U.S. Marine, with Combat Assault Company, 3rd Marine Regiment, and French Airborne Marines with 8th Infantry Regiment, Company De Clerage Et D'Appius, Castres, practice evacuation drills on an amphibious assault vehicle on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, Oct. 3. Combat Assault Company Marines and French Marines are part of exercise AMERCAL 2011 which is 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.