U.S. Marines with 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit gets sprayed with oleoresin capsicum (OC) spray during non-lethal weapon training aboard USS America (LHA-6) in the Coral Sea, July 21, 2021. After being sprayed, Marines had to overcome a series of obstacles in order to complete the course. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Colton Nicks).

U.S. Marines with Golf Battery, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Australian Defence Force members fire M777A2 155mm Howitzers together during Talisman Saber 2021 at Camp Growl, Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, July 17, 2021. This is the ninth iteration of Talisman Sabre, a large-scale, bilateral military exercise between Australia and the U.S. involving participants from seven nations. The month-long multi-domain exercise consists of a series of training events that reinforce the strong U.S-/Australian alliance and demonstrate the U.S. Military’s unwavering commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Joseph E. DeMarcus)

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment (1/2), 2d Marine Division (MARDIV) conduct an air assault operation at Camp Lejeune, N.C., June 10, 2021. In support of Marine Operation Test and Evaluation Squadron 1, Marines with 1/2 executed the assaults to test the capabilities of the CH-53K King Stallion, the U.S. Marine Corps' newest heavy lift helicopter. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Jessica Massi)

U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 3d Marines, participate in Fuji Viper 21-3 at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, Apr. 7-16, 2021. During this exercise, Marines honed tactics, techniques and procedures to support expeditionary advanced base operations at the platoon and company level. 3/3 is forward-deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Kallahan Morris.)