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The Marine Corps provides various avenues to Marines that allow them to become successful in their professional and personal lives. Those options include exploring opportunities outside of their assigned military occupational specialties, further educational benefits and chances to move to a fresh career path in the Marine Corps through lateral moves. Stay Marine highlights individuals who have taken advantage of these opportunities to further their experiences and strengthen their professional military lives.

Check out what’s been happening in this week’s edition of Around the MEF. Marines with Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, compete in the unit’s Warrior Games. Veterans from 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, commemorate those who served during the Battle of Fallujah in Iraq. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus speaks to service members at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton. For more information: https://www.dvidshub.net/video/488184/marines-compete-mag-39-warrior-games https://www.dvidshub.net/video/487700/commemoration-marines-thundering-third https://www.dvidshub.net/video/488389/secretary-navys-address-marines-sailors-and-civilians-camp-pendleton

The Marine Corps provides various avenues to Marines that allow them to become successful in their professional and personal lives. Those options include exploring opportunities outside of their assigned military occupational specialties, further educational benefits and chances to move to a fresh career path in the Marine Corps through lateral moves. Stay Marine highlights individuals who have taken advantage of these opportunities to further their experiences and strengthen their professional military lives.

The Marine Corps provides various avenues to Marines that allow them to become successful in their professional and personal lives. Those options include exploring opportunities outside of their assigned military occupational specialties, further educational benefits and chances to move to a fresh career path in the Marine Corps through lateral moves. Stay Marine highlights individuals who have taken advantage of these opportunities to further their experiences and strengthen their professional military lives.

The Marine Corps provides various avenues to Marines that allow them to become successful in their professional and personal lives. Those options include exploring opportunities outside of their assigned military occupational specialties, further educational benefits and chances to move to a fresh career path in the Marine Corps through lateral moves. Stay Marine highlights individuals who have taken advantage of these opportunities to further their experiences and strengthen their professional military lives.

Check out what's been happening in this week’s edition of Around the MEF. Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 166 (reinforced) returns to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. 1st Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logsitcs Group practice explosive inerting methods. Headquarters Company, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division participated in ground fighting training.

The Marine Corps provides various avenues to Marines that allow them to become successful in their professional and personal lives. Those options include exploring opportunities outside of their assigned military occupational specialties, further educational benefits and chances to move to a fresh career path in the Marine Corps through lateral moves. Stay Marine highlights individuals who have taken advantage of these opportunities to further their experiences and strengthen their professional military lives.

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif., (Aug. 26, 2016) -- Lance Cpl. Caitlin Bevel tell us what has happened around the I Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, Aug. 26, 2016. MCAS warrior run comp. U.S. Marines of headquarters and Headquarters Squadron (HHS), Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miaramar participate in a warrior run competetion to detrermine wich section has the fastest team aboard MCAS Miramar 23 Aug., 2016. The participants ran 3.5 miles with 25lbs of weight in their packs adittionally carrying one water jug and two ammo cans. Lt. Col. Micheal A. Spears Commanding officer, HHS, MCAS Miramar and the HHS Sgt. Maj., Sgt. Maj. Kenneth F. Wiss were in attendance. https://www.dvidshub.net/video/480596/mcas-miramar-warrior-run ITX An overview video of what Marines conducting during Integrated Training Exercise 5-16 aboard Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif. https://www.dvidshub.net/video/480183/integrated-training-exercise-5-16 Frozen Chosin Reunion 1950 MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — More than 150 Marine combat veterans and their families gathered for the reunion of the “Chosin Few,” August 17, 2016, aboard Camp Pendleton. The survivors of the battle of Chosin Reservoir come together biannually to reconnect and remember their fallen brothers in the intense battle. The veterans greatly appreciate the recognition for their trials, but it’s the emotions invoked from seeing their brothers who struggled alongside them that makes the reunion truly meaningful. https://www.dvidshub.net/video/479691/frozen-chosin-reunion __ Image: ARFF Mass cass Marines with Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting extinguish a fire during an aircraft mass casualty exercise aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Aug. 24. Marines with ARFF and firefighters with the MCAS Miramar Fire Department worked alongside San Diego first responders to improve response times, solidify existing standard operating procedures for emergencies and fulfill annual training requirements. https://www.dvidshub.net/image/2816722/san-diego-first-responders-conduct-mass-casualty-exercise-aboard-mcas-miramar crew chief loads osprey casualty A crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 165, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing leads Marines with 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, onto an MV-22 Osprey during an integrated training exercise on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., August 14, 2016. ITX is designed to bring together the ground combat, air combat, and logistics combat elements of the Marine Corps into one fully capable and lethal unit ready to respond to global uncertainty. https://www.dvidshub.net/image/2792238/3rd-battalion-7th-marines-off-flying-start night shoot Lance Cpl. Login Loftis, a machine gunner with Company F, 2nd Battalion 5th Marine Regiment fires a M240 medium machine gun as Lance Cpl. Krikland Harrington, a machine gunner with Company F, 2/5, looks through his night vision optic to guide Loftis onto his target during Integrated Training Exercise 5-16 aboard Marine Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms Calif., Aug. 18, 2016. ITX is designed to bring together the ground combat, air combat and logistics combat elements of the Marine Corps into one fully capable and lethal unit ready to respond to global uncertainty. https://www.dvidshub.net/image/2807209/2nd-battalion-5th-marines-take-night secure perimeter, bring casualties back Private First Class Tyler Ren, left, and Lance Cpl. Adam Lovell, right, with Security Forces Platoon, I Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group (I MHG), assess simulated casualties during a mass-casualty drill during I Marine Expeditionary Force Large Scale Exercise 2016 at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Aug. 16, 2016. The security forces platoon ensured security of the perimeter as they waited for stretchers to transport simulated casualties to the aid station. LSE-16 is designed to enhance the command and control, and the interoperability between the I MEF command element staff, and its higher, adjacent and subordinate command headquarters. https://www.dvidshub.net/image/2799489/secure-perimeter-bring-casualties-back Bureaucracy A U.S. Marine Corps M1A1 Abrams Tank, with Delta Company, 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division conducts offensive and defensive tactics during Large Scale Exercise (LSE) on August 16, 2016, on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center. LSE-16 is designed to enhance the command and control, and interoperability between I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF) and its higher, adjacent and subordinate command headquarters. https://www.dvidshub.net/image/2807219/bureaucracy __ assess 1st Tank Bn., 1st MARDIV Live fire at LSE U.S. Marines with Delta Company, 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division conduct a Large Scale Exercise (LSE) on Marine Air Ground Command Center Twentynine Palms, Calif. Aug 18, 2016. LSE 2016 is designed to enhance the command and control and interoperability between I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF) and its higher, adjacent and subordinate command headquarters https://www.dvidshub.net/video/479994/lse-16-1st-tank-battalion-live-fire-b-roll

A weekly overview highlighting news throughout I Marine Expeditionary Force. Marine Attack Squadron 211 receives first two F-35B Lighting II aircraft. Combat engineers with 7th Engineer Support Battalion conduct live-fire maneuver range. Pure Praxis presents interactive sexual assault prevention and response training. Installations will no longer issue vehicle decals.

Aviation ground support and combat logistics Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit establish a Forward Arming and Refueling Point as part of a MEU field exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 12, 2016. During the FARP operations, the Marines received fuel from an MV-22 Osprey and CH-53E Super Stallion aircraft to provide refueling capabilities to incoming aircraft in support of MEUEX. (U.S. Marine Corps Motion Imagery by Gunnery Sgt. Robert B. Brown Jr.)

The last flight of Marines with Marine Rotational Force - Darwin landed at Royal Australian Air Force Base on April 27, 2016. The approximate 1,250 Marine Air-Ground Task Force has arrived throughout April for this year’s six-month rotation.

U.S. Marines with Marine Air Ground Task Force 5, conduct Integrated Training Exercise 2-16 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Jan. 22- Feb. 18, 2016. ITX is a MAGTF sized training event led by the 5th Marine Regiment, to exercise units from across the Marine Corps, some which will forward deploy later this year with various elements to create the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force Crisis Response Central Command 16.2, to meet their operational requirements across the range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Chelsey K. Courtney/Released)

Marines conduct low-light specific weapons delivery training at Camp Pendleton March 3, 2016. The low-light training restricts visibility for the Marines and allows them to improve communication and weapons proficiency under challenging circumstances. The Marines are with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing.

U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 373, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3D Marine Aircraft Wing, operate a Forward Arming and Refueling Point (FARP) during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 2-16 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Feb. 3, 2016. MWSS-373's FARP operations are one of a series of evolutions that will take place during ITX, a Marine Air Ground Task Force sized training event led by the 5th Marine Regiment, which will forward deploy later this year with various elements to create the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force Crisis Response Central Command 16.2. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Chelsey K. Courtney/ Released)