U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Samuel Stone, a radar airfield and weather systems technician with 18th Operation Support Squadron, deploys an advance micro weather sensor during a meteorology and oceanography (METOC) data collections training exercise at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 16, 2023. The METOC training exercise was conducted to gather real-time weather conditions in areas of interest to provide commanders vital information and enhance battle space awareness. III MIG provides III MEF comprehensive intelligence collection capabilities in dynamic and unpredictable environments as a part of the Stand-in Force concept. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Bridgette Rodriguez)