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U.S. Marines with 2nd battalion, 1st Marines, assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Central Command (SPMAGTF-CR-CC) move positions during room clearing procedures in Jordan, May 13, 2021. SPMAGTF-CR-CC is designed to respond rapidly and efficiently to a wide-range of military operations utilizing aviation, ground, and logistics assets. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jacob Yost)
U.S. Marines with 2nd battalion, 1st Marines, assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Central Command (SPMAGTF-CR-CC) fire a M240B medium machine gun while training in Jordan, June 23, 2021. SPMAGTF-CR-CC is designed to respond rapidly and efficiently to a wide-range of military operations utilizing aviation, ground, and logistics assets. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jacob Yost).
a rifleman with 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, prepares to make a fast rope descent during a Fast Rope Masters Course at Camp Pendleton, California, May 11, 2021.
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U.S. Marines and Sailors with 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, board a landing craft, utility (LCU) during exercise Steel Knight/Dawn Blitz (SK/DB) 21 on San Clemente Island Dec. 8, 2020. DB/SK21 ensures the 1st Marine Division/ESG-3 team is optimized for naval expeditionary warfare in contested spaces and is purpose-built to facilitate sea denial and assured access in support of the naval fleet. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Cameron Rowe)
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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Mark Trevino, a transmissions systems operator with 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division conducts a mechanized raid at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California on Jan. 29, 2020.
U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Arnoldo RomeroVelazco, a rifleman with 1st  Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, posts security to secure the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) in Los Angeles, California, March 27.
U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Nathaniel J. Chavez, a mortarman with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, observes an M252 81mm mortar during a fire support team (FST) training exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 15, 2020.
A U.S. Marine with the 1st Marine Division (1st MARDIV) Band conducts a ground patrol exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, May 27, 2020.
Master Gunnery Sgt. Tory Hunck and Master Sgt. Vilmary Hunck pin second lieutenant bars on the collar of their daughter, 2nd Lt. Ashley Hunck, during her commissioning ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, July 10.
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Cayden Springman, a tank crewman with 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, poses for a photo at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, June 25, 2020.
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. James Esquibel, a rifleman with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division scans a road for notional enemies during a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation (MCCRE) on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 12, 2020
U.S. Marines with 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division operate a Light Armored Vehicle during a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation (MCCRE) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, September 17, 2020.
A U.S. Marine with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division posts security at a window during a Kilo 2 Military Operations in urban terrain (MOUT) evaluation at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 18, 2020.
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