The Rim of the Pacific exercise provides unique training opportunities for participants from across the military services. Master Sergeant Ryan Kruse reports on how Marines are taking advantage of RIMPAC by getting their hands on experimental gear designed to make their job a little easier and help keep them alive. Includes soundbites from Lance Cpl. Steven Barringer, team leader, Ruel Faruque, engineer, TORC Robotics, and PO3 (HM3) Justin Pierce, hospital corpsman.

GoPro footage of Marines maneuvering the Ground Unmanned Support Surrogate (GUSS), experimental technology being tested by the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab during Rim of the Pacific 2014 at Kahuku Training Area on Oahu, Hawaii, July 12, 2014. The GUSS is a multi-purpose support vehicle based on the ITV equipped with sensors to allow operation with or without a driver. GUSS is one of many technologies being experimented in a field environment during the Advanced Warfighting Experiment looking at new technologies and war fighting concepts for the Marine Corps of the future. Available in high definition.

Marines field test a LS3 at the Kahuku Training Area in Oahu, Hawaii.

A Marine rides in the back of the Ground Unmanned Support Surrogate, experimental technology being tested by Marine Corps Warfighting Lab during Rim of the Pacific 2014 at Kahuku Training Area July 10, 2014. The GUSS is a multi-purpose support vehicle equipped with sensors to allow operation with or without a driver. GUSS is one of many technologies being experimented in a field environment during the Advanced Warfighting Experiment. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Sarah Dietz)

The Rapid Equipping Force on Bagram Airfield, harnesses current and emerging technologies to provide immediate solutions to the urgent challenges of U.S. Army forces deployed in Afghanistan. The REF designed the prototype for the 500 Round Ammunition Pack System or "IRONMAN", which took a soldier’s concept for an ammunition backpack. Also available in high definition.

2LT Saeed Muhammad Nadir is training to be the first soldier in the Afghan 201st Corps who is trained in maintaining the MMP30, or Mechanical Mobile Platform. This robot is used to disarm improvised explosive devices from a safe distance. Includes sound bites from 2nd Lt. Saeed Muhammad Nadir, Robotic Maintenance Student and Ryan Phillips, Robotic Maintenance Instructor. Also available in high definition.

Maintainers with Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 242 aren’t the only ones directly responsible for the overall well being of the aircrew. It’s up to the Intelligence Department who supports the pilots while they fly. Corporal Anthony Rayis has the story. Video contains interviews with Marines from Dinwiddie, Va., and Cranberry Township, Penn. Available in high definition.

C Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines conducts a TOW Missile range at Tactical Base Dwyer. Lance Corporal Zachary Marquard, Missile Specialist, C Co., 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, explains how vital the TOW Missiles are to their mission and what it’s like to fire those high powered missiles.

Meteorological Oceanographic analyst Marines aboard Marine Corps Air Station New River forecast weather conditions to ensure the safety of flight operations and air station facilities July 28. Using online weather forecast and radar systems, METOC Marines provide accurate weather projections for Marine Corps installations.

(U.S. Marine Corps motion media by Cpl. Cameron Payne/Released). Available in high definition.

Fort Bliss artillery crew members with 4th Battalion, 27th Field Artillery Regiment, recently stepped into a simulated self-propelled howitzer trainer at the Fort Bliss simulation center. The Fire Support Combined Arms Tactical Trainer (FS-CATT) allows Soldier's to train in a realistic simulator that prepares them for upcoming dry fire and live fire gunnery training. Also available in high definition.