Videos

1st Recon Marines conduct wet SPIE training Marines with Force Reconnaissance Co, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, conduct wet special patrol insertion and extraction training at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 2, 2015. The Recon Marines conducted the SPIE training to familiarize themselves for future amphibious operations. Wet SPIE training and helicopter insertion over water missions also present special challenges for the aviators who fly these missions as part of their required training. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Angel Serna/Released)

Marines and Sailors who deployed with the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force - Crisis Response - Central Command returned in several groups to Camp Pendleton April 5-14.

Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command 15.2 conduct their certification exercise.

Marines and Sailors with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, use riot control tactics during a training scenario to respond to protesters attempting to get past their security checkpoint on Joint Forces Training Base Los Alamitos, February 12, 2015, This training was a part of the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force - Crisis Response - Central Command 15.2 certification exercise. The purpose of the CERTEX was to test and certify the SPMAGTF across a broad spectrum of possible mission essential tasks.