A CH-53E Super Stallion, with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466, hovers to pick up a 500-gallon drum of water from U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 15, 1st Marine Logistics Group and 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division during a Helicopter Support Team drill at Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif., Oct. 25, 2016. The drum was taken into the Sierra Mesa Mountains to support Marines who are conducting field operations during Mountain Exercise 6-16. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Adam Dublinske) - A CH-53E Super Stallion, with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466, hovers to pick up a 500-gallon drum of water from U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 15, 1st Marine Logistics Group and 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division during a Helicopter Support Team drill at Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif., Oct. 25, 2016. The drum was taken into the Sierra Mesa Mountains to support Marines who are conducting field operations during Mountain Exercise 6-16. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Adam Dublinske)

A Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 15, 1st Marine Logistics Group, attempts to secure a medical aid station while surrounded by an increasingly belligerent crowd of role-players during a humanitarian aid exercise as part of CLB-15’s pre-deployment training with the Special Operations Training Group, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 16, 2014. The exercise took place over the course of three days, and provided CLB-15 with a realistic and immersive experience. The simulation, set up by SOTG with the help of the USAID, put CLB-15’s Marines and sailors in the middle of a typhoon-ravaged rural Philippine area where they were tasked with providing humanitarian aid and disaster relief, similar to the situation faced by Marines with the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force during the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. CLB-15 is slated to deploy with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force. - A Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 15, 1st Marine Logistics Group, attempts to secure a medical aid station while surrounded by an increasingly belligerent crowd of role-players during a humanitarian aid exercise as part of CLB-15’s pre-deployment training with the Special Operations Training Group, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 16, 2014. The exercise took place over the course of three days, and provided CLB-15 with a realistic and immersive experience. The simulation, set up by SOTG with the help of the USAID, put CLB-15’s Marines and sailors in the middle of a typhoon-ravaged rural Philippine area where they were tasked with providing humanitarian aid and disaster relief, similar to the situation faced by Marines with the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force during the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan in 2013. CLB-15 is slated to deploy with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force.

An M88 recovery vehicle operated by Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 15, Combat Logistics Regiment 15, 1st Marine Logistics Group, climbs a ramp aboard amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD-18) during an embarkation operation in support of a Defense Support of Civil Authorities training exercise aboard Naval Base San Diego, Calif., June 19, 2014. During DSCA operations, the Navy-Marine Corps team can provide local authorities with timely support, allowing them to send aid to areas in the United States where the infrastructure might be damaged beyond the local authorities’ capabilities. CLB-15 provides a wide array of capabilities during a DSCA operation, from resupplying forward areas with the Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement, to recovering wreckages during disaster relief operation with the M88 recovery vehicles and the Logistics Vehicle Systems. - An M88 recovery vehicle operated by Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 15, Combat Logistics Regiment 15, 1st Marine Logistics Group, climbs a ramp aboard amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans (LPD-18) during an embarkation operation in support of a Defense Support of Civil Authorities training exercise aboard Naval Base San Diego, Calif., June 19, 2014. During DSCA operations, the Navy-Marine Corps team can provide local authorities with timely support, allowing them to send aid to areas in the United States where the infrastructure might be damaged beyond the local authorities’ capabilities. CLB-15 provides a wide array of capabilities during a DSCA operation, from resupplying forward areas with the Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement, to recovering wreckages during disaster relief operation with the M88 recovery vehicles and the Logistics Vehicle Systems.

Lance Cpl. Dustin Nixon, a 19-year-old, tank mechanic, Maintenance Detachment, Combat Logistics Battalion 15, 1st Marine Logistics Group, of Currituck, N.C., stops a vehicle containing two “locals” at the entry control point during the battalion’s first field training exercise of the year at Red Beach aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 6-10, in preparation for pre-deployment training with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit this fall. The ECP checks gave Marines the opportunity to practice the protocol for searching vehicles and personnel. The exercise allowed CLB-15 to practice procedures and protocols they will apply while acting the 15th MEU’s primary logistical support element during its deployment early next year. Providing this support to the MEU allows it to focus on its chief objective as a crisis response force, ready to respond to disaster or humanitarian relief operations. - Lance Cpl. Dustin Nixon, a 19-year-old, tank mechanic, Maintenance Detachment, Combat Logistics Battalion 15, 1st Marine Logistics Group, of Currituck, N.C., stops a vehicle containing two “locals” at the entry control point during the battalion’s first field training exercise of the year at Red Beach aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., May 6-10, in preparation for pre-deployment training with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit this fall. The ECP checks gave Marines the opportunity to practice the protocol for searching vehicles and personnel. The exercise allowed CLB-15 to practice procedures and protocols they will apply while acting the 15th MEU’s primary logistical support element during its deployment early next year. Providing this support to the MEU allows it to focus on its chief objective as a crisis response force, ready to respond to disaster or humanitarian relief operations.