A Marine with Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, posts security as the adversary force as part of Realistic Urban Training Exercise on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Jan. 12, 2023. The purpose of RUTEX is to incorporate the specialized individual and small unit skills of the MEU and conduct high-intensity, advanced, and complex Marine Air Ground Task Force operations in order to prepare MEUs and other designated forces to support the geographic combatant commanders.

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Keywords: exercise, indo-pacific, marines, mcbh, rutex, training