U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Gavin Huegel, a parachute rigger with 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, spots Marines rappelling from a UH-1Y Venom during a Helicopter Rope Suspension Techniques course hosted by Expeditionary Operations Training Branch, I Marine Expeditionary Force, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 11, 2024. The HRST course certifies Marines as HRST Masters enabling them to perform helicopter insertions and extractions, rappels, and other rope techniques when landing an aircraft is not feasible. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jordan Searls)
U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group transport 7-ton trucks from Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, California, as part of Steel Knight 24 to Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 9, 2024. Steel Knight is an annual exercise that takes place in multiple locations across the Southwest that allows I Marine Expeditionary Force to train as a full Marine Air-Ground Task Force and better integrate with joint and naval forces. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Casandra Marrero)
