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U.S. Marines with the Expeditionary Warfare Training Group Pacific’s Tactical Air Control Party course, call for fire during a live-fire exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 19, 2023. EWTGPAC’s TACP course trains joint and coalition officer and enlisted personnel to conduct terminal attack control of close air support. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine)

U.S. Marines with the Expeditionary Warfare Training Group Pacific’s Tactical Air Control Party course, call for fire during a live-fire exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 19, 2023. EWTGPAC’s TACP course trains joint and coalition officer and enlisted personnel to conduct terminal attack control of close air support. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine

A U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper helicopter with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 267, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, conducts close air support during a live-fire exercise during the Expeditionary Warfare Training Group Pacific’s Tactical Air Control Party course at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 19, 2023. 3rd MAW provided aircraft and aircrew to support EWTGPAC’s TACP course which trains joint and coalition officer and enlisted personnel to conduct terminal attack control of close air support. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine)

A U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper helicopter with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 267, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, conducts close air support during a live-fire exercise during the Expeditionary Warfare Training Group Pacific’s Tactical Air Control Party course at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 19, 2023. 3rd MAW provided aircraft and aircrew to support EWTGPAC’s TACP course which trains joint and coalition officer and enlisted personnel to conduct terminal attack control of close air support. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine

A U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper helicopter with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 267, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, conducts close air support during a live-fire exercise during the Expeditionary Warfare Training Group Pacific’s Tactical Air Control Party course at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 19, 2023. 3rd MAW provided aircraft and aircrew to support EWTGPAC’s TACP course which trains joint and coalition officer and enlisted personnel to conduct terminal attack control of close air support. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine)

A U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper helicopter with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 267, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, conducts close air support during a live-fire exercise during the Expeditionary Warfare Training Group Pacific’s Tactical Air Control Party course at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 19, 2023. 3rd MAW provided aircraft and aircrew to support EWTGPAC’s TACP course which trains joint and coalition officer and enlisted personnel to conduct terminal attack control of close air support. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine

A U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom helicopter with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 267, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, conducts close air support during a live-fire exercise during the Expeditionary Warfare Training Group Pacific’s Tactical Air Control Party course at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 19, 2023. 3rd MAW provided aircraft and aircrew to support EWTGPAC’s TACP course which trains joint and coalition officer and enlisted personnel to conduct terminal attack control of close air support. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine)

A U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom helicopter with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 267, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, conducts close air support during a live-fire exercise during the Expeditionary Warfare Training Group Pacific’s Tactical Air Control Party course at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 19, 2023. 3rd MAW provided aircraft and aircrew to support EWTGPAC’s TACP course which trains joint and coalition officer and enlisted personnel to conduct terminal attack control of close air support. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine

U.S. Marines with the 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, fire a M2 machine gun during a live-fire exercise at the Expeditionary Warfare Training Group Pacific’s Tactical Air Control Party course, at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 19, 2023. EWTGPAC’s TACP course trains joint and coalition officer and enlisted personnel to conduct terminal attack control of close air support. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine)

U.S. Marines with the 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, fire a M2 machine gun during a live-fire exercise at the Expeditionary Warfare Training Group Pacific’s Tactical Air Control Party course, at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 19, 2023. EWTGPAC’s TACP course trains joint and coalition officer and enlisted personnel to conduct terminal attack control of close air support. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine

A U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom helicopter with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 267, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, conducts close air support during a live-fire exercise during the Expeditionary Warfare Training Group Pacific’s Tactical Air Control Party course at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 19, 2023. 3rd MAW provided aircraft and aircrew to support EWTGPAC’s TACP course which trains joint and coalition officer and enlisted personnel to conduct terminal attack control of close air support. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine)

A U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom helicopter with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 267, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, conducts close air support during a live-fire exercise during the Expeditionary Warfare Training Group Pacific’s Tactical Air Control Party course at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 19, 2023. 3rd MAW provided aircraft and aircrew to support EWTGPAC’s TACP course which trains joint and coalition officer and enlisted personnel to conduct terminal attack control of close air support. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine

A U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom helicopter with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 267, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, conducts close air support during a live-fire exercise during the Expeditionary Warfare Training Group Pacific’s Tactical Air Control Party course at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 19, 2023. 3rd MAW provided aircraft and aircrew to support EWTGPAC’s TACP course which trains joint and coalition officer and enlisted personnel to conduct terminal attack control of close air support. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine)

A U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom helicopter with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 267, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, conducts close air support during a live-fire exercise during the Expeditionary Warfare Training Group Pacific’s Tactical Air Control Party course at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 19, 2023. 3rd MAW provided aircraft and aircrew to support EWTGPAC’s TACP course which trains joint and coalition officer and enlisted personnel to conduct terminal attack control of close air support. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine

Artillery rounds fired from an M777 towed 155 mm howitzer assigned to the 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, impact the target area during the live-fire exercise portion of Expeditionary Warfare Training Group’s Tactical Air Control Party course at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 19, 2023. EWTGPAC’s TACP course trains joint and coalition officer and enlisted personnel to conduct terminal attack control of close air support. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine)

Artillery rounds fired from an M777 towed 155 mm howitzer assigned to the 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, impact the target area during the live-fire exercise portion of Expeditionary Warfare Training Group’s Tactical Air Control Party course at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 19, 2023. EWTGPAC’s TACP course trains joint and coalition officer and enlisted personnel to conduct terminal attack control of close air support. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine

Artillery rounds fired from an M777 towed 155 mm howitzer assigned to the 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, impact the target area during the live-fire exercise portion of Expeditionary Warfare Training Group’s Tactical Air Control Party course at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 19, 2023. EWTGPAC’s TACP course trains joint and coalition officer and enlisted personnel to conduct terminal attack control of close air support. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine)

Artillery rounds fired from an M777 towed 155 mm howitzer assigned to the 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, impact the target area during the live-fire exercise portion of Expeditionary Warfare Training Group’s Tactical Air Control Party course at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 19, 2023. EWTGPAC’s TACP course trains joint and coalition officer and enlisted personnel to conduct terminal attack control of close air support. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine

U.S. Marines, Sailors and Airmen with Expeditionary Warfare Training Group Pacific’s Tactical Air Control Party course, observe the target area before calling for fire during a live-fire exercise evaluation at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 19, 2023. EWTGPAC’s TACP course trains joint and coalition officers and enlisted personnel to conduct terminal attack control of close air support. The TACP course is comprised of joint terminal attack controllers, forward air controllers, joint fires observers and air officers. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine)

U.S. Marines, Sailors and Airmen with Expeditionary Warfare Training Group Pacific’s Tactical Air Control Party course, observe the target area before calling for fire during a live-fire exercise evaluation at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 19, 2023. EWTGPAC’s TACP course trains joint and coalition officers and enlisted personnel to conduct terminal attack control of close air support. The TACP course is comprised of joint terminal attack controllers, forward air controllers, joint fires observers and air officers. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine

U.S. Marine Corps Master Sgt. Thomas Dye, a joint fires and effects integrator with Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center observes fires during Expeditionary Warfare Training Group Pacific’s Tactical Air Control Party course at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 19, 2023. EWTGPAC’s TACP course trains joint and coalition officer and enlisted personnel to conduct terminal attack control of close air support. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine)

U.S. Marine Corps Master Sgt. Thomas Dye, a joint fires and effects integrator with Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center observes fires during Expeditionary Warfare Training Group Pacific’s Tactical Air Control Party course at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 19, 2023. EWTGPAC’s TACP course trains joint and coalition officer and enlisted personnel to conduct terminal attack control of close air support. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Rachel Myers, a crew chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 361, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, puts on flight vest in a CH-53E Super Stallion at Marine Corps Air Station, California, Dec. 13, 2023. As a crew chief, Myers communicates with pilots about in-flight instructions, alerts to any obstacles not visible from the pilot's point of view and works within the maintenance department where they inspect, service, maintain, and repair helicopters. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Rachel Myers, a crew chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 361, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, puts on flight vest in a CH-53E Super Stallion at Marine Corps Air Station, California, Dec. 13, 2023. As a crew chief, Myers communicates with pilots about in-flight instructions, alerts to any obstacles not visible from the pilot's point of view and works within the maintenance department where they inspect, service, maintain, and repair helicopters. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Rachel Myers, a crew chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 361, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, performs preflight checks in a CH-53E Super Stallion at Marine Corps Air Station, California, Dec. 13, 2023. As a crew chief, Myers communicates with pilots about in-flight instructions, alerts to any obstacles not visible from the pilot's point of view and works within the maintenance department where they inspect, service, maintain, and repair helicopters. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Rachel Myers, a crew chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 361, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, performs preflight checks in a CH-53E Super Stallion at Marine Corps Air Station, California, Dec. 13, 2023. As a crew chief, Myers communicates with pilots about in-flight instructions, alerts to any obstacles not visible from the pilot's point of view and works within the maintenance department where they inspect, service, maintain, and repair helicopters. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Rachel Myers, a crew chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 361, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, poses for a photo in front of a CH-53E Super Stallion at Marine Corps Air Station, California, Dec. 5, 2023. As a crew chief, Myers communicates with pilots about in-flight instructions, alerts to any obstacles not visible from the pilot's point of view and works within the maintenance department where they inspect, service, maintain, and repair helicopters. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Rachel Myers, a crew chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 361, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, poses for a photo in front of a CH-53E Super Stallion at Marine Corps Air Station, California, Dec. 5, 2023. As a crew chief, Myers communicates with pilots about in-flight instructions, alerts to any obstacles not visible from the pilot's point of view and works within the maintenance department where they inspect, service, maintain, and repair helicopters. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 214, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, taxis the runway during suppression of enemy air defense training in support of Exercise Steel Knight 23.2 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, Dec. 7, 2023. SEAD training increases the ability of fifth-generation fighter pilots to enter the fight first, strike targets deep within an enemy air defense system, and enable follow on strikes by supporting weapons platforms. Steel Knight 23.2 is a three-phase exercise designed to train I Marine Expeditionary Force in the planning, deployment and command and control of a joint force against a peer or near-peer adversary combat force and enhance existing live-fire and maneuver capabilities of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Elizabeth Gallagher)

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 214, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, taxis the runway during suppression of enemy air defense training in support of Exercise Steel Knight 23.2 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, Dec. 7, 2023. SEAD training increases the ability of fifth-generation fighter pilots to enter the fight first, strike targets deep within an enemy air defense system, and enable follow on strikes by supporting weapons platforms. Steel Knight 23.2 is a three-phase exercise designed to train I Marine Expeditionary Force in the planning, deployment and command and control of a joint force against a peer or near-peer adversary combat force and enhance existing live-fire and maneuver capabilities of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Elizabeth Gallagher)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Elizabeth Gallagher

U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 122, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, takeoff during suppression of enemy air defense training in support of Exercise Steel Knight 23.2 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, Dec. 6, 2023. SEAD training increases the ability of fifth-generation fighter pilots to enter the fight first, strike targets deep within an enemy air defense system, and enable follow on strikes by supporting weapons platforms. Steel Knight 23.2 is a three-phase exercise designed to train I Marine Expeditionary Force in the planning, deployment and command and control of a joint force against a peer or near-peer adversary combat force and enhance existing live-fire and maneuver capabilities of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Elizabeth Gallagher)

U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 122, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, takeoff during suppression of enemy air defense training in support of Exercise Steel Knight 23.2 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, Dec. 6, 2023. SEAD training increases the ability of fifth-generation fighter pilots to enter the fight first, strike targets deep within an enemy air defense system, and enable follow on strikes by supporting weapons platforms. Steel Knight 23.2 is a three-phase exercise designed to train I Marine Expeditionary Force in the planning, deployment and command and control of a joint force against a peer or near-peer adversary combat force and enhance existing live-fire and maneuver capabilities of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Elizabeth Gallagher)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Elizabeth Gallagher

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Andrew Bonell, an F-35B Lightning II pilot with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 214, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, conducts preflight checks on an F-35B Lightning II aircraft before suppression of enemy air defense training during Exercise Steel Knight 23.2 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, Dec. 5, 2023. SEAD training increases the ability of fifth-generation fighter pilots to enter the fight first, strike targets deep within an enemy air defense system, and enable follow on strikes by supporting weapons platforms. Steel Knight 23.2 is a three-phase exercise designed to train I Marine Expeditionary Force in the planning, deployment and command and control of a joint force against a peer or near-peer adversary combat force and enhance existing live-fire and maneuver capabilities of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jade K. Venegas)

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Andrew Bonell, an F-35B Lightning II pilot with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 214, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, conducts preflight checks on an F-35B Lightning II aircraft before suppression of enemy air defense training during Exercise Steel Knight 23.2 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, Dec. 5, 2023. SEAD training increases the ability of fifth-generation fighter pilots to enter the fight first, strike targets deep within an enemy air defense system, and enable follow on strikes by supporting weapons platforms. Steel Knight 23.2 is a three-phase exercise designed to train I Marine Expeditionary Force in the planning, deployment and command and control of a joint force against a peer or near-peer adversary combat force and enhance existing live-fire and maneuver capabilities of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jade K. Venegas)

Photo by Cpl. Jade Venegas

U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning ll aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 122, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, fly over Berry M. Goldwater Range, Arizona, in support of suppression of enemy air defense training during Exercise Steel Knight 23.2, Arizona, Dec. 10, 2023. SEAD training increases the ability of fifth-generation fighter pilots to enter the fight first, strike targets deep within an enemy air defense system, and enable follow on strikes by supporting weapons platforms. Steel Knight 23.2 is a three-phase exercise designed to train I Marine Expeditionary Force in the planning, deployment and command and control of a joint force against a peer or near-peer adversary combat force and enhance existing live-fire and enhance existing live-fire and maneuver capabilities of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Christian Radosti)

U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning ll aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 122, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, fly over Berry M. Goldwater Range, Arizona, in support of suppression of enemy air defense training during Exercise Steel Knight 23.2, Arizona, Dec. 10, 2023. SEAD training increases the ability of fifth-generation fighter pilots to enter the fight first, strike targets deep within an enemy air defense system, and enable follow on strikes by supporting weapons platforms. Steel Knight 23.2 is a three-phase exercise designed to train I Marine Expeditionary Force in the planning, deployment and command and control of a joint force against a peer or near-peer adversary combat force and enhance existing live-fire and enhance existing live-fire and maneuver capabilities of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Christian Radosti)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Christian Radosti

U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning ll aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 122, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, fly over Berry M. Goldwater Range, Arizona, in support of suppression of enemy air defense training during Exercise Steel Knight 23.2, Arizona, Dec. 10, 2023. SEAD training increases the ability of fifth-generation fighter pilots to enter the fight first, strike targets deep within an enemy air defense system, and enable follow on strikes by supporting weapons platforms. Steel Knight 23.2 is a three-phase exercise designed to train I Marine Expeditionary Force in the planning, deployment and command and control of a joint force against a peer or near-peer adversary combat force and enhance existing live-fire and enhance existing live-fire and maneuver capabilities of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Christian Radosti)

U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning ll aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 122, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, fly over Berry M. Goldwater Range, Arizona, in support of suppression of enemy air defense training during Exercise Steel Knight 23.2, Arizona, Dec. 10, 2023. SEAD training increases the ability of fifth-generation fighter pilots to enter the fight first, strike targets deep within an enemy air defense system, and enable follow on strikes by supporting weapons platforms. Steel Knight 23.2 is a three-phase exercise designed to train I Marine Expeditionary Force in the planning, deployment and command and control of a joint force against a peer or near-peer adversary combat force and enhance existing live-fire and enhance existing live-fire and maneuver capabilities of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Christian Radosti)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Christian Radosti

A SA-6 Gainful Surface-to-Air Missile Defense System operates at Berry M. Goldwater Range in support of suppression of enemy air defense training during Exercise Steel Knight 23.2, Arizona, Dec. 10, 2023. SEAD training increases the ability of fifth-generation fighter pilots to enter the fight first, strike targets deep within an enemy air defense system, and enable follow on strikes by supporting weapons platforms. Steel Knight 23.2 is a three-phase exercise designed to train I Marine Expeditionary Force in the planning, deployment and command and control of a joint force against a peer or near-peer adversary combat force and enhance existing live-fire and enhance existing live-fire and maneuver capabilities of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Christian Radosti)

A SA-6 Gainful Surface-to-Air Missile Defense System operates at Berry M. Goldwater Range in support of suppression of enemy air defense training during Exercise Steel Knight 23.2, Arizona, Dec. 10, 2023. SEAD training increases the ability of fifth-generation fighter pilots to enter the fight first, strike targets deep within an enemy air defense system, and enable follow on strikes by supporting weapons platforms. Steel Knight 23.2 is a three-phase exercise designed to train I Marine Expeditionary Force in the planning, deployment and command and control of a joint force against a peer or near-peer adversary combat force and enhance existing live-fire and enhance existing live-fire and maneuver capabilities of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Christian Radosti)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Christian Radosti