The Marines on the Combat Center in Twentynine Palms have been involved in exercises involving weapons and tactics training. One of the exercises is an Adversary Force Exercise, which creates a credible, realistic wargame for the Marines. As part of that exercise, Marines are tasked with rescuing civilians from a possible hostile environment. Managing editor Tami Roleff has more information about the non-combatant evacuation operation… A U.S. Marine with 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, prepares to conduct a notional squad attack during Adversary Force Exercise (AFX), 3-21 a sub-event of Integrated Training Exercise (ITX), 3-21 at Marine Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., April 28, 2021. The purpose of AFX is to create a credible, realistic threat for the Exercise Forces participating in ITX 3-21 to engage against during the upcoming MAGTF Warfighting Exercise in a force-on-force, unscripted wargame.