U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Cameron Lahren, assistant logistics

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Cameron Lahren, assistant logistics officer assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Central Command 19.1, swings a mattock into the sand and rocky surface to dig a drainage trench around the main command tent during Talon Exercise 1-19 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, Sept. 30, 2018. TALONEX is a pre-deployment training event that integrates elements of the SPMAGTF and tests their capabilities when faced with simulated scenarios. Marines took precautions such as digging trenches and filling sandbags in preparation of inclement weather that was sustained during the exercise.