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U.S. Marines assigned to Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit move to a helicopter pickup zone in preparation for a low-light raid during an amphibious raid course at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 27, 2023. The raid course, taught by Expeditionary Operations Training Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, is designed to teach and evaluate MEU forces’ capabilities to complete effective raids to seize an area to deny enemy actions and potentially provide information for future operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Hekker)

U.S. Marines assigned to Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit move to a helicopter pickup zone in preparation for a low-light raid during an amphibious raid course at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 27, 2023. The raid course, taught by Expeditionary Operations Training Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, is designed to teach and evaluate MEU forces’ capabilities to complete effective raids to seize an area to deny enemy actions and potentially provide information for future operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Hekker)

Photo by Cpl. Aidan Hekker

U.S. Marines assigned to Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, ride in a CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165 (Reinforced), 15th MEU, during a helicopter raid as part of an amphibious raid course at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 26, 2023. The raid course, taught by Expeditionary Operations Training Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, is designed to teach and evaluate MEU forces’ capabilities to complete effective raids to seize an area to deny enemy actions and potentially provide information for future operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Hekker)

U.S. Marines assigned to Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, ride in a CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165 (Reinforced), 15th MEU, during a helicopter raid as part of an amphibious raid course at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 26, 2023. The raid course, taught by Expeditionary Operations Training Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, is designed to teach and evaluate MEU forces’ capabilities to complete effective raids to seize an area to deny enemy actions and potentially provide information for future operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Hekker)

Photo by Cpl. Aidan Hekker

U.S. Marines assigned to Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to board a CH-53E Super Stallion to conduct a helicopter raid during an amphibious raid course at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 26, 2023. The raid course, taught by Expeditionary Operations Training Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, is designed to teach and evaluate MEU forces’ capabilities to complete effective raids to seize an area to deny enemy actions and potentially provide information for future operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Hekker)

U.S. Marines assigned to Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to board a CH-53E Super Stallion to conduct a helicopter raid during an amphibious raid course at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 26, 2023. The raid course, taught by Expeditionary Operations Training Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, is designed to teach and evaluate MEU forces’ capabilities to complete effective raids to seize an area to deny enemy actions and potentially provide information for future operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Hekker)

Photo by Cpl. Aidan Hekker

A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165 (Reinforced), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepares land during tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel training at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 30, 2023. The training, part of the I Marine Expeditionary Force Expeditionary Operations Training Group TRAP course, develops the capabilities of the TRAP force to enhance their capabilities recover aircraft, personnel, and equipment in austere environments. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kahle)

A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165 (Reinforced), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepares land during tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel training at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 30, 2023. The training, part of the I Marine Expeditionary Force Expeditionary Operations Training Group TRAP course, develops the capabilities of the TRAP force to enhance their capabilities recover aircraft, personnel, and equipment in austere environments. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kahle)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Peyton Kahle

U.S. Marines assigned to Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, discuss identification and recovery procedures of a simulated downed pilot during tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel training at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 27, 2023. The training, part of the I Marine Expeditionary Force Expeditionary Operations Training Group TRAP course, develops the capabilities of the TRAP force to enhance their capabilities recover aircraft, personnel, and equipment in austere environments. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kahle)

U.S. Marines assigned to Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, discuss identification and recovery procedures of a simulated downed pilot during tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel training at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 27, 2023. The training, part of the I Marine Expeditionary Force Expeditionary Operations Training Group TRAP course, develops the capabilities of the TRAP force to enhance their capabilities recover aircraft, personnel, and equipment in austere environments. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kahle)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Peyton Kahle

A U.S. Marine assigned to Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, provides security during tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel training at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 29, 2023. The training, part of the I Marine Expeditionary Force Expeditionary Operations Training Group TRAP course, develops the capabilities of the TRAP force to enhance their capabilities recover aircraft, personnel, and equipment in austere environments. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kahle)

A U.S. Marine assigned to Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, provides security during tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel training at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 29, 2023. The training, part of the I Marine Expeditionary Force Expeditionary Operations Training Group TRAP course, develops the capabilities of the TRAP force to enhance their capabilities recover aircraft, personnel, and equipment in austere environments. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kahle)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Peyton Kahle

U.S. Marines assigned to Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, wait to board a CH-53E Super Stallion attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165 (Reinforced), 15th MEU, during tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel training at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 27, 2023. The training, part of the I Marine Expeditionary Force Expeditionary Operations Training Group TRAP course, develops the capabilities of the TRAP force to enhance their capabilities recover aircraft, personnel, and equipment in austere environments. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kahle)

U.S. Marines assigned to Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, wait to board a CH-53E Super Stallion attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165 (Reinforced), 15th MEU, during tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel training at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 27, 2023. The training, part of the I Marine Expeditionary Force Expeditionary Operations Training Group TRAP course, develops the capabilities of the TRAP force to enhance their capabilities recover aircraft, personnel, and equipment in austere environments. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kahle)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Peyton Kahle

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Morse, a machine gunner assigned to Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, establishes security during tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel training at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 26, 2023. The training, part of the I Marine Expeditionary Force Expeditionary Operations Training Group TRAP course, develops the capabilities of the TRAP force to enhance their capabilities recover aircraft, personnel, and equipment in austere environments. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kahle)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Morse, a machine gunner assigned to Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, establishes security during tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel training at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 26, 2023. The training, part of the I Marine Expeditionary Force Expeditionary Operations Training Group TRAP course, develops the capabilities of the TRAP force to enhance their capabilities recover aircraft, personnel, and equipment in austere environments. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kahle)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Peyton Kahle

U.S. Marines assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 15, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, observe a CH-53E Super Stallion attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165 (Reinforced), 15th MEU, externally lift a simulated down aircraft during tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel training at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 30, 2023. The training, part of the I Marine Expeditionary Force Expeditionary Operations Training Group TRAP course, develops the capabilities of the TRAP force to enhance their capabilities recover aircraft, personnel, and equipment in austere environments. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kahle)

U.S. Marines assigned to Combat Logistics Battalion 15, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, observe a CH-53E Super Stallion attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165 (Reinforced), 15th MEU, externally lift a simulated down aircraft during tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel training at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 30, 2023. The training, part of the I Marine Expeditionary Force Expeditionary Operations Training Group TRAP course, develops the capabilities of the TRAP force to enhance their capabilities recover aircraft, personnel, and equipment in austere environments. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kahle)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Peyton Kahle

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A U.S. Marine Corps recruit with Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, high crawls to an obtacle during the Crucible on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 11, 2023. The Crucible is a 54-hour exercise where recruits apply the knowledge they have learned throughout recruit training, to earn the title of United States Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Guyette)

A U.S. Marine Corps recruit with Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, high crawls to an obtacle during the Crucible on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 11, 2023. The Crucible is a 54-hour exercise where recruits apply the knowledge they have learned throughout recruit training, to earn the title of United States Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Guyette)

Photo by Sgt. Yvonna Guyette

U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, conduct pugil sticks during the Crucible on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 11, 2023. The Crucible is a 54-hour exercise where recruits apply the knowledge they have learned throughout recruit training, to earn the title of United States Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Guyette)

U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, conduct pugil sticks during the Crucible on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 11, 2023. The Crucible is a 54-hour exercise where recruits apply the knowledge they have learned throughout recruit training, to earn the title of United States Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Guyette)

Photo by Sgt. Yvonna Guyette

U.S. Marine Corps recruit Landen Frettwell, with Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, fireman carries another recreuit during the Crucible on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 10, 2023. The Crucible is a 54-hour exercise where recruits apply the knowledge they have learned throughout recruit training, to earn the title of United States Marines. Frettwell is a native of Brownsboro, Texas and enlisted in the Marine Corps to create a better life for himself. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Guyette)

U.S. Marine Corps recruit Landen Frettwell, with Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, fireman carries another recreuit during the Crucible on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 10, 2023. The Crucible is a 54-hour exercise where recruits apply the knowledge they have learned throughout recruit training, to earn the title of United States Marines. Frettwell is a native of Brownsboro, Texas and enlisted in the Marine Corps to create a better life for himself. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Guyette)

Photo by Sgt. Yvonna Guyette

U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, execute log drills during the Crucible on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 10, 2023. The Crucible is a 54-hour exercise where recruits apply the knowledge they have learned throughout recruit training, to earn the title of United States Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Guyette)

U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, execute log drills during the Crucible on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 10, 2023. The Crucible is a 54-hour exercise where recruits apply the knowledge they have learned throughout recruit training, to earn the title of United States Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Guyette)

Photo by Sgt. Yvonna Guyette

U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, execute log drills during the Crucible on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 10, 2023. The Crucible is a 54-hour exercise where recruits apply the knowledge they have learned throughout recruit training, to earn the title of United States Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Guyette)

U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, execute log drills during the Crucible on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 10, 2023. The Crucible is a 54-hour exercise where recruits apply the knowledge they have learned throughout recruit training, to earn the title of United States Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Guyette)

Photo by Sgt. Yvonna Guyette

U.S. Marines with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, and 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, rappel out of an MV-22 Osprey during a helicopter rope suspension techniques course hosted by Expeditionary Operations Training Group, I MEF, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 14, 2023. The helicopter rope suspension techniques course creates HRST masters which are capable of supporting fast rope, rappel, and special patrol insertion/extraction operations from any U.S. Marine Corps helicopter and tiltrotor aircraft as a means to insert and extract ground forces into or from rough terrain and urban areas. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Gurule)

U.S. Marines with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, and 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, rappel out of an MV-22 Osprey during a helicopter rope suspension techniques course hosted by Expeditionary Operations Training Group, I MEF, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 14, 2023. The helicopter rope suspension techniques course creates HRST masters which are capable of supporting fast rope, rappel, and special patrol insertion/extraction operations from any U.S. Marine Corps helicopter and tiltrotor aircraft as a means to insert and extract ground forces into or from rough terrain and urban areas. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Gurule)

Photo by Cpl. Dean Gurule

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Shawn Voehringer, an electrical equipment engineer with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, rappels out of an MV-22 Osprey during a helicopter rope suspension techniques course hosted by Expeditionary Operations Training Group, I MEF, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 14, 2023. The helicopter rope suspension techniques course creates HRST masters which are capable of supporting fast rope, rappel, and special patrol insertion/extraction operations from any U.S. Marine Corps helicopter and tiltrotor aircraft as a means to insert and extract ground forces into or from rough terrain and urban areas. Voehringer is a native of Beckley, West Virginia. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Gurule)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Shawn Voehringer, an electrical equipment engineer with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, rappels out of an MV-22 Osprey during a helicopter rope suspension techniques course hosted by Expeditionary Operations Training Group, I MEF, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 14, 2023. The helicopter rope suspension techniques course creates HRST masters which are capable of supporting fast rope, rappel, and special patrol insertion/extraction operations from any U.S. Marine Corps helicopter and tiltrotor aircraft as a means to insert and extract ground forces into or from rough terrain and urban areas. Voehringer is a native of Beckley, West Virginia. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Gurule)

Photo by Cpl. Dean Gurule

U.S. Marines with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, and 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, rappel out of an MV-22 Osprey during a helicopter rope suspension techniques course hosted by Expeditionary Operations Training Group, I MEF, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 14, 2023. The helicopter rope suspension techniques course creates HRST masters which are capable of supporting fast rope, rappel, and special patrol insertion/extraction operations from any U.S. Marine Corps helicopter and tiltrotor aircraft as a means to insert and extract ground forces into or from rough terrain and urban areas. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Gurule)

U.S. Marines with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, and 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, rappel out of an MV-22 Osprey during a helicopter rope suspension techniques course hosted by Expeditionary Operations Training Group, I MEF, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 14, 2023. The helicopter rope suspension techniques course creates HRST masters which are capable of supporting fast rope, rappel, and special patrol insertion/extraction operations from any U.S. Marine Corps helicopter and tiltrotor aircraft as a means to insert and extract ground forces into or from rough terrain and urban areas. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Gurule)

Photo by Cpl. Dean Gurule

U.S. Marines with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, and 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, fast rope out of an MV-22 Osprey during a helicopter rope suspension techniques course hosted by Expeditionary Operations Training Group, I MEF, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 14, 2023. The helicopter rope suspension techniques course creates HRST masters which are capable of supporting fast rope, rappel, and special patrol insertion/extraction operations from any U.S. Marine Corps helicopter and tiltrotor aircraft as a means to insert and extract ground forces into or from rough terrain and urban areas. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl.Gurule)

U.S. Marines with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, and 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, fast rope out of an MV-22 Osprey during a helicopter rope suspension techniques course hosted by Expeditionary Operations Training Group, I MEF, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 14, 2023. The helicopter rope suspension techniques course creates HRST masters which are capable of supporting fast rope, rappel, and special patrol insertion/extraction operations from any U.S. Marine Corps helicopter and tiltrotor aircraft as a means to insert and extract ground forces into or from rough terrain and urban areas. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl.Gurule)

Photo by Cpl. Dean Gurule

U.S. Marines with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, and 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, rappel out of a UH-1Y Venom during a helicopter rope suspension techniques course hosted by Expeditionary Operations Training Group, I MEF, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 13, 2023. The helicopter rope suspension techniques course creates HRST masters which are capable of supporting fast rope, rappel, and special patrol insertion/extraction operations from any U.S. Marine Corps helicopter and tiltrotor aircraft as a means to insert and extract ground forces into or from rough terrain and urban areas. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Gurule)

U.S. Marines with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, and 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, rappel out of a UH-1Y Venom during a helicopter rope suspension techniques course hosted by Expeditionary Operations Training Group, I MEF, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 13, 2023. The helicopter rope suspension techniques course creates HRST masters which are capable of supporting fast rope, rappel, and special patrol insertion/extraction operations from any U.S. Marine Corps helicopter and tiltrotor aircraft as a means to insert and extract ground forces into or from rough terrain and urban areas. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Gurule)

Photo by Cpl. Dean Gurule