the day prior to conducting the culminating event of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Combined Arms Exercise 2016 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., June 16. MEUCAX is an opportunity for the MEU’s ground combat, logistics, and aviation elements to work together and conduct offensive and defensive mission sets in an austere environment in preparation for their upcoming deployment. The Marines participating are with Battalion Landing Team 1st Bn., 4th Marines, Combat Logistics Battalion 11, and Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced). (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Robert Brown/Released)

Photo by Gunnery Sgt. Robert Brown

PARKER, Ariz. (June 9, 2016) - A reconnaissance Marine with Maritime Raid Force, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, jumps from a C-130 Hercules aircraft during a high-altitude, high-opening static-line aerial insertion training in Parker, Ariz. June 9, 2016. Aerial inserts are just one of several ways the MEU can move reconnaissance Marines onto an objective.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Devan Gowans

Lance Cpl. Matthew Jones listens to a Marine while manning a M240B medium machine gun during the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Combined Arms Exercise 2016 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twenty-nine Palms, Calif., June 9, 2016. Jones is an armorer with CLB- 11, 11th MEU. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. April L. Price/ Released)

Photo by Cpl. April Price

Lance Cpl. Aaron Anderson clears an M240G medium machine gun after conducting a firing mission on a UH-1Y Huey during close-air support training during the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Realistic Urban Training exercise at Yodaville aboard Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., June 11, 2016. RUT helps prepare the 11th MEU Marines for their upcoming deployment, enhancing Marines' combat skills in a simulated urban environment similar to those they may find during combat missions. Lance Cpl. Aaron Anderson is with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced). (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brandon Maldonado/ Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Brandon Maldonado

Sgt. Anthony Lee, a reconnaissance Marine with Maritime Raid Force, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, awaits the execution of a reconnaissance and surveillance mission during the MEU’s Realistic Urban Training exercise at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, June 13, 2016. Reconnaissance and surveillance of an objective area allows the MEU commander to gain a greater understanding of the enemy’s presence and geographical details on the battlefield. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Devan K. Gowans/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Devan Gowans

An M1-A1 Abrams tank is staged in preparation for the culminating event during the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Combined Arms Exercise 2016 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., 16 June. Timed exposures of the night sky produce an effect referred to as ‘star trails’; the movement of the earth makes the exposure of the stars like that of a moving object, producing lines or circles of light. The blurred red lighting in the photograph is the same effect, but that of Marines on fire watch, walking by the tank with a red-lensed flashlight. Combined arms is the full integration of available fire power such as close-air support, indirect fire by mortars or artillery, and ground troops’ weapons systems in such a way that to counteract one, the enemy must become vulnerable to another; it poses the enemy with a dilemma – a no-win situation.

Photo by Gunnery Sgt. Robert Brown

Marines prepare to board a UH-60 Seahawk to conduct fast-rope training during the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Realistic Urban Training aboard Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., June 21, 2016. RUT helps prepare the 11th MEU Marines for their upcoming deployment, enhancing Marines' combat skills in a simulated urban environment similar to those they may find during combat missions. The Marines are with Charlie Co., Battalion Landing Team, 1st Bn., 4th Marines. The aircraft is with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Two One (HSC-21). (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Xzavior T. McNeal/Released)

Photo by Sgt. Xzavior McNeal

$Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Steven P. Kelly immobilizes a a role-player with a simulated femur fracture with a structural aluminum malleable splint and elastic wrapping during a tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel training mission aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 1, 2016.The splint is purposely flexible and when bent into a curve, it becomes sturdy and supportive enough to support a fracture or injured limb. Kelly is with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Bn., 4th Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Xzavior T. McNeal/Released)$