Men standing - Twentynine Palms, Ca. – U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jason Buck, left, 53rd Combat Airfield Operations Squadron, Radar, Airfield, and Weather Systems technician from Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, and U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Jacob Chmielewski, Marine Air Control Squadron 2 unit radar maintenance chief from Cherry Point, North Carolina, participate in a joint airfield exercise at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, California, Jan. 5 - Feb. 24, 2024. This was part of a joint military exercise between the two branches to strengthen national security and maintain readiness. (Courtesy photo)
A US Marine monitors radios - U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Derek Barreraantonio, a Los Angeles, California native, Tactical Air Control Party Instructor with Tactical Training and Exercise Control Group, Marine Air-Ground Task Force Training Command, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, monitors radios during Inventory Collective Event 5-24 at MCAGCC, Twentynine Palms, California, May 8, 2024. MAGTFTC conducted ICE 5-24 for 2nd Marine Regiment’s Integrated Training Exercise Task Force to improve planning, coordination, and understanding of capabilities in a distributed Live Virtual Constructive Training Environment in preparation for Service Level Training Exercise 5-24. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Josiah Jorgensen)
This April marks the 37th anniversary of Month of the Military Child. Every year the Department of Defense dedicates the month of April to recognize the role that children have in supporting military members and the unique challenges they face growing up in a military family. This U.S. Marine Corps graphic was created using Adobe Photoshop at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, April 12, 2024. - This April marks the 37th anniversary of Month of the Military Child. Every year the Department of Defense dedicates the month of April to recognize the role that children have in supporting military members and the unique challenges they face growing up in a military family. This U.S. Marine Corps graphic was created using Adobe Photoshop at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, April 12, 2024.
A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53K King Stallion assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One prepares to take off during a Noncombatant Evacuation Operation exercise as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course 2-24 at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California. - A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53K King Stallion assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One prepares to take off during a Noncombatant Evacuation Operation exercise as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course 2-24 at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, April 12, 2024. The NEO, provided by MAWTS-1, gives students the opportunity to execute scenario-based training as part of their certification and preparation for real-world incidents that require a quick reaction force to extract personnel from hostile situations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Richard PerezGarcia)
U.S. Marines attending the Ground Combat Element Commander’s Course 24-2 - U.S. Marines attending the Ground Combat Element Commander’s Course 24-2, hosted by the Marine Corps Tactics and Operations Group, participate in peer-to-peer discussion at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, April 19, 2024. The MCTOG GCECC is a five day operationally focused command preparation course to better ready ground combat element commanders to lead, train, and tactically employ their battalions and regiments in the context of maneuver warfare in support of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force. This product contains blurred components due to Operational security. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Enge You)
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. John Romero, a Pompano Beach, Florida native, infantry Marine with 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, provides security with an M27 automatic rifle. - U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. John Romero, a Pompano Beach, Florida native, infantry Marine with 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, provides security with an M27 automatic rifle during a Marine Air-Ground Task Force Warfighting Exercise as part of Service Level Training Exercise 2-24 at Range 220, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Feb. 22, 2024. MWX is the culminating event of SLTE 2-24, that improves U.S. and allied service members' operational capabilities and lethality as a MAGTF. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jonathan Willcox)