U.S. Marines, with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines Regiment, and French Airborne Marines, with 8th Infantry Regiment, Company De Clerage Et D'Appius, Castres, receive instruction on room clearing at the Kaneohe Bay rifle and pistol range, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Oct. 3, 2011. U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment and French Airborne Marines are part of Exercise AMERCAL 2011, a platoon-level combat arms combined exchange between the French armed forces, New Caledonia and U.S. interoperability, enhancing military-to-military relations and improving mutual combat capabilities with French allies.