Sergeant Jacey Marks, left, a platoon sergeant with Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-South and a native of Lewiston, Idaho, practices riot control formations aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 30, 2014. The training was only a portion of the Marines’ preparation to join the Sailors aboard the future USS AMERICA on her transit around the South American continent. Through partner-nation port visits, key leader engagements and security cooperation activities, Sailors and Marines will demonstrate the flexibility, utility and unparalleled expeditionary capability the Navy-Marine Corps team provides our nation and partners.