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AT SEA, Pacific Ocean (September 12, 2016) – A Marine with Maritime Raid Force, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, clears the engine room of a simulated enemy vessel as part of a Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure mission conducted off the coast of San Clemente Island, California, Sept. 12, 2016. The VBSS mission was done as part of the 11th MEU’s Certification Exercise, the final major exercise in their pre-deployment training cycle prior to their Western Pacific 16-2 deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Devan K. Gowans/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Devan Gowans

Lance Cpl. Michael Webster aims through a window of an enemy compound while conducting a raid during the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Combined Arms Exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., June 12, 2016. With detailed intelligence on the objective, raid forces use the element of surprise, speed and violence of action on the objective to ensure success. MEUCAX is conducted to maintain a high level of combat readiness prior to the 11th MEU’s Western Pacific deploying later this year. Webster is a rifleman with LAR Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Bn., 4th Marines, 11th MEU. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Zachery Laning/Released)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Zachery Laning

AT SEA (August 18, 2016)-Marines perform maintenance on the tail rotor of a CH-53E Super Stallion on a scheduled maintenance day during the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit Composite Training Unit Exercise. During a training exercise such as COMPTUEX, air assets are heavily taxed; necessitating scheduled maintenance days to ensure aircraft are safe and ready to fly for the remainder of the exercise. COMPTUEX is the third of five training exercises for the MEU and the second of three at-sea training evolutions for the ARG/MEU team. The Marines are with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced). (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brandon Maldonado)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Brandon Maldonado

AT SEA (August 18, 2016)-The USS Yukon (T-AO-202) sends supplies and fuel to the USS Comstock (LSD-45) and the USS Makin Island (LHD-8) during a resupply at sea halfway through the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group/11th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Composite Training Unit Exercise, August 18, 2016. COMPUTEX is a scenario-based exercise designed to further integrate the 11th MEU with the ships and Sailors of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group before their upcoming deployment to the Pacific and Central Commands’ areas of operations later this year. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brandon Maldonado)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Brandon Maldonado

AT SEA (August 15, 2016) - The USS Wayne E. Meyer (DEG 108), USS Makin Island (LHD 8), USS Somerset (LPD 25) and USS Comstock (LSD 45) sail in formation off the coast of San Clemente Island, Calif., during a strait transit rehearsal as part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group/11th Marine Expeditionary Unit Composite Training Unit Exercise. COMPUTEX is the third of five training exercises for the MEU and the second of three at-sea training evolutions for the ARG/MEU team. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brandon Maldonado)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Brandon Maldonado

AT SEA (August 14, 2014) - A Landing Craft Air Cushion taxis out of the well deck of the USS Makin Island (LHD-8) to move Light Armored Vehicles to Camp Pendleton during the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's Composite Training Unit exercise aboard the USS Makin Island (LHD-8), Aug. 14, 2016. The MEU's mission is to provide a rapid-response force capable of conducting amphibious operations, crisis response and selected maritime special operations from the sea, by surface or air assets. The Marines are with the 11th MEU and the LCAC is with the Assault Craft Unit 5. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brandon Maldonado)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Brandon Maldonado

USS COMSTOCK, at sea – Marines and sailors use a 60- ton crane to hoist the cover for an engine of an Amphibious Assault Vehicle aboard the USS Comstock during Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON 5) – Marine Expeditionary Unit Integration (PMINT), July 13, 2016. After a piston within the engine broke during training, the AAV was recovered from sea and repaired within 48 hours. The vehicle was fixed just in time to begin the next training event. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. April L. Price/Released)

Photo by Cpl. April Price

Reconnaissance Marines with Maritime Raid Force, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to aerially insert from a C-130 Hercules aircraft onto a specified objective area located in Southern Calif., June 13, 2016, as part of a reconnaissance and surveillance mission. The mission was conducted during the MEU’s Realistic Urban Training exercise, which is held in preparation for the MEU’s upcoming Western Pacific 16-2 deployment to the Pacific and Central Commands’ areas of operation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Devan K. Gowans)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Devan Gowans

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

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

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)

Photo by Sgt. Xzavior McNeal

Sergeant Taylor Tingey, a platoon sergeant with Engineer Platoon, Combat Logistics Battalion 11, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, demonstrates how to connect charges to a detonation cord during a demolition range, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. June 1, 2016. The range was conducted to familiarize and improve Marines skills with constructing and detonating charges. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. April L. Price/Released)

Photo by Cpl. April Price