A CH-53 ‘Super Stallion’ helicopter lands at Del Valle Field during a non-combatant Evacuation Operation exercise as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course 2-17 aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., April 21, 2017. NEO exercises simulate real-life scenarios where non-combatants are evacuated from a potentially hostile area. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Julio McGraw) - A CH-53 ‘Super Stallion’ helicopter lands at Del Valle Field during a non-combatant Evacuation Operation exercise as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course 2-17 aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., April 21, 2017. NEO exercises simulate real-life scenarios where non-combatants are evacuated from a potentially hostile area. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Julio McGraw)
Marines with 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, exit an MV-22 “Osprey” during a Non-combatant Evacuation Operation exercise aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Oct. 14, 2016. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Connor Hancock/Released) - Marines with 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, exit an MV-22 “Osprey” during a Non-combatant Evacuation Operation exercise aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Oct. 14, 2016. (Official Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Connor Hancock/Released)
2nd Lt. Brett Woolard, student, Infantry Officers Course 2-15, posts security atop a building during exercise Talon Reach V at Range 220, March 27, 2015. Talon Reach is a culminating exercise that reinforces Marine Air Ground Task Force operations, introduces air assault planning considerations while leveraging innovative technology. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Thomas Mudd/ Released) - 2nd Lt. Brett Woolard, student, Infantry Officers Course 2-15, posts security atop a building during exercise Talon Reach V at Range 220, March 27, 2015. Talon Reach is a culminating exercise that reinforces Marine Air Ground Task Force operations, introduces air assault planning considerations while leveraging innovative technology. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Thomas Mudd/ Released)
Students with Infantry Officers Course 4-14 debrief after conducting a long-range vertical insert during the multi-objective training exercise, Exercise Talon Reach IV at Range 220, Sept. 19. The exercise allowed the prospective infantry officers to demonstrate and refine operational reach, digital interoperability and expeditionary capabilities of the Company Landing Team. (Official USMC photo by Cpl. Lauren A. Kurkimilis/Released) - Students with Infantry Officers Course 4-14 debrief after conducting a long-range vertical insert during the multi-objective training exercise, Exercise Talon Reach IV at Range 220, Sept. 19. The exercise allowed the prospective infantry officers to demonstrate and refine operational reach, digital interoperability and expeditionary capabilities of the Company Landing Team. (Official USMC photo by Cpl. Lauren A. Kurkimilis/Released)