MOTUTAPU ISLAND, Tonga — U.S. Marines and Tongan soldiers

MOTUTAPU ISLAND, Tonga — U.S. Marines and Tongan soldiers take cover while a demolition charge clears a path through concertina wire, July 28, 2016, during a live-fire range as part of a multi-national, bilateral exercise designed to increase interoperability and relations. The service members combined and applied skills practiced during the exercise in a culminating range such as high explosive exploitation, buddy rushing, demolition and beach insertion. The Marines are with Task Force Koa Moana and are originally assigned to I and III Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. William Hester/ Released)