A U.S. Marine with Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) engages role-playing hostiles Sept. 2, 2014, during a combined company-sized amphibious assault conducted between Marines and Malaysian Armed Forces service members as part of Malaysia-United States Amphibious Exercise (MALUS AMPHEX) 2014 in Lahad Datu, Malaysia. MALUS AMPHEX 2014 was a bilateral exercise between the 11th MEU and Malaysian Armed Forces with an emphasis on amphibious and humanitarian operations.