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Marines with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment provide security on the beach following an amphibious landing as part of Exercise Dawn Blitz 2015 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Sept. 5, 2015. Dawn Blitz is a multinational, amphibious training exercise designed to hone the amphibious landing skills of I Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Expeditionary Strike Group Three and allies of the United States. - Marines with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment provide security on the beach following an amphibious landing as part of Exercise Dawn Blitz 2015 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Sept. 5, 2015. Dawn Blitz is a multinational, amphibious training exercise designed to hone the amphibious landing skills of I Marine Expeditionary Brigade, Expeditionary Strike Group Three and allies of the United States.

Gov. Ma’amoon Sami Rashim Alawi, al-Anbar’s provincial governor and Maj. Gen. Murthi Mush’hen Almhalawi, commanding general, al-Anbar Iraqi Security Forces, sign a Command and Control Memorandum of Understanding accepting control of security at the Provincial Governance Center in Ramadi, Iraq, Aug. 26. Gov. Ma’amoon and Maj. Gen. Murthi signed the document in preparation for total Provincial Iraqi Control scheduled for the near future. (U.S. Marine Corps photograph by Cpl. Erin A. Kirk/Released) - Gov. Ma’amoon Sami Rashim Alawi, al-Anbar’s provincial governor and Maj. Gen. Murthi Mush’hen Almhalawi, commanding general, al-Anbar Iraqi Security Forces, sign a Command and Control Memorandum of Understanding accepting control of security at the Provincial Governance Center in Ramadi, Iraq, Aug. 26. Gov. Ma’amoon and Maj. Gen. Murthi signed the document in preparation for total Provincial Iraqi Control scheduled for the near future. (U.S. Marine Corps photograph by Cpl. Erin A. Kirk/Released)