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Cpl. Michael Kean, a landing support specialist with Combat Logistics Regiment 45, discusses the instructions for the day with a fellow Marine during Integrated Training Exercise 4-14 June 16, 2014. ITX 4-14 is a cornerstone of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force Training Program and is the largest annual Marine Corps Reserve training exercise that helps sharpen skills for Reserve units. ITX employs assets from ground, air and logistics combat elements to demonstrate the ability to deploy rapidly and build up significant combat power necessary to form a MAGTF. Kean hopes to one day become a Marine officer after gaining more experience leading Marines as a noncommissioned officer.

Photo by Sgt. Adwin Esters

Cpl. Michael Kean, a landing support specialist with Combat Logistics Regiment 45, is considered an “outstanding Marine” by his superiors and respected by his peers because of his commitment to working above and beyond his required duties and ability to lead the Marines under his charge throughout his career and during Integrated Training Exercise 4-14. ITX 4-14 is a cornerstone of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force Training Program and is the largest annual Marine Corps Reserve training exercise that helps sharpen skills for Reserve units. Kean’s ultimate goal is to one day become a Marine officer after gaining more experience leading Marines as a noncommissioned officer. (Photo by Sgt. Adwin Esters/Released) 141306-M-JL916-108

Photo by Sgt. Adwin Esters

Cpl. Michael Kean, a landing support specialist with Combat Logistics Regiment 45, prepares a sign detailing the direction of the unit marshalling area during Integrated Training Exercise 4-14 June 16, 2014. ITX 4-14 is a cornerstone of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force Training Program and is the largest annual Marine Corps Reserve training exercise that helps sharpen skills for Reserve units. ITX employs assets from ground, air and logistics combat elements to demonstrate the ability to deploy rapidly and build up significant combat power necessary to form a MAGTF. Kean hopes to one day become a Marine officer after gaining more experience leading Marines as a noncommissioned officer.

Photo by Sgt. Adwin Esters

A UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter with Company C, 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, New Mexico Army National Guard, prepares to take off to conduct simulated medical evacuations with Marines during Integrated Training Exercise 4-14 aboard Marine Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, June 13, 2014. ITX 4-14 is the largest annual U.S. Marine Corps Reserve training exercise, which helps refine skills necessary to seamlessly integrate with active duty counterparts as well as operate as a complete MAGTF. (U.S. Marine photo by Sgt. Adwin Esters/Released)

Photo by Sgt. Adwin Esters

Marines walk out to a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter operated by the 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, New Mexico Army National Guard in a joint service exercise for preparation, situational awareness and medic familiarization during Integrated Training Exercise 4-14 aboard Marine Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms California, June 13, 2014. ITX 4-14 is the largest annual U.S. Marine Corps Reserve training exercise, which helps refine skills necessary to seamlessly integrate with active duty counterparts as well as operate as a complete MAGTF. (U.S. Marine photo by Sgt. Adwin Esters/Released)

Photo by Sgt. Adwin Esters

Marines from Combat Logistics Battalion 451, Combat Logistics Regiment 45, 4th Marine Logistics Group, train during an exercise that simulates a supply drop off/pick up during Integrated Training Exercise 4-14 aboard Marine Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, June 14, 2014. The purpose of the exercise is familiarizing the Marines with supply drops and pick-ups in areas where it might be too dangerous or the terrain is not suited for the helicopter to land. ITX 4-14 is the largest annual U.S. Marine Corps Reserve training exercise, which helps refine skills necessary to seamlessly integrate with active duty counterparts as well as operate as a complete Marine Air-Ground Task Force. (U.S. Marine photo by Sgt. Adwin Esters/Released)

Photo by Sgt. Adwin Esters

Marines with Marine Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 4, Marine Aircraft Group 48, prepare an unmanned aerial vehicle for take off during Integrated Training Exercise 4-14 here June 13, 2014. The squadron flies the aircraft to provide surveillance, intelligence and target marking for ground element units during combat. ITX is a cornerstone of the Marine Air Ground Task Force training program. It is the largest annual U.S. Marine Corps Reserve training exercise which helps refine skills necessary to seamlessly integrate with their active duty counterparts as well as operate as a complete MAGTF.

Photo by Gunnery Sgt. Katesha Washington

Lance Cpl. Danielle E. Howell, an aviation maintenance data specialist with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 773, listens intently as Staff Sgt. Fernando Gallardo, staff noncommissioned officer in charge of the maintenance administration division, HMLA-773, provides instruction on how to log engine maintenance records here, June 14, 2014. Howell hopes to one day help heal mentally wounded veterans as a social worker for the Navy and Marine Corps.

Photo by GySgt. Katesha Washington

Lance Cpl. Danielle E. Howell, an aviation maintenance data specialist with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 773, stands next to an AH-1 Cobra helicopter during Integrated Training Exercise 4-14, June 14, 2014. ITX 4-14 employs assets from ground, air and logistics combat elements to demonstrate the ability to deploy rapidly and build up significant combat power necessary to form a Marine Air-Ground Task Force. Howell recently earned her master’s degree in social work in her pursuit to help heal mentally wounded veterans returning from war.

Photo by GySgt. Katesha Washington

A corpsman with Shock Trauma Platoon, 4th Medical Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve, tags a patient with his vitals druing a realistic casualty scenario as part of Integrated Training Exercise 4-14 here, June 9, 2014. The platoon's objective is to recieve all casualties within Marine Air-Ground Task Force 23 to evaluate their injuries for the Forward Resuscitative Surgical Suite where the decision is made to move the patient to a higher echelon of medical care.

Photo by Cpl. Codey Underwood

A corpsman with Shock Trauma Platoon, 4th Medical Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve, monitors a patient's vitals during realistic casualty scenarios as part of Integrated Training Exercise 4-14 here, June 9 2014. The platoon's objective is to recieve all casualties within Marine Air-Ground Task Force 23 and evaluate their injuries for the Forward Resuscitative Surgical Suite where the decision is made whether or not to move the patient to a higher echelon of medical care.

Photo by Cpl. Codey Underwood

Corpsmen with Shock Trauma Platoon, 4th Medical Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, exit the area of an Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter with the New Mexico Army National Guard during a realistic casualty scenario as part of Integrated Training Exercise 4-14 here, June 9, 2014. The Shock Trauma Platoon's objective is to recieve all casualties within Marine Air-Ground Task Force 23 and evaluate their injuries for the Forward Resuscitative Surgical Suite where the decision is made to move the patient to a higher echelon of medical care.

Photo by Cpl. Codey Underwood

Marines from Combat Logistics Battalion 451 fire down range with a M240B machine gun on long distance targets in a motorized operations training exercise at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, during Integrated Training Exercise 4-14 on June 8, 2014. ITX 4-14 is a cornerstone of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force Training Program and is the largest annual Marine Corps Reserve training exercise that helps sharpen skills and planning guidance for Reserve units. ITX employs assets from ground, air and logistics combat elements to demonstrate the ability to deploy rapidly and build up significant combat power necessary to form a MAGTF.

Photo by Sgt. Adwin Esters

Combat Logistics Battalion 451, 2nd platoon, Marines walk away from what has been deemed an improvised explosive device and ready to set up a cordon area around the simulated explosive in a motorized operational training exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, CA during Integrated Training Exercise 4-14 on June 8, 2014. ITX 4-14, a cornerstone of the Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Program, is the largest annual U.S. Marine Corps Reserve training exercise; helping establish best practices, refine planning guidance and baseline requirements for future Reserve units. ITX employs assets from ground, air and logistics combat elements to demonstrate the ability to deploy rapidly and build up significant combat power necessary to form a MAGTF.

Photo by Sgt. Adwin Esters