Staff Sgt. John Vasquez, heavy equipment operations chief, Marine Wing Support Squadron 374, maneuvers a John Deere 250 GR Hydraulic Excavator near the Strategic Expeditionary Landing Field, Jan. 22, 2016. The excavator enables Marines to fulfill critical engineering missions, including backhoe excavations, development of field fortifications, digging water and sewer lines, emplacement of culverts in-road, airfield construction and creating command bunkers. (Official Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Julio McGraw/Released) - Staff Sgt. John Vasquez, heavy equipment operations chief, Marine Wing Support Squadron 374, maneuvers a John Deere 250 GR Hydraulic Excavator near the Strategic Expeditionary Landing Field, Jan. 22, 2016. The excavator enables Marines to fulfill critical engineering missions, including backhoe excavations, development of field fortifications, digging water and sewer lines, emplacement of culverts in-road, airfield construction and creating command bunkers. (Official Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Julio McGraw/Released)
An F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, performs a conventional take-off at the Strategic Expeditionary Landing Field during Exercise Steel Knight 2016 aboard the Combat Center, Dec. 11, 2015. This year’s iteration of Exercise Steel Knight works to advance 1st Marine Division’s warfighting capabilities, to include interoperability between the ground and air forces and integration of the F-35B. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Levi Schultz/Released) - An F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, performs a conventional take-off at the Strategic Expeditionary Landing Field during Exercise Steel Knight 2016 aboard the Combat Center, Dec. 11, 2015. This year’s iteration of Exercise Steel Knight works to advance 1st Marine Division’s warfighting capabilities, to include interoperability between the ground and air forces and integration of the F-35B. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Levi Schultz/Released)