ALT U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Brandon Ha, a squad leader with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, fires an M500 pump-action shotgun during a raid leaders course at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 1, 2026. Raid leaders course allows Marines to enhance their tactics, techniques, and procedures for raid operations to prepare them to support geographic combatant commands. Ha is a native of California. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Journey Fisher)

ALT U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1), board an MV-22B Osprey before a close air support exercise as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 1-27, at Observation Point Feets, near Chocolate Mountains Aerial Gunnery Range, California, Sept. 30, 2026. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by MAWTS-1 which emphasizes operational integration of the seven functions of Marine aviation in support of the Marine Air Ground Task Force, Joint and Coalition Forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jacsive Betancourt-Nava)

ALT A U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1), flies during a close air support exercise as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 1-27 at Observation Point Feets, Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, California, Sept. 30, 2026. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1), which emphasizes operational integration of the seven functions of Marine aviation in support of the Marine Air Ground Task Force, Joint and Coalition Forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jacsive Betancourt-Nava)