Members of the British Royal Marines maneuver through an amphibious obstacle course holding a steel rod above the water, preventing it from touching and being penalized, aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Oct. 7, 2014. U.S. Marines, Dutch Marines, and Royal Marines were competing in the Combat Center's High Intensity Tactical Training Black Alligator Challenge. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Leon M. Branchaud/Released)