Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan

Lance Cpls. Ryan Gamino and Johnny Gomez, right, calculate needed points for M-31 Marine Corps Expeditionary Arresting Gear System as they began setup surveyor lining spots along Tinian’s West Field runway Nov. 22 during exercise Forager Fury II. The joint exercise is designed to employ and assess combat power generation in a deployed and austere environment. Gomez and Gamino are combat engineer drafting and surveyors with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. - Lance Cpls. Ryan Gamino and Johnny Gomez, right, calculate needed points for M-31 Marine Corps Expeditionary Arresting Gear System as they began setup surveyor lining spots along Tinian’s West Field runway Nov. 22 during exercise Forager Fury II. The joint exercise is designed to employ and assess combat power generation in a deployed and austere environment. Gomez and Gamino are combat engineer drafting and surveyors with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

A pilot with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242 conducts low altitude training during Exercise Southern Frontier above Australia’s Northern Territory, Aug. 8, 2013. The Royal Australian Air Force hosts the annual exercise at RAAF Tindal, which consists of elements from Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force. - A pilot with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242 conducts low altitude training during Exercise Southern Frontier above Australia’s Northern Territory, Aug. 8, 2013. The Royal Australian Air Force hosts the annual exercise at RAAF Tindal, which consists of elements from Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Lance Cpl. John T. Page, right, gives orders through hand and arms signals to Sgt. Ian R. Wheeler, left, and Lance Cpl. William F. Burch to arm an F/A-18D Hornet for flight at Clark Air Base, Republic of the Philippines, June 11 during Exercise Haribon Tempest 2013. All three Marines are aircraft ordnance technicians with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242. - Lance Cpl. John T. Page, right, gives orders through hand and arms signals to Sgt. Ian R. Wheeler, left, and Lance Cpl. William F. Burch to arm an F/A-18D Hornet for flight at Clark Air Base, Republic of the Philippines, June 11 during Exercise Haribon Tempest 2013. All three Marines are aircraft ordnance technicians with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242.

Sgt. Vincent T. Erzen, A fixed-wing aircraft mechanic with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242, replaces a bleed air regulator in an F/A-18D Hornet at Clark Air Base, Republic of the Philippines June 14, during Exercise Haribon Tempest 2013. - Sgt. Vincent T. Erzen, A fixed-wing aircraft mechanic with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242, replaces a bleed air regulator in an F/A-18D Hornet at Clark Air Base, Republic of the Philippines June 14, during Exercise Haribon Tempest 2013.

Lance Cpl. Vinson Gallardo with Marine Aerial Refueler Transportation Squadron 152 gazes on the skiff containing the two men after dropping a life raft to them during a search-and-rescue mission June 6, 2012. This was the first time Gallardo has ever had to utilize the life raft stored on the aircraft as well as the entire crew's first-search-and rescue mission. - Lance Cpl. Vinson Gallardo with Marine Aerial Refueler Transportation Squadron 152 gazes on the skiff containing the two men after dropping a life raft to them during a search-and-rescue mission June 6, 2012. This was the first time Gallardo has ever had to utilize the life raft stored on the aircraft as well as the entire crew's first-search-and rescue mission.