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Cpl. Taylor Barnes, a motor transport operator with2nd Platoon, Truck Company, Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division reports information from the front vehicle to the rest of the vehicles during a convoy operations training exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., March 3, 2015. Relaying information is an essential part of keeping every Marine vigilant and aware of the environment and terrain around them. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Joshua Murray / Released) - Cpl. Taylor Barnes, a motor transport operator with2nd Platoon, Truck Company, Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division reports information from the front vehicle to the rest of the vehicles during a convoy operations training exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., March 3, 2015. Relaying information is an essential part of keeping every Marine vigilant and aware of the environment and terrain around them. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Joshua Murray / Released)

The QRF security element posts up four-corner security around an objective site during a Quick Reaction Force drill, as part of Marine Expeditionary Force Exercise 2015 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 22, 2015. Marines with 1st Law Enforcement Battalion employed a QRF to combat imminent “enemy threats” during MEFEX-15. - The QRF security element posts up four-corner security around an objective site during a Quick Reaction Force drill, as part of Marine Expeditionary Force Exercise 2015 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 22, 2015. Marines with 1st Law Enforcement Battalion employed a QRF to combat imminent “enemy threats” during MEFEX-15.

U.S. Army Maj. Alejandro Buniag, deputy commander of the Combined Joint Civil-Military Task Force element of Exercise Cobra Gold 2015, and a native of Yigo, Guam, delivers a speech during the dedication ceremony for a new multipurpose facility at Ban Nhong-Plong Elementary School, located in Chai Badan District, Lop Buri Province, Thailand, on Feb. 19. As part of CG15, a multinational force of Royal Thai Armed Forces, People’s Liberation Army of China and U.S. Army engineers began constructing the new building at Ban Nhong-Plong in mid-January. The facility will serve as a cafeteria, community center and hallmark of 182 years of friendship between the Thai and American peoples. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. James Marchetti) - U.S. Army Maj. Alejandro Buniag, deputy commander of the Combined Joint Civil-Military Task Force element of Exercise Cobra Gold 2015, and a native of Yigo, Guam, delivers a speech during the dedication ceremony for a new multipurpose facility at Ban Nhong-Plong Elementary School, located in Chai Badan District, Lop Buri Province, Thailand, on Feb. 19. As part of CG15, a multinational force of Royal Thai Armed Forces, People’s Liberation Army of China and U.S. Army engineers began constructing the new building at Ban Nhong-Plong in mid-January. The facility will serve as a cafeteria, community center and hallmark of 182 years of friendship between the Thai and American peoples. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. James Marchetti)

Service members listen to a I Marine Expeditionary Force subordinate command element representative delivers a brief during a rehearsal of concept drill on its role in I Marine Expeditionary Force Exercise 2015 aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 17. MEFEX 15 will allow I MEF to exercise and evaluate its current readiness to support operations around the world. - Service members listen to a I Marine Expeditionary Force subordinate command element representative delivers a brief during a rehearsal of concept drill on its role in I Marine Expeditionary Force Exercise 2015 aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 17. MEFEX 15 will allow I MEF to exercise and evaluate its current readiness to support operations around the world.

U.S. Marine Capt. Jengis Gonzalez, left, a civil affairs officer with 3rd Civil Affairs Group, and his team participate in a pre-deployment training aboard Marine Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., prior to deploying to Iraq in 2008. Gonzalez was born in Thailand to an American father and a Thai mother. He speaks Thai fluently and has served in three iterations on Exercise Cobra Gold as part of the Civil Affairs Group. Cobra Gold 2015, his latest iteration, is a combined-forces exercise, taking place across Thailand to advance regional security and ensure effective responses to crises in the area. (Photo Courtesy of U.S. Marine Capt. Jengis Gonzales / Released.) - U.S. Marine Capt. Jengis Gonzalez, left, a civil affairs officer with 3rd Civil Affairs Group, and his team participate in a pre-deployment training aboard Marine Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., prior to deploying to Iraq in 2008. Gonzalez was born in Thailand to an American father and a Thai mother. He speaks Thai fluently and has served in three iterations on Exercise Cobra Gold as part of the Civil Affairs Group. Cobra Gold 2015, his latest iteration, is a combined-forces exercise, taking place across Thailand to advance regional security and ensure effective responses to crises in the area. (Photo Courtesy of U.S. Marine Capt. Jengis Gonzales / Released.)

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