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)
Cpl. Joseph Alvarez, aircraft rescue and firefighting, Marine Wing Support Squadron 372, Camp Pendleton, runs through the course of fire during the Western Regional Combat Match at the Combat Center Rifle Range, July 1, 2015. The courses created challenged the Marines to think quickly while handling weapons safely. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Thomas Mudd/ Released) - Cpl. Joseph Alvarez, aircraft rescue and firefighting, Marine Wing Support Squadron 372, Camp Pendleton, runs through the course of fire during the Western Regional Combat Match at the Combat Center Rifle Range, July 1, 2015. The courses created challenged the Marines to think quickly while handling weapons safely. (Official Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Thomas Mudd/ Released)