Maj. Gen. Lewis A. Craparotta, right, commanding general

Maj. Gen. Lewis A. Craparotta, right, commanding general of Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, speaks with Maj. John A. Dalby, infantry functional test manager of Marine Corps Operational Test and Evaluation Activity, about the MCOTEA assessment Marines of the Ground Combat Element Integrated Task Force will conduct over the next several weeks. Craparotta and Sgt. Maj. Karl Villalino visited the range to observe Task Force Marines conducting a pilot test of the assessment at Range 107, March 4, 2015. From October 2014 to July 2015, the GCEITF will conduct individual and collective level skills training in designated ground combat arms occupational specialties in order to facilitate the standards-based assessment of the physical performance of Marines in a simulated operating environment performing specific ground combat arms tasks. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Alicia R. Leaders/Released)