Combat Training for U.S. Marine Corps and their Northern Counterparts [Image 2 of 5]

CAMP PENDLETON, CA, UNITED STATES

07.12.2016

Photo by Lance Cpl. Nathaniel McAllister 

15th Marine Expeditionary Unit

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Chase Amedee provides security while his squad clears a building during Rim of the Pacific 2016 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 11, 2016. Amedee is a team leader of a machine gun section with India Company, 3rd battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, from Baton Rouge, La. Twenty-six nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 30 to Aug. 4, in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2016 is the 25th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Nathaniel S. McAllister/Released)

• Date Taken: 07.12.2016
• Date Posted: 07.14.2016 11:07
• Photo ID: 2721940
• VIRIN: 160712-M-FJ661-031
• Resolution: 4334x3024
• Size: 1.13 MB
• Location: CAMP PENDLETON, CA, US
• Hometown: BATON ROUGE, LA, US