MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif – Marines with

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif – Marines with Battery C, Battalion Landing Team, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit set up an M777 Howitzer during Marine Expeditionary Unit Exercise on Camp Pendleton, Feb. 7, 2017. MEU-EX is a command and control exercise involving all communication and control agencies from the Command Element, Aviation Combat Element, Ground Combat Element and Logistics Combat Element. The 15th MEU undergoes a demanding certification cycle in order to be proficient in every critical mission area needed to operate in theater while deployed. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dusty Kilcrease)