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U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, and members of the Royal Canadian Air Force with 429 Transport Squadron prepare to offload an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System from a Royal Canadian Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, Feb. 4, 2025. Marines worked alongside Canadian service members to rehearse HIMARS rapid infiltration procedures to deliver precision fires from forward locations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Juan Torres)

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, and members of the Royal Canadian Air Force with 429 Transport Squadron prepare to offload an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System from a Royal Canadian Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, Feb. 4, 2025. Marines worked alongside Canadian service members to rehearse HIMARS rapid infiltration procedures to deliver precision fires from forward locations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Juan Torres)

Photo by Cpl. Juan Torres

Royal Canadian Air Force Capt. Luc Tourenne, left, a copilot, and Capt. Richard Dimen, an aircraft commander, both with 429 Transport Squadron fly a C-17 Globemaster III above Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 4, 2025. U.S. Marines worked alongside Canadian service members to rehearse M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System rapid infiltration procedures to deliver precision fires from forward locations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Juan Torres)

Royal Canadian Air Force Capt. Luc Tourenne, left, a copilot, and Capt. Richard Dimen, an aircraft commander, both with 429 Transport Squadron fly a C-17 Globemaster III above Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 4, 2025. U.S. Marines worked alongside Canadian service members to rehearse M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System rapid infiltration procedures to deliver precision fires from forward locations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Juan Torres)

Photo by Cpl. Juan Torres

U.S. Marines with I Marine Expeditionary Force and members of the Marine Corps Association pose for a photo during the 2025 Marine Corps Association West Coast Dinner at Cape Ray Carlsbad Resort in Carlsbad, California, Jan. 30, 2025. The annual MCA West Coast Dinner connects service members, veterans and friends of the West Coast Corps communities. This year, the MCA awarded their annual 1st Lt. Shaun M. Blue Leadership Trophy at the dinner to honor a lieutenant who embodies patriotic and selfless service, traits exemplified by Blue. (Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Erica S. Padgett)

U.S. Marines with I Marine Expeditionary Force and members of the Marine Corps Association pose for a photo during the 2025 Marine Corps Association West Coast Dinner at Cape Ray Carlsbad Resort in Carlsbad, California, Jan. 30, 2025. The annual MCA West Coast Dinner connects service members, veterans and friends of the West Coast Corps communities. This year, the MCA awarded their annual 1st Lt. Shaun M. Blue Leadership Trophy at the dinner to honor a lieutenant who embodies patriotic and selfless service, traits exemplified by Blue. (Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Erica S. Padgett)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Erica Stanke

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Michael S. Cederholm, commanding general of I Marine Expeditionary Force, delivers his remarks during the 2025 Marine Corps Association West Coast Dinner at Cape Ray Carlsbad Resort in Carlsbad, California, Jan. 30, 2025. The annual MCA West Coast Dinner connects service members, veterans and friends of the West Coast Corps communities. This year, the MCA awarded their annual 1st Lt. Shaun M. Blue Leadership Trophy at the dinner to honor a lieutenant who embodies patriotic and selfless service, traits exemplified by Blue. (Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Erica S. Padgett)

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Michael S. Cederholm, commanding general of I Marine Expeditionary Force, delivers his remarks during the 2025 Marine Corps Association West Coast Dinner at Cape Ray Carlsbad Resort in Carlsbad, California, Jan. 30, 2025. The annual MCA West Coast Dinner connects service members, veterans and friends of the West Coast Corps communities. This year, the MCA awarded their annual 1st Lt. Shaun M. Blue Leadership Trophy at the dinner to honor a lieutenant who embodies patriotic and selfless service, traits exemplified by Blue. (Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Erica S. Padgett)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Erica Stanke

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Troy J. Garza, a communication strategy and operations officer with I Marine Expeditionary Force, poses for a photo as the recipient of the 1st Lt. Shaun M. Blue Leadership Trophy during the 2025 Marine Corps Association West Coast Dinner at Cape Ray Carlsbad Resort in Carlsbad, California, Jan. 30, 2025. The annual MCA West Coast Dinner connects service members, veterans and friends of the West Coast Corps communities. This year, the MCA awarded their annual 1st Lt. Shaun M. Blue Leadership Trophy at the dinner to honor a lieutenant who embodies patriotic and selfless service, traits exemplified by Blue. (Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Erica S. Padgett)

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Troy J. Garza, a communication strategy and operations officer with I Marine Expeditionary Force, poses for a photo as the recipient of the 1st Lt. Shaun M. Blue Leadership Trophy during the 2025 Marine Corps Association West Coast Dinner at Cape Ray Carlsbad Resort in Carlsbad, California, Jan. 30, 2025. The annual MCA West Coast Dinner connects service members, veterans and friends of the West Coast Corps communities. This year, the MCA awarded their annual 1st Lt. Shaun M. Blue Leadership Trophy at the dinner to honor a lieutenant who embodies patriotic and selfless service, traits exemplified by Blue. (Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Erica S. Padgett)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Erica Stanke

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Collin Baker, a student with the Small Unmanned Aircraft System Integration Course, 1st Marine Division Schools, fires a Benelli M4 semi-automatic shotgun during a SUAS integration field exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 30, 2024. The SUAS integration course is focused on teaching students from across the United States Armed Forces, the capabilities and limitations of class one drones that are used for surveillance, reconnaissance, intelligence, and retrieving grids for call for fire missions, and how to take down a drone with electronic warfare and firearms. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Shaina Jupiter)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Collin Baker, a student with the Small Unmanned Aircraft System Integration Course, 1st Marine Division Schools, fires a Benelli M4 semi-automatic shotgun during a SUAS integration field exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 30, 2024. The SUAS integration course is focused on teaching students from across the United States Armed Forces, the capabilities and limitations of class one drones that are used for surveillance, reconnaissance, intelligence, and retrieving grids for call for fire missions, and how to take down a drone with electronic warfare and firearms. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Shaina Jupiter)

Photo by Sgt. Shaina Jupiter

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Justin Rowley, a student with the Small Unmanned Aircraft System Integration Course, 1st Marine Division Schools, lands a SkyDio X2D SUAS during a SUAS integration field exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 28, 2024. The SUAS integration course is focused on teaching students from across the United States Armed Forces, the capabilities and limitations of class one drones that are used for surveillance, reconnaissance, intelligence, and retrieving grids for call for fire missions, and how to take down a drone with electronic warfare and firearms. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Shaina Jupiter)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Justin Rowley, a student with the Small Unmanned Aircraft System Integration Course, 1st Marine Division Schools, lands a SkyDio X2D SUAS during a SUAS integration field exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 28, 2024. The SUAS integration course is focused on teaching students from across the United States Armed Forces, the capabilities and limitations of class one drones that are used for surveillance, reconnaissance, intelligence, and retrieving grids for call for fire missions, and how to take down a drone with electronic warfare and firearms. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Shaina Jupiter)

Photo by Sgt. Shaina Jupiter

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Channing Washlesky, left, a team leader with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group and a native of Texas, and Sgt. Alexander Shepherd, a joint terminal attack controller with 1st ANGLICO and a native of Maryland, observe terrain during Basic Skills Package 25.1 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 29, 2025. The BSP provides ANGLICO Marines a baseline in advanced infantry skills, machine gun employment, helicopter rope suspension technique, digital communication, fires planning and teamwork. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Manuel Rivera)

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Channing Washlesky, left, a team leader with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group and a native of Texas, and Sgt. Alexander Shepherd, a joint terminal attack controller with 1st ANGLICO and a native of Maryland, observe terrain during Basic Skills Package 25.1 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 29, 2025. The BSP provides ANGLICO Marines a baseline in advanced infantry skills, machine gun employment, helicopter rope suspension technique, digital communication, fires planning and teamwork. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Manuel Rivera)

Photo by Cpl. Manuel Rivera

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Channing Washlesky, a team leader with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group and a native of Texas, coordinates with friendly forces during Basic Skills Package 25.1 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 29, 2025. The BSP provides ANGLICO Marines a baseline in advanced infantry skills, machine gun employment, helicopter rope suspension technique, digital communication, fires planning and teamwork. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Manuel Rivera)

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Channing Washlesky, a team leader with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group and a native of Texas, coordinates with friendly forces during Basic Skills Package 25.1 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 29, 2025. The BSP provides ANGLICO Marines a baseline in advanced infantry skills, machine gun employment, helicopter rope suspension technique, digital communication, fires planning and teamwork. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Manuel Rivera)

Photo by Cpl. Manuel Rivera

U.S. Marine Corps explosive ordnance disposal technicians with Combat Logistics Battalion 11, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, use an XR150 Portable X-Ray Generator to inspect training ordnance during integrated training with chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense specialists from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I Marine Expeditionary Force, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 28, 2025. The event enabled Marines to share their knowledge and enhance proficiency between specialties, strengthening interoperability and threat containment capabilities. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Oliver Nisbet)

U.S. Marine Corps explosive ordnance disposal technicians with Combat Logistics Battalion 11, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, use an XR150 Portable X-Ray Generator to inspect training ordnance during integrated training with chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense specialists from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I Marine Expeditionary Force, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 28, 2025. The event enabled Marines to share their knowledge and enhance proficiency between specialties, strengthening interoperability and threat containment capabilities. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Oliver Nisbet)

Photo by Cpl. Oliver Nisbet

U.S. Marines listen as martial arts instructors with 1st Marine Division teach exercises prior to a MAI course “level room" at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 24, 2025. The MAI course is a three-week program designed to train Marines to teach and test other Marines in the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Migel A. Reynosa)

U.S. Marines listen as martial arts instructors with 1st Marine Division teach exercises prior to a MAI course “level room" at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 24, 2025. The MAI course is a three-week program designed to train Marines to teach and test other Marines in the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Migel A. Reynosa)

Photo by Cpl. Migel Reynosa

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Branson Mohn, left, a martial arts instructor trainer with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, spars with Cpl. Andy Pinto, a transmission system operator with Fire Support Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st MARDIV, during an MAI course “level room” at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 24, 2025. The MAI course is a three-week program designed to train Marines to teach and test other Marines in the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program. Mohn is a native of Pennsylvania. Pinto is a native of New Jersey. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Migel A. Reynosa)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Branson Mohn, left, a martial arts instructor trainer with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, spars with Cpl. Andy Pinto, a transmission system operator with Fire Support Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st MARDIV, during an MAI course “level room” at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 24, 2025. The MAI course is a three-week program designed to train Marines to teach and test other Marines in the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program. Mohn is a native of Pennsylvania. Pinto is a native of New Jersey. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Migel A. Reynosa)

Photo by Cpl. Migel Reynosa

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, hike during Mountain Training Exercise 1-25 at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center Bridgeport, California, Jan. 21, 2025. MTX 1-25 is designed to prepare units to survive, strengthen expeditionary warfare tactics, and build confidence in their abilities to operate in a cold weather, high-altitude, mountainous environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kiana Rose Orinion)

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, hike during Mountain Training Exercise 1-25 at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center Bridgeport, California, Jan. 21, 2025. MTX 1-25 is designed to prepare units to survive, strengthen expeditionary warfare tactics, and build confidence in their abilities to operate in a cold weather, high-altitude, mountainous environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kiana Rose Orinion)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Kiana Rose Orinion

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, hike during Mountain Training Exercise 1-25 at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center Bridgeport, California, Jan. 21, 2025. MTX 1-25 is designed to prepare units to survive, strengthen expeditionary warfare tactics, and build confidence in their abilities to operate in a cold weather, high-altitude, mountainous environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kiana Rose Orinion)

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, hike during Mountain Training Exercise 1-25 at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center Bridgeport, California, Jan. 21, 2025. MTX 1-25 is designed to prepare units to survive, strengthen expeditionary warfare tactics, and build confidence in their abilities to operate in a cold weather, high-altitude, mountainous environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kiana Rose Orinion)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Kiana Rose Orinion

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. James Domingo, an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System chief with 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, performs an operations check on a HIMARS during HIMARS rapid infiltration training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 20, 2025. HIRAIN training tests 1st Bn., 11th Marines’ ability to rapidly deploy HIMARS to provide accurate, long-range fire in key terrain. Domingo is a native of Hawaii. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Juan Torres)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. James Domingo, an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System chief with 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, performs an operations check on a HIMARS during HIMARS rapid infiltration training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 20, 2025. HIRAIN training tests 1st Bn., 11th Marines’ ability to rapidly deploy HIMARS to provide accurate, long-range fire in key terrain. Domingo is a native of Hawaii. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Juan Torres)

Photo by Cpl. Juan Torres

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. James Domingo, an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System chief with 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, helps guide a HIMARS during HIMARS rapid infiltration training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 20, 2025. HIRAIN training tests 1st Bn., 11th Marines’ ability to rapidly deploy HIMARS to provide accurate, long-range fire in key terrain. Domingo is a native of Hawaii. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Juan Torres)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. James Domingo, an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System chief with 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, helps guide a HIMARS during HIMARS rapid infiltration training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 20, 2025. HIRAIN training tests 1st Bn., 11th Marines’ ability to rapidly deploy HIMARS to provide accurate, long-range fire in key terrain. Domingo is a native of Hawaii. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Juan Torres)

Photo by Cpl. Juan Torres

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Christian Tristan, an anti-tank missile man with 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, fast ropes from a UH-1Y Venom during a fast rope course hosted by Special Training Branch, Expeditionary Operations Training Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 16, 2025. EOTG trains deploying units in individual and collective tasks and evaluates their ability to conduct mission essential tasks to prepare those forces to support geographic combatant commanders. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brian Knowles)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Christian Tristan, an anti-tank missile man with 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, fast ropes from a UH-1Y Venom during a fast rope course hosted by Special Training Branch, Expeditionary Operations Training Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 16, 2025. EOTG trains deploying units in individual and collective tasks and evaluates their ability to conduct mission essential tasks to prepare those forces to support geographic combatant commanders. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brian Knowles)

Photo by Cpl. Brian Knowles

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, load a simulated casualty on a UH-1Y Venom helicopter during a boat raid course hosted by Amphibious Raids Branch, Expeditionary Operations Training Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force at Red Beach combat town on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 16, 2025. The Amphibious Raids Branch with EOTG evaluates small unit leaders on raid force tactics, techniques and procedures to enhance their capabilities in preparation for upcoming deployments. (Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Gabriela Garcia-Gregorio)

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, load a simulated casualty on a UH-1Y Venom helicopter during a boat raid course hosted by Amphibious Raids Branch, Expeditionary Operations Training Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force at Red Beach combat town on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 16, 2025. The Amphibious Raids Branch with EOTG evaluates small unit leaders on raid force tactics, techniques and procedures to enhance their capabilities in preparation for upcoming deployments. (Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Gabriela Garcia-Gregorio)

Photo by Cpl. Gabriela Garcia-Gregorio

A U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom, left, and AH-1Z Viper conduct a fly-over during the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s change of command ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 16, 2025. During the ceremony, Col. Sean Dynan relinquished command of the 15th MEU to Col. Robb McDonald. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Patrick Katz)

A U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom, left, and AH-1Z Viper conduct a fly-over during the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s change of command ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 16, 2025. During the ceremony, Col. Sean Dynan relinquished command of the 15th MEU to Col. Robb McDonald. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Patrick Katz)

Photo by Sgt. Patrick Katz

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