Cpl. Jesse Macken, a field radio operator with Echo

Cpl. Jesse Macken, a field radio operator with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and a Salineville, Ohio, native, establishes a communication point during Certification Exercise (CERTEX) at Camp Pendleton, California, June 21. CERTEX is comprised of a specific series of missions intended to evaluate and certify the 11th MEU for their upcoming deployment with the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group scheduled for later this summer. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Melissa Wenger/Released)