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Lance Cpl. Chase R. Toms, crew chief, Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465, scans the surrounding area while on the CH-53E Super Stallion during training exercise Steel Knight aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 9, 2017. Steel Knight is a two-week long exercise that allows units to work alongside thousands of Marines and sailors of different occupations to reinforce the Marine Air Ground Task Force Concept and instill confidence in the units’ ability to work in a combined arms effort. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. William Chockey)

Lance Cpl. Chase R. Toms, crew chief, Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465, scans the surrounding area while on the CH-53E Super Stallion during training exercise Steel Knight aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 9, 2017. Steel Knight is a two-week long exercise that allows units to work alongside thousands of Marines and sailors of different occupations to reinforce the Marine Air Ground Task Force Concept and instill confidence in the units’ ability to work in a combined arms effort. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. William Chockey)

Photo by Pfc. William Chockey

Lance Cpl. Chase R. Toms, crew chief, Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465, scans the surrounding area while on the CH-53E Super Stallion during training exercise Steel Knight aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 9, 2017. Steel Knight is a two-week long exercise that allows units to work alongside thousands of Marines and sailors of different occupations to reinforce the Marine Air Ground Task Force Concept and instill confidence in the units’ ability to work in a combined arms effort. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. William Chockey)

Lance Cpl. Chase R. Toms, crew chief, Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465, scans the surrounding area while on the CH-53E Super Stallion during training exercise Steel Knight aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 9, 2017. Steel Knight is a two-week long exercise that allows units to work alongside thousands of Marines and sailors of different occupations to reinforce the Marine Air Ground Task Force Concept and instill confidence in the units’ ability to work in a combined arms effort. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. William Chockey)

Photo by Pfc. William Chockey

Lance Cpl. Chase R. Toms (left) and Cpl. Joseph P. Desmond (right), Crew chief, Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465, guides the supply crate onto the CH-53E Super Stallion during training exercise Steel Knight aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 9, 2017. Steel Knight is a two-week long exercise that allows units to work alongside thousands of Marines and sailors of different occupations to reinforce the Marine Air Ground Task Force Concept and instill confidence in the units’ ability to work in a combined arms effort. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. William Chockey)

Lance Cpl. Chase R. Toms (left) and Cpl. Joseph P. Desmond (right), Crew chief, Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465, guides the supply crate onto the CH-53E Super Stallion during training exercise Steel Knight aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 9, 2017. Steel Knight is a two-week long exercise that allows units to work alongside thousands of Marines and sailors of different occupations to reinforce the Marine Air Ground Task Force Concept and instill confidence in the units’ ability to work in a combined arms effort. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. William Chockey)

Photo by Pfc. William Chockey

A landscape of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center can be seen from the CH-53E Super Stallion during training exercise Steel Knight aboard the MCAGCC, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 9, 2017. Steel Knight is a two-week long exercise that allows units to work alongside thousands of Marines and sailors of different occupations to reinforce the Marine Air Ground Task Force Concept and instill confidence in the units’ ability to work in a combined arms effort. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. William Chockey)

A landscape of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center can be seen from the CH-53E Super Stallion during training exercise Steel Knight aboard the MCAGCC, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 9, 2017. Steel Knight is a two-week long exercise that allows units to work alongside thousands of Marines and sailors of different occupations to reinforce the Marine Air Ground Task Force Concept and instill confidence in the units’ ability to work in a combined arms effort. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. William Chockey)

Photo by Pfc. William Chockey

Marines with Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465 arrive at the landing zone in the CH-53E Super Stallion during training exercise Steel Knight aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 9, 2017. Steel Knight is a two-week long exercise that allows units to work alongside thousands of Marines and sailors of different occupations to reinforce the Marine Air Ground Task Force Concept and instill confidence in the units’ ability to work in a combined arms effort. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. William Chockey

Marines with Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465 arrive at the landing zone in the CH-53E Super Stallion during training exercise Steel Knight aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 9, 2017. Steel Knight is a two-week long exercise that allows units to work alongside thousands of Marines and sailors of different occupations to reinforce the Marine Air Ground Task Force Concept and instill confidence in the units’ ability to work in a combined arms effort. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. William Chockey

Photo by Pfc. William Chockey

Gunnery Sgt. Jaren Wright, Staff Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge, Marksmanship Training Unit, surprised his daughter during a question-and-answer event at Friendly Hills Elementary School in Joshua Tree, Calif, Dec. 7, 2017. This is the first year the event took place at Friendly Hills. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Rachel K. Porter)

Gunnery Sgt. Jaren Wright, Staff Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge, Marksmanship Training Unit, surprised his daughter during a question-and-answer event at Friendly Hills Elementary School in Joshua Tree, Calif, Dec. 7, 2017. This is the first year the event took place at Friendly Hills. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Rachel K. Porter)

Photo by Pfc. Rachel K. Porter

Marines answer questions for a group of students during a question-and-answer event at Friendly Hills Elementary School in Joshua Tree, Calif., Dec. 7, 2017. This is the first year the event took place at Friendly Hills. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Rachel K. Porter)

Marines answer questions for a group of students during a question-and-answer event at Friendly Hills Elementary School in Joshua Tree, Calif., Dec. 7, 2017. This is the first year the event took place at Friendly Hills. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Rachel K. Porter)

Photo by Pfc. Rachel K. Porter

Sgt. Charles Bump, range safety officer, Marksmanship Training Unit, answers students’ ques-tions during a question-and-answer event at Friendly Hills Elementary School in Joshua Tree, Calif., Dec. 7, 2017. This is the first year the event took place at Friendly Hills. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Rachel K. Porter)

Sgt. Charles Bump, range safety officer, Marksmanship Training Unit, answers students’ ques-tions during a question-and-answer event at Friendly Hills Elementary School in Joshua Tree, Calif., Dec. 7, 2017. This is the first year the event took place at Friendly Hills. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Rachel K. Porter)

Photo by Pfc. Rachel K. Porter

Students raise their hands to ask Marines questions during a question-and-answer event at Friendly Hills Elementary School in Joshua Tree, Calif., Dec. 7, 2017. This is the first year the event took place at Friendly Hills. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Rachel K. Porter)

Students raise their hands to ask Marines questions during a question-and-answer event at Friendly Hills Elementary School in Joshua Tree, Calif., Dec. 7, 2017. This is the first year the event took place at Friendly Hills. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Rachel K. Porter)

Photo by Pfc. Rachel K. Porter

Theodore Gablin, President of the Redlands Airport Association, poses with one of the bicycles donated to the Toys for Tots foundation at the Twentynine Palms airport Dec. 2, 2017. This event marked the third-annual Toys for Tots Fly-in. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ashlee Conover)

Theodore Gablin, President of the Redlands Airport Association, poses with one of the bicycles donated to the Toys for Tots foundation at the Twentynine Palms airport Dec. 2, 2017. This event marked the third-annual Toys for Tots Fly-in. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ashlee Conover)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ashlee Conover

Theodore Gablin, President of the Redlands Airport Association, poses with one of the bicycles donated to the Toys for Tots foundation at the Twentynine Palms airport Dec. 2, 2017. This event marked the third-annual Toys for Tots Fly-in. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ashlee Conover)

Theodore Gablin, President of the Redlands Airport Association, poses with one of the bicycles donated to the Toys for Tots foundation at the Twentynine Palms airport Dec. 2, 2017. This event marked the third-annual Toys for Tots Fly-in. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ashlee Conover)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ashlee Conover

Theodore Gablin, President of the Redlands Airport Association, poses with one of the bicycles donated to the Toys for Tots foundation at the Twentynine Palms airport Dec. 2, 2017. This event marked the third-annual Toys for Tots Fly-in. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ashlee Conover)

Theodore Gablin, President of the Redlands Airport Association, poses with one of the bicycles donated to the Toys for Tots foundation at the Twentynine Palms airport Dec. 2, 2017. This event marked the third-annual Toys for Tots Fly-in. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ashlee Conover)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ashlee Conover

Theodore Gablin, President of the Redlands Airport Association, poses with one of the bicycles donated to the Toys for Tots foundation at the Twentynine Palms airport Dec. 2, 2017. This event marked the third-annual Toys for Tots Fly-in. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ashlee Conover)

Theodore Gablin, President of the Redlands Airport Association, poses with one of the bicycles donated to the Toys for Tots foundation at the Twentynine Palms airport Dec. 2, 2017. This event marked the third-annual Toys for Tots Fly-in. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ashlee Conover)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ashlee Conover

Theodore Gablin, President of the Redlands Airport Association, poses with one of the bicycles donated to the Toys for Tots foundation at the Twentynine Palms airport Dec. 2, 2017. This event marked the third-annual Toys for Tots Fly-in. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ashlee Conover)

Theodore Gablin, President of the Redlands Airport Association, poses with one of the bicycles donated to the Toys for Tots foundation at the Twentynine Palms airport Dec. 2, 2017. This event marked the third-annual Toys for Tots Fly-in. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ashlee Conover)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ashlee Conover

Theodore Gablin, President of the Redlands Airport Association, poses with one of the bicycles donated to the Toys for Tots foundation at the Twentynine Palms airport Dec. 2, 2017. This event marked the third-annual Toys for Tots Fly-in. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ashlee Conover)

Theodore Gablin, President of the Redlands Airport Association, poses with one of the bicycles donated to the Toys for Tots foundation at the Twentynine Palms airport Dec. 2, 2017. This event marked the third-annual Toys for Tots Fly-in. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ashlee Conover)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ashlee Conover

The Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow Color Guard serve as the color guard for a Veterans Day ceremony at Big Bear Lake, Calif., Nov. 11, 2017. Military color guards are an integral part to traditional military ceremonies. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Preston L. Morris)

The Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow Color Guard serve as the color guard for a Veterans Day ceremony at Big Bear Lake, Calif., Nov. 11, 2017. Military color guards are an integral part to traditional military ceremonies. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Preston L. Morris)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Preston L. Morris

Congressman Paul Cook, Representative for California’s 8th Congressional District and a Marine Corps veteran, embrace prior to the Veterans Day ceremony at Big Bear Lake, Calif., Nov. 11, 2017. Cook was one of four distinguished guests who spoke at the event. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Preston L. Morris)

Congressman Paul Cook, Representative for California’s 8th Congressional District and a Marine Corps veteran, embrace prior to the Veterans Day ceremony at Big Bear Lake, Calif., Nov. 11, 2017. Cook was one of four distinguished guests who spoke at the event. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Preston L. Morris)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Preston L. Morris

Mayor Bill Jahn of Big Bear Lake, U.S. Representative Paul Cook, Maj. Gen. William F. Mullen III, Commanding General, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center and Russell Lewis, chaplain, American Legion Post 583, stand as the distinguished guests at a Veterans Day event at Big Bear Lake, Calif., Nov. 11, 2017. Each of them are decorated veterans of past conflicts. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Preston L. Morris)

Mayor Bill Jahn of Big Bear Lake, U.S. Representative Paul Cook, Maj. Gen. William F. Mullen III, Commanding General, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center and Russell Lewis, chaplain, American Legion Post 583, stand as the distinguished guests at a Veterans Day event at Big Bear Lake, Calif., Nov. 11, 2017. Each of them are decorated veterans of past conflicts. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Preston L. Morris)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Preston L. Morris

R.B. Funk, a resident of Big Bear Lake and a U.S. Army Air Force veteran, stands at Veterans Park in Big Bear Lake, Calif., Nov. 11, 2017. Funk was one of more than 100 veterans who attended a Veterans Day ceremony hosted by the city. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Preston L. Morris)

R.B. Funk, a resident of Big Bear Lake and a U.S. Army Air Force veteran, stands at Veterans Park in Big Bear Lake, Calif., Nov. 11, 2017. Funk was one of more than 100 veterans who attended a Veterans Day ceremony hosted by the city. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Preston L. Morris)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Preston L. Morris

1st Lt. Margo Smutnick, adjutant, Headquarters Battalion, stands at parade rest during the Marine Corps Birthday Pageant, at Lance Cpl. Torrey L. Gray Field aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Nov. 08, 2017. The event included a historical uniform pageant and the traditional cake cutting ceremony in honor of the Marine Corps birthday. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. William J. Chockey III)

1st Lt. Margo Smutnick, adjutant, Headquarters Battalion, stands at parade rest during the Marine Corps Birthday Pageant, at Lance Cpl. Torrey L. Gray Field aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Nov. 08, 2017. The event included a historical uniform pageant and the traditional cake cutting ceremony in honor of the Marine Corps birthday. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. William J. Chockey III)

Photo by Pfc. William J. Chockey III

Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms