U.S. Marines with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, conduct a certification exercise to enhance task readiness and mission completion at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 24-25, 2023. The 1st ANGLICO CERTEX assesses firepower control teams across a broad spectrum of mission sets and core mission essential tasks in preparation for future operations. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Manuel Rivera)

U.S. Marines with 1st Air Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, and Soldiers with the Royal Army, 255 (Somerset Yeomanry) Battery, Royal Artillery, participate in a close air support exercise at Barry M. Goldwater Range, Gila Bend, Arizona, July 18-28, 2022. 1st ANGLICO trains with 255 Battery, and the U.S. Air Force aviation assets to sustain proficiencies and enhance relations with allies. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Sarah Stegall)

1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, serves as the fires liaison for the Marine Air-Ground Task Force. 1st ANGLICO is responsible for conducting missions such as planning, coordinating, and conducting terminal control of fires in support of joint, allied, and coalition forces in the battlespace. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Ian M. Simmons)

U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - UNITAS, participate in multiple training evolutions at Peruvian Marine Corps Base Ancon, Peru, Sept. 29, 2021, during exercise UNITAS LXII. UNITAS is the world's longest-running, maritime exercise. Hosted this year by Peru, it brings together multinational forces from twenty countries and includes 29 ships, four submarines, and twenty aircraft conducting operations off the coast of Lima and in the jungles of Iquitos. The exercise trains forces to conduct joint maritime operations and focuses on strengthening partnerships and increasing interoperability and compatibility between participating naval and marine forces. (U.S Marine Corps video by Cpl. Nicolas Atehortua)

Retired U.S. Marines from 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Sub Unit One tell stories of their time serving with Sub Unit One on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif, May 10, 2021. Sub Unit One provided Marine units and allied Vietnam forces the ability to target and eliminate enemy forces via Air and Naval Gunfire Sources. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Patrick Katz)

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Anthony Mercado, commanding officer of 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO), I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, speaks on his time with 1st ANGLICO on their 70th anniversary at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, March 2, 2021. 1st ANGLICO was established in 1949 as the premier liaison company who helped develop the “universal spotter” concept, which consolidates the work of multiple Marines into one Marine trained to coordinate and control fires from artillery, naval gunfire, and close air support. (U.S. Marine Corps motion imagery by Lance Cpl. Atticus Martinez)

Los Angeles Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) hosted Close Quarters Battle (CQB) training for U.S. Marines with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO), I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, at the Jerry Crowe Tactical Training Facility in Irvine, California, Sept. 28, 2020. 1st ANGLICO Marines conducted the FBI CQB training to gain an understanding of the use and application of fundamental tactics in close range environments. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Jennessa Davey)

A U.S. Marines with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) Information Group, and Marines assigned to Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, participate in Exercise Summer Fury 20 in Yuma, Arizona, July 13-15, 2020. Summer Fury 20 enhances Marine Air-Ground Task Force integration and increases aviation operations proficiency within I MEF. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Jennessa Davey)

U.S. Marines assigned to 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (1st Anglico), I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, control close air support missions during a field exercise at San Clemente Island, California, May 15, 2020. Joint Terminal Attack Controllers with 1st Anglico controlled aircraft and inderect fire in order to sustain critical skills and renew their qualifications. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Manuel A. Serrano)