A maneuver coyote with the Tactical Training Exercise Control Group of Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., donning orange, provides feedback to infantry Marines with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. during a long range raid training exercise in the desert southeast of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., June 3. The coyotes’ responsibility is to assess and instruct the Marines training for combat. - A maneuver coyote with the Tactical Training Exercise Control Group of Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., donning orange, provides feedback to infantry Marines with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. during a long range raid training exercise in the desert southeast of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., June 3. The coyotes’ responsibility is to assess and instruct the Marines training for combat.

A Marine rifleman, right, from 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., searches a Marine roleplayer from the Tactical Training Exercise Control Group, left, after he was “killed” during a long-range raid training exercise in the desert southeast of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., June 3. The job of the roleplayer is to provide realistic simulation and opposition for Marines during training exercises. - A Marine rifleman, right, from 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., searches a Marine roleplayer from the Tactical Training Exercise Control Group, left, after he was “killed” during a long-range raid training exercise in the desert southeast of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., June 3. The job of the roleplayer is to provide realistic simulation and opposition for Marines during training exercises.

AH-1 Cobras of Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 167 return from a close air support exercise as part of the first Integrated Training Exercise at Camp Wilson, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Jan. 19, 2013. The ITX is the first of a new series of exercises designed to replace Enhanced Mojave Viper as the Marine Corps' standard pre-deployment training evolution. - AH-1 Cobras of Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 167 return from a close air support exercise as part of the first Integrated Training Exercise at Camp Wilson, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Jan. 19, 2013. The ITX is the first of a new series of exercises designed to replace Enhanced Mojave Viper as the Marine Corps' standard pre-deployment training evolution.

Capt. Rasheed Bakkar, the flight officer for Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 and a native of Seattle, radios for extraction during a tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel exercise during the first Integrated Training Exercise at Twentynine Palms, Calif., Jan. 20, 2013. The TRAP is an exercise designed to rescue aviators, whether in hostile territory or not, in the event their aircraft is forced to the ground. - Capt. Rasheed Bakkar, the flight officer for Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 and a native of Seattle, radios for extraction during a tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel exercise during the first Integrated Training Exercise at Twentynine Palms, Calif., Jan. 20, 2013. The TRAP is an exercise designed to rescue aviators, whether in hostile territory or not, in the event their aircraft is forced to the ground.