U.S. Marines with Charlie Company, 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, train on detaining and handling procedures, Oct. 23, 2018, at Landing Zone Starling, Okinawa, Japan. Charlie Co. Marines practiced searching, detaining and escorting mock insurgents in order to increase their proficiency within their job field. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Danielle Abshire)

U.S. Marines with the 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group participate in the Jungle Warfare Training Course at the Jungle Warfare Training Center, Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan Aug. 6 – 10, 2018. The Marines and Sailors spent five days at JWTC learning to effectively patrol, maneuver, rappel and navigate through the jungle terrain. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Danielle Abshire)

U.S. Marines with 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group conduct training at Landing Zone Gander, Okinawa, Japan, June 27, 2018. Marines with 3rd LE Bn. conducted routine patrols, bite work, and tracking to improve their capabilities and prepare for upcoming deployments. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Danielle Abshire)

Lance Cpl. Grayson Noyes, a Tiburon, California native, gives Mother's Day shout out at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, May 9, 2018.

For more than 241 years, Marines have fought and trained side-by-side with their brothers, sisters and allies, but often missed are the military working dogs. Marines have been fighting alongside their canine counterparts since World War II. Since then, they have been working together to accomplish a variety of military tasks, including explosive ordnance detection, combat tracking and the application of controlled aggression. Interview Subject: Cpl. Andrea Mariani, from Green Bay, Wisconsin, is a dog handler with 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Jessica Etheridge)

Marines from III Marine Expeditionary Force, Okinawa, Japan, reveal their New Year's resolution. Lance Cpl. Tommy Albin, automotive mechanic, III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III MEF, is from Brockton, Massachusetts. Lance Cpl. Robert Boguszewski, armory custodian, 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III MEF, is from Chicago, Illinois. Lance Cpl. Russell Argabrite, automotive mechanic, III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III MEF, is from Norfolk, Virginia. Sgt. Isaac Ibarra, combat correspondent, III Marine Expeditionary Force Public Affairs, III MEF, is from Naples, Florida. Lance Cpl. Emmanuel Addomensah, vehicle operator, III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III MEF, is from Ashburn, Virginia. Lance Cpl. Terry Carter, vehicle operator, Truck Company, Headquarters Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force,is from Oden, Arkansas. Lance Cpl. John Campbell, vehicle operator, III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III MEF, is from Denver, Colorado. Cpl. Steven Tran, combat correspondent, III Marine Expeditionary Force Public Affairs, III MEF, is from Los Angeles, California.

Lance Cpl. Andrew Hartley, a military policeman with 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, speaks about his personal military experience while stationed in Okinawa, Japan, March 29, 2016. Hartley is a native of Seattle..

Marines with 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force, completed a week long exercise that consisted of tactically obtaining evidence, leading to an arrest.

Lance Cpl. Donald Hesse, from Salem, Massachusetts introduces himself and his dog Dasty, a Patrol Explosive Detection Dog. Hesse is a military working dog handler with 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III MEF.

Lance Cpl. Donald Hesse, from Salem, Massachusetts, describes a day in the life with his dog Dasty, a Patrol Explosive Detection Dog. Hesse is a military working dog handler with 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III MEF.

Lance Cpl. Donald Hesse, from Salem, Massachusetts, describes a day in the life with his dog Dasty, a Patrol Explosive Detection Dog. Hesse is a military working dog handler with 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, III MEF.

Lance Cpl. Thomas Pressley, from Salem, Oregon, goes through an oleoresin capsicum course February 3 at Camp Hansen on Okinawa, Japan

Marines with 3rd Law Enforcement Battalion execute a tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel mission during exercise Blue Chromite 15. The Marines utilized a combat tracking dog to find the simulated downed pilot.

3rd Law Enforcement Battalion Marines trained in fast-roping with military working dogs Oct. 7 at the rappel tower on Camp Hansen in Okinawa, Japan.