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U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 373, Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, detonate C4 to demolish the Bailey Bridge as part of phase I of Strategic Mobility Exercise (STRATMOBEX) II at San Clemente Island, California, Jan. 5, 2024. During phase I, MWSS-373 demolished a hazardous bridge that hindered range control’s ability to insert targets into the Shore Bombardment Area of San Clemente Island. Phase I set conditions for phases II and III of STRATMOBEX II, the construct of a shallow water crossing and follow on missions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jennifer Sanchez)

U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 373, Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, detonate C4 to demolish the Bailey Bridge as part of phase I of Strategic Mobility Exercise (STRATMOBEX) II at San Clemente Island, California, Jan. 5, 2024. During phase I, MWSS-373 demolished a hazardous bridge that hindered range control’s ability to insert targets into the Shore Bombardment Area of San Clemente Island. Phase I set conditions for phases II and III of STRATMOBEX II, the construct of a shallow water crossing and follow on missions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jennifer Sanchez)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Jennifer Sanchez

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Cameron Lott, an explosive ordinance disposal technician with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 373, Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, attaches C4 blocks to the Bailey Bridge during a bridge demolition operation as part of phase I of Strategic Mobility Exercise (STRATMOBEX) II at San Clemente Island, California, Jan. 5, 2024. During phase I, MWSS-373 demolished a hazardous bridge that hindered range control’s ability to insert targets into the Shore Bombardment Area of San Clemente Island. Phase I set conditions for phases II and III of STRATMOBEX II, the construct of a shallow water crossing and follow on missions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jennifer Sanchez)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Cameron Lott, an explosive ordinance disposal technician with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 373, Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, attaches C4 blocks to the Bailey Bridge during a bridge demolition operation as part of phase I of Strategic Mobility Exercise (STRATMOBEX) II at San Clemente Island, California, Jan. 5, 2024. During phase I, MWSS-373 demolished a hazardous bridge that hindered range control’s ability to insert targets into the Shore Bombardment Area of San Clemente Island. Phase I set conditions for phases II and III of STRATMOBEX II, the construct of a shallow water crossing and follow on missions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jennifer Sanchez)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Jennifer Sanchez

U.S. Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer 2 Austin Sabin, an explosive ordnance disposal officer with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 373, Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, inspects damage and deterioration on the Bailey Bridge during a bridge demolition operation as part of phase I of Strategic Mobility Exercise (STRATMOBEX) II at San Clemente Island, California, Jan. 4, 2024. During phase I, MWSS-373 demolished a hazardous bridge that hindered range control’s ability to insert targets into the Shore Bombardment Area of San Clemente Island. Phase I set conditions for phases II and III of STRATMOBEX II, the construct of a shallow water crossing and follow on missions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luc Boatman)

U.S. Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer 2 Austin Sabin, an explosive ordnance disposal officer with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 373, Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, inspects damage and deterioration on the Bailey Bridge during a bridge demolition operation as part of phase I of Strategic Mobility Exercise (STRATMOBEX) II at San Clemente Island, California, Jan. 4, 2024. During phase I, MWSS-373 demolished a hazardous bridge that hindered range control’s ability to insert targets into the Shore Bombardment Area of San Clemente Island. Phase I set conditions for phases II and III of STRATMOBEX II, the construct of a shallow water crossing and follow on missions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luc Boatman)

Photo by Sgt. Luc Boatman

U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 373, Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, inspect damage and deterioration on the Bailey Bridge during a bridge demolition operation as part of phase I of Strategic Mobility Exercise (STRATMOBEX) II at San Clemente Island, California, Jan. 4, 2024. During phase I, MWSS-373 demolished a hazardous bridge that hindered range control’s ability to insert targets into the Shore Bombardment Area of San Clemente Island. Phase I set conditions for phases II and III of STRATMOBEX II, the construct of a shallow water crossing and follow on missions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luc Boatman)

U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 373, Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, inspect damage and deterioration on the Bailey Bridge during a bridge demolition operation as part of phase I of Strategic Mobility Exercise (STRATMOBEX) II at San Clemente Island, California, Jan. 4, 2024. During phase I, MWSS-373 demolished a hazardous bridge that hindered range control’s ability to insert targets into the Shore Bombardment Area of San Clemente Island. Phase I set conditions for phases II and III of STRATMOBEX II, the construct of a shallow water crossing and follow on missions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Luc Boatman)

Photo by Sgt. Luc Boatman

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