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U.S. Marines with Marine All-Weather Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242, Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 171, and Japanese master labor contractors (MLC), move an F/A-18 Hornet into place at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, Japan, Jan. 10, 2020. The jet was placed at the front gate of the air station as a static display as part of MCAS Iwakuni's continued transformation. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Triton Lai)

MCAS Iwakuni’s newest display

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A CH-53E helicopter with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, supplies fuel to Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, 1st MAW, setting up a Forward Arming and Refueling Point in preparation for Field Carrier Landing Practices on Ie Shima island, Jan. 7, 2020. The ability to set up a FARP in austere locations significantly improves the operational flexibility, survivability, and lethality of 1st MAW. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Persinger)

Marin Air Wing (MAW) setting up a Forward Arming and Refueling Point (FARP)

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A U.S. Marine with the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 20.1, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, posts security during a military operations in urban terrain (MOUT) training event at Naval Station Rota, Spain, Jan. 9, 2020. The purpose of MOUT is to maintain mission readiness while providing scenarios that allow Marines and Sailors to practice their combat capabilities. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is deployed to conduct crisis-response and theater-security operations in Africa and promote regional stability by conducting military-to-military training exercises throughout Europe and Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kenny Gomez)

SPMAGTF CR-AF 20.1: MOUT Training

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Recruits with Hotel Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, low crawl through an obstacle course during the Crucible at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., Jan. 9, 2020. The Crucible is the final culminating event before the recruits become Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samuel C. Fletcher)

Recruits with Hotel Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, low crawl through an obstacle course during the Crucible at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C.

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The Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard presents the colors during Equestfest in Burbank, California, Dec. 29, 2019. Equestfest allows people from around the world to meet the team and see first-hand the Corps values, traditions, and Esprit De Corps, demonstrated by the Marine Corps’ last remaining Mounted Color Guard. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nathan Hall)

Marine Corps Mounted Color Guard – Equestfest

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A U.S. Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 20.1, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, samples sea urchin at a food-scavenging station during the closing ceremonies for Exercise Tropical Storm in Akanda, Gabon, Dec. 15, 2019. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is deployed to conduct crisis-response and theater-security operations in Africa and promote regional stability by conducting military-to-military training exercises throughout Europe and Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by 2nd Lt. Andrew Soto)

U.S. Marines participate in Exercise Tropical Storm -multilateral event hosted by the Gabonese and Belgian Army’

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Marines with Charlie Company, Battle Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, wait with their Combat Rubber Raiding Craft to begin beach landing training at Kin Blue, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 17, 2019. Charlie Company conducted the beach landings in CRRCS to improve their proficiency in preparation of the 31st MEU’s upcoming deployment of the Indo-Pacific region. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Andrew R. Bray)

31st MEU Marines conduct beach landing training

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VMM-363 conducts external lifts with MV-22B Osprey

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