171209-M-AD571-001.JPG - Marines and Sailors with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, bid their families and friends farewell as they prepare to deploy from Marine Corps Base Hawaii to Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 08, 2017. The battalion is deploying under the Unit Deployment Program to serve as a forward deployed force in the West Pacific for the next six months. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kathy Nunez)

Staff Sgt. Absalon A. Cabrera uses a radio to communicate with the 4th Marine Regiment’s combat operations center while transporting the commanding officer across the battle space Feb. 12 at Marine Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, during the battalion assault course as part of Integrated Training Exercise 2-15. “I am very proud of all of my Marines,” said Cabrera. “They have accomplished a lot and it has been seen at different levels out here.” ITX 2-15 is designed to integrate combined arms and improve war fighting capabilities. Cabrera, a Los Angeles, California, native and an infantry unit leader, is the jump team commander for Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Four with Headquarters Company, 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force. - Staff Sgt. Absalon A. Cabrera uses a radio to communicate with the 4th Marine Regiment’s combat operations center while transporting the commanding officer across the battle space Feb. 12 at Marine Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, during the battalion assault course as part of Integrated Training Exercise 2-15. “I am very proud of all of my Marines,” said Cabrera. “They have accomplished a lot and it has been seen at different levels out here.” ITX 2-15 is designed to integrate combined arms and improve war fighting capabilities. Cabrera, a Los Angeles, California, native and an infantry unit leader, is the jump team commander for Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Four with Headquarters Company, 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Capt. Paul B. Kozick briefs Marines from Company D Feb. 1 on the plan for the Tank Mechanized Assault Course at Marine Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms as part of Integrated Training Exercise 2-15. The TMAC is a training event used to bring multiple elements of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force together in one event. Kozick, a Dillsburg, Pennsylvania, native, is tank officer and the company commander for Company D, 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force. The Marines are also with Company D. - Capt. Paul B. Kozick briefs Marines from Company D Feb. 1 on the plan for the Tank Mechanized Assault Course at Marine Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms as part of Integrated Training Exercise 2-15. The TMAC is a training event used to bring multiple elements of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force together in one event. Kozick, a Dillsburg, Pennsylvania, native, is tank officer and the company commander for Company D, 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force. The Marines are also with Company D.