The mechanized assault training provides partner nations the opportunity to integrate and communicate with each other for future operations. Units participating in the exercise were Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, and service members with the Mexican navy.
U.S. Marines and Mexican sailors conduct mechanized assault training during the southern California portion of Rim of the Pacific 2016 aboard San Clemente Island, California, July 30, 2016.