U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Cody Blair, an instructor for the Ropes and Recovery Branch, Expeditionary Operations Training Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, provides instructions on how to tie the Military Rappel Seat knot on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Nov. 3, 2022. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Dean Gurule)

Recruits with Charlie Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, learn and apply rappelling techniques on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., Sept. 6, 2022. The rappel tower allows recruits to overcome their fear of heights and gain more confidence as they progress through recruit training. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Luis Arturo Ponce Alavez Jr.)

U.S. Marines with Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, and U.S. Air Force airmen with the 99th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal Team, conduct a speed stick drill during a mission rehearsal on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, June 15, 2022. 3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward deployed combat unit that serves as III Marine Expeditionary Force's comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Moises Rodriguez)

III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group conducts a Jungle Field Exercise March 21-25 at the Jungle Warfare Training Center, Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan. During the FEX, III MIG Marines practiced their ability to conduct distributed operations in an austere environment. JWTC provides challenging terrain that is found on many of the islands in the Indo-Pacific. Mastery of this terrain contributes to III MIG’s ability to employ multiple modes of low-signature maneuver in a jungle environment; as well as developing and deploying distributed, lethal, networked and persistent capabilities to process and close kill chains. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Pfc. Matthew Krogull)

III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group conducts a Jungle Field Exercise March 21-25 at the Jungle Warfare Training Center, Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan. During the FEX, III MIG Marines practiced their ability to conduct distributed operations in an austere environment. JWTC provides challenging terrain that is found on many of the islands in the Indo-Pacific. Mastery of this terrain contributes to III MIG’s ability to employ multiple modes of low-signature maneuver in a jungle environment; as well as developing and deploying distributed, lethal, networked and persistent capabilities to process and close kill chains. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Pfc. Matthew Krogull)

Recruits with Fox Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, learn rappelling techniques on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island April 18, 2022. Rappelling helps recruits overcome their fear of heights and gain more confidence. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Colin Harper, Pfc. Lucas Lu, and Pfc. Savannah Ritter)