DJIBOUTI - U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 3/1, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), participate in a demo range involving breaching and building explosives during Theater Amphibious Combat Rehearsal (TACR), Sept. 17, 2018. Led by Amphibious Force, Task Force 51/5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade, TACR integrates U.S. Navy and Marine Corps assets to practice and rehearse a range of critical combat-related capabilities available to U.S. Central Command, both afloat and ashore, to promote stability and security in the region. U.S. 5th Fleet and coalition assets are participating in numerous simultaneous exercises as part of the greater Theater of responsibility, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Danny Gonzalez/Released)

ARABIAN SEA – U.S. Marine Cpl. Carson Vanderpooten, an air frames mechanic with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), explains his day to day work aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), throughout the deployment. The Essex is the flagship for the Essex Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 13th MEU, is deployed to the U.S. Fifth Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by Cpl. Francisco J. Diaz Jr./Released)

U.S. Marine Cpl. Carson Vanderpooten, an air frames mechanic with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), explains his day to day work on the F-35B Lightning II aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2), throughout the deployment. The Essex is the flagship for the Essex Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 13th MEU, is deployed to the U.S. Fifth Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Francisco J. Diaz Jr./Released)

OAHU - U.S. Marines with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct Sustainment Training Exercise, July 20, 2018, Hawaii. This training allowed Marines and Sailors to sustain skills developed during a comprehensive six-month pre deployment training cycle, and included planning and executing ship-to-shore operations, company-sized helicopter and amphibious raids, combat marksmanship and convoy operations. The Essex Amphibious Ready Group/MEU team is a strong, flexible, responsive and consistent force capable of maneuver warfare across all domains; it is equipped and scalable to respond to any crisis from humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to contingency operations. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Staff Sgt. Joshua Jackson)

OAHU - U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct Sustainment Training Exercise, July 20, 2018. This training allowed the Marines and Sailors to sustain skills developed during a comprehensive six-month pre deployment training cycle, and included planning and executing ship-to-shore operations, company sized helicopter and amphibious raids, combat marksmanship and convoy operations. The Essex Amphibious Ready Group /MEU team is a strong, flexible, responsive and consistent force capable of maneuver warfare across all domains; it is equipped and scalable to respond to any crisis from humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to contingency operations. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Francisco J. Diaz Jr.)

OAHU - U.S. Marines with Lima Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), conduct Sustainment Training Exercise, July 20, 2018. This training allowed the Marines and Sailors to sustain skills developed during a comprehensive six-month pre deployment training cycle, and included planning and executing ship-to-shore operations, company sized helicopter and amphibious raids, combat marksmanship and convoy operations. The Essex Amphibious Ready Group /MEU team is a strong, flexible, responsive and consistent force capable of maneuver warfare across all domains; it is equipped and scalable to respond to any crisis from humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to contingency operations. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by Cpl. Anthony Van Fredenberg)

1st Lt. Alexis Kantaris, from Combat Logistics Battalion 13 acts as the officer in charge for the demolition range conducted on Jan. 31, 2018 on Camp Pendleton, California. The purpose for this range is for the Marine engineers to maintain proficiency in the field of demolition. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by Cpl. Francisco J. Diaz Jr./Released)