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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Nicholas Muller, left, an administrative specialist with 4th Civil Affairs Group, Force Headquarters Group, aims his weapon at a simulated active shooter at Naval Operational Support Center & Marine Corps Reserve Center Miami, June 7, 2019. All 160 Marine Corps Reserve Training Centers are expected to exercise their active shooter emergency action plan semi-annually with their Inspector-Instructor staff and Reserve Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jose Gonzalez)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Jose Gonzalez

Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus promotes Lance Cpl. Zachary Yerian and Lance Cpl. Marshall Hardin, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marines, on his visit to the LSDH Sargento Aldea in support of Partnership of the Americas 2014. POA 14 is designed to enhance joint and combined interoperability, increase the combined capability to execute Amphibious Operations, Peace Support Operations, and Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief missions, and further develop strong and lasting relationships the U.S. Marine Corps has established with partner nations' naval infantries/marine corps.

Photo by Capt. Naomi Dorren

Marines crowd around Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus for pictures during his visit to the Marines and sailors of Marine Forces South, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marines, 4th Civil Affairs Group, 4th Marine Logistics Group and Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364 aboard the Chilean ship LSDH Sargento Aldea, August 21, 2014 in Valparaiso, Chile during Partnership of the Americas 2014. POA 14 is designed to enhance joint and combined interoperability, increase the combined capability to execute Amphibious Operations, Peace Support Operations, and Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief missions, and further develop strong and lasting relationships the U.S. Marine Corps has established with partner nation’s naval infantries/marine corps.

Photo by Sgt. Adwin Esters

Marines from Medium Helicopter Squadron 364 take off from the deck of the Chilean ship, LSDH Sargento Aldea during a training scenario designed to simulate a major natural disaster August 17, 2014, as part of Partnership of the Americas 2014. Representatives from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, and the United States are participating in POA 2014 from August 11-22, 2014. This exercise is designed to enhance joint and combined interoperability, increase the combined capability to execute Amphibious Operations, Peace Support Operations, and Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief missions, and further develop strong and lasting relationships the U.S. Marine Corps has established with partner nation’s naval infantries/marine corps.

Photo by Sgt. Adwin Esters

Chilean and Brazilian Marines clear a route for a medical truck carrying injured civilians during a training scenario designed to simulate a major natural disaster in Pichidangui, Chile August 18, 2014, as part of Partnership of the Americas 2014. Representatives from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, and the United States are participating in POA 2014 from August 11-22, 2014. This exercise is designed to enhance joint and combined interoperability, increase the combined capability to execute Amphibious Operations, Peace Support Operations, and Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief missions, and further develop strong and lasting relationships the U.S. Marine Corps has established with partner nation’s naval infantries/marine corps.

Photo by Sgt. Adwin Esters

A Marine from 1st Battalion, 23rd Marines attempts to control a crowd of unruly citizen role players during a training scenario designed to simulate a major natural disaster in Pichidangui, Chile August 18, 2014, as part of Partnership of the Americas 2014. Representatives from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, and the United States are participating in POA 2014 from August 11-22, 2014. This exercise is designed to enhance joint and combined interoperability, increase the combined capability to execute Amphibious Operations, Peace Support Operations, and Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief missions, and further develop strong and lasting relationships the U.S. Marine Corps has established with partner nation’s naval infantries/marine corps.

Photo by Sgt. Adwin Esters

A Chilean Navy Rescue medic provides care to role players during a training scenario designed to simulate a major natural disaster in Pichidangui, Chile August 18, 2014, as part of Partnership of the Americas 2014. Representatives from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, and the United States are participating in POA 2014 from August 11-22, 2014. This exercise is designed to enhance joint and combined interoperability, increase the combined capability to execute Amphibious Operations, Peace Support Operations, and Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief missions, and further develop strong and lasting relationships the U.S. Marine Corps has established with partner nation’s naval infantries/marine corps.

Photo by Sgt. Adwin Esters

Chilean sailors disembark a Landing Craft Utility ship, a type of boat used by amphibious forces to transport equipment and troops to the shore, as the exhaust from the ships engines fill the disembarking area during a training evolution as part of Partnership of the Americas 2014. Representatives from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, and the United States are participating in POA 2014 from August 11-22, 2014. This exercise is designed to enhance joint and combined interoperability, increase the combined capability to execute Amphibious Operations, Peace Support Operations, and Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief missions, and further develop strong and lasting relationships the U.S. Marine Corps has established with partner nation’s naval infantries/marine corps.

Photo by Sgt. Adwin Esters

Marines from 1st Division, 23rd Marines disembark a CH-46E Sea Knight during a training evolution meant to simulate a natural disaster as part of Partnership of the Americas 2014. Representatives from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, and the United States are participating in POA 2014 from August 11-22, 2014. This exercise is designed to enhance joint and combined interoperability, increase the combined capability to execute Amphibious Operations, Peace Support Operations, and Humanitarian Assistance/Disaster Relief missions, and further develop strong and lasting relationships the U.S. Marine Corps has established with partner nation’s naval infantries/marine corps.

Photo by Sgt. Adwin Esters

Colonel Augustin Bolanio (center), the commanding officer of the 4th Civil Affairs Group, Sgt. Maj. Mark Davis (left), and Lt. Col. Jeremy Chio (right), stand at attention after uncasing the unit battle colors during the reactivation ceremony of the 4th CAG Dec. 15. The Marines hosted community members and distinguished visitors during a re-activation ceremony that marked the official standing up of the first Marine Corps civil affairs group in South Florida. The civil affairs group will be the conduit between the U.S. military forces and civilian authorities, local population and non-governmental organizations and will conduct civil military activities to enhance the relationship with host nation personnel and publics.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Earnest J. Barnes

Capt. Christopher Banweg, a civil affairs group team leader, talks to local farmers about livestock concerns during a veterinarian assistance mission which his team conducted in the Khan Neshin Bazaar here Dec. 23, 2009. Banweg is a member of 4th Civil Affairs Group, a Marine Forces Reserve unit headquartered in Washington, D.C.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Aaron Cappellin-Svoma

Capt. Christopher Banweg (front) and Maj. Jeremy Hoffmann prepare to assist in a distribution of wheat seed and blankets in the village of Qual E Now here Dec. 18, 2009. The wheat seed is a part of an alternative crop program to wean the people off of poppy cultivation. Banweg is a member of 4th Civil Affairs Group, a Marine Forces Reserve unit headquartered in Washington, D.C. A career reserve Marine, Banweg perated with his team here from November 2009 to May 2010, spearheading key infrastructure development projects.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Aaron Cappellin-Svoma

Capt. Christopher Banweg, a reserve Marine civil affairs officer, teaches a local Afghan farmer how to operate a radio here Dec. 10, 2009. Banweg recently returned from a seven-month tour with the 4th Civil Affairs Group in Afghanistan. (Published with permission of The Christian Science Monitor, not authorized for republication)

Photo by Ben Arnoldy