This year's Marine Rotation Force-Darwin is the first in its 15-year history to be certified as a Marine Air-Ground Task Force.
New service-level training teaches Marines to counter drone threats with rifles, shotguns and grenade launchers.
The Marine Corps on Wednesday identified the loss of a Marine recruit after he suffered a medical emergency at Camp Pendleton, California.
Multiple sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln have attempted to go overboard as the carrier's deployment stretches into its ninth month.
