Marines retrieve supplies dropped off by a Navy MH-60S during a Replenishment at Sea mission aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) as part of Combined Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Dec. 1, 2017 in the Atlantic Ocean. The exercise allows all elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) to join and train in realistic scenarios so the MEU as a whole can meet its Pre-Deployment Training Program objectives prior to their upcoming deployment at sea. ( Marine Corps

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