Service members from New Caledonian Armed Forces and Tonga Royal Guard jump rope during a field meet as part of Exercise Croix du Sud at Plum, New Caledonia, April 29, 2023. Croix du Sud is the New Caledonian Armed Force’s Combined Joint Task Force certification event with training objectives focused on a Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response, Non-combatant Evacuation Operations in Oceania with desired effects focused on enhancing military-military, civil-military, and joint/multinational coordination in the region during crisis response. U.S. Marines and Sailors with Combat Logistics Battalion 5 represent one of 19 different nations supporting the Joint Operations Center with planners, medical subject matter expert exchanges, and a non-combatant evacuation operations team, while also enhancing the Marine Corps’ ability to provide logistical support to the joint force and allies and partners in future austere operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Dana Beesley)