U.S. Marines with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine

U.S. Marines with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, conduct a patrol to their next objective while participating in the training event Operation Tremolite in New Caledonia, Sept. 27, 2011, during Exercise AMERCAL 2011. AMERCAL is a platoon-level combat arms combined exchange between the French armed forces in New Caledonia and U.S. Marines with the purpose of maintaining a high level of interoperability, enhancing military-to-military relations and improving mutual combat capabilities with French allies.