SOUTHWEST ASIA - U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. David Ortiz, a field artillery cannoneer with the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit and attached to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force, Crisis Response-Central Command (SPMAGTF-CR-CC), fires an M777A2 howitzer, Nov. 15, 2018. SPMAGTF-CR-CC serves as a crisis response force, poised to react quickly and efficiently in support of the defeat-ISIS mission. The removal of ISIS from the battlefield has thwarted their ability to recruit, train, finance, plan, inspire and execute attacks throughout the region and the rest of the world. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Austin Mealy)