Marines with Marine Wing Communication Squadron 38 dig trenches for wires at Camp Wilson aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., January 22, 2018, as a part of Integrated Training Exercise 2-18. The purpose of ITX is to create a challenging, realistic training environment that produces a combat-ready forces capable of operating as an integrated MAGTF.(Photo provided by courtesy asset) - Marines with Marine Wing Communication Squadron 38 dig trenches for wires at Camp Wilson aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., January 22, 2018, as a part of Integrated Training Exercise 2-18. The purpose of ITX is to create a challenging, realistic training environment that produces a combat-ready forces capable of operating as an integrated MAGTF. (Photo provided by courtesy asset)
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)