U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Tyler Varias, a mortar man, with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, participates in Exercise Northern Strike 17 at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Combat Center, Michigan from July 29 to Aug. 12, 2017. Exercise Northern Strike is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored training exercise that unites service members from multiple branches, states and coalition countries to conduct combined ground and air combat operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Imari J. Dubose/Released). - U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Tyler Varias, a mortar man, with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, participates in Exercise Northern Strike 17 at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Combat Center, Michigan from July 29 to Aug. 12, 2017. Exercise Northern Strike is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored training exercise that unites service members from multiple branches, states and coalition countries to conduct combined ground and air combat operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Imari J. Dubose/Released).

Daniel Wilson, a patient attending Innovative Readiness Training Louisiana Care 2017, smiles after getting his teeth inspected by a Navy Corpsman at Amite High School in Amite, La., July 15, 2017. Several of the patients attending the IRT came for dental services such as fillings, simple dental extractions, screenings for oral cancer and examinations for sports medicine injuries. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Niles Lee/Released) - Daniel Wilson, a patient attending Innovative Readiness Training Louisiana Care 2017, smiles after getting his teeth inspected by a Navy Corpsman at Amite High School in Amite, La., July 15, 2017. Several of the patients attending the IRT came for dental services such as fillings, simple dental extractions, screenings for oral cancer and examinations for sports medicine injuries. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Niles Lee/Released)

Lance Cpl. Xander Gonzalez a data Marine with Marine Wing Support Squadron 473, Marine Aircraft Group 41, 4th Marine Air Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, types code into his computer at Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake during exercise Maple Flag 50, June 2, 2017. When not training at his monthly drill or annual training, Gonzales works as an elementary school computer technician, applying his military occupational specialty to his civilian job. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Niles Lee/Released) - Lance Cpl. Xander Gonzalez a data Marine with Marine Wing Support Squadron 473, Marine Aircraft Group 41, 4th Marine Air Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, types code into his computer at Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake during exercise Maple Flag 50, June 2, 2017. When not training at his monthly drill or annual training, Gonzales works as an elementary school computer technician, applying his military occupational specialty to his civilian job. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Niles Lee/Released)

Col. Ricardo Player (center), the Force Headquarters Group chief of staff, Marine Forces Reserve, speaks to the family of Cpl. Nathan Bryson (left), a Marine Corps veteran who most recently served as a motor transport operator for Headquarters and Support Battalion, School of Infantry East, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, after he was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal in Brook Park, Ohio, April 13, 2017. Bryson was awarded the medal for his actions in 2014 when he and a fellow Marine saved a man from a burning vehicle. The medal is considered the highest medal one can achieve outside of combat and is often times given for daring and selfless acts that put a person in harm’s way. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Dallas Johnson/Released) - Col. Ricardo Player (center), the Force Headquarters Group chief of staff, Marine Forces Reserve, speaks to the family of Cpl. Nathan Bryson (left), a Marine Corps veteran who most recently served as a motor transport operator for Headquarters and Support Battalion, School of Infantry East, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, after he was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal in Brook Park, Ohio, April 13, 2017. Bryson was awarded the medal for his actions in 2014 when he and a fellow Marine saved a man from a burning vehicle. The medal is considered the highest medal one can achieve outside of combat and is often times given for daring and selfless acts that put a person in harm’s way. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Dallas Johnson/Released)

Lt. Gen. Rex C. McMillian, commander of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North, stands with the Marine Corps Reserve Centennial team in front of the Marine Corps Reserve Centennial wall display at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., Nov. 9, 2016. The Centennial team did the leg work to design, research and coordinate the installation of the display in the Pentagon in conjunction with the 100th anniversary of the Marine Corps Reserve, which was celebrated Aug. 29, 2016. For more information on the history and heritage of the Marine Corps Reserve as well as current Marine stories and upcoming Centennial events, please visit www.marines.mil/usmcr100. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ian Leones) - Lt. Gen. Rex C. McMillian, commander of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North, stands with the Marine Corps Reserve Centennial team in front of the Marine Corps Reserve Centennial wall display at the Pentagon, Arlington, Va., Nov. 9, 2016. The Centennial team did the leg work to design, research and coordinate the installation of the display in the Pentagon in conjunction with the 100th anniversary of the Marine Corps Reserve, which was celebrated Aug. 29, 2016. For more information on the history and heritage of the Marine Corps Reserve as well as current Marine stories and upcoming Centennial events, please visit www.marines.mil/usmcr100. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Ian Leones)

Lieutenant General Rex C. McMillian, commander of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North and Brandon Moreno, the community relations manager for the 49ers, walk down the hallway of Levi’s Stadium where retired jersey numbers are displayed, including number 16 for Joe Montana, Nov. 4, 2016. McMillian was invited to observe a 49ers’ practice session in preparation for Sunday’s “Salute to Service” game against the New Orleans Saints at Levi’s Stadium. The half-time show of Sunday’s game will recognize the Marine Forces Reserve Centennial. Today, approximately 500 Reserve Marines are providing fully integrated operational support to Fleet and Combatant Commanders around the world. For more information on the history and heritage of Marine Forces Reserve as well as current Marine stories and upcoming Centennial events, please visit www.marines.mil/usmcr100. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dallas Johnson) - Lieutenant General Rex C. McMillian, commander of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North and Brandon Moreno, the community relations manager for the 49ers, walk down the hallway of Levi’s Stadium where retired jersey numbers are displayed, including number 16 for Joe Montana, Nov. 4, 2016. McMillian was invited to observe a 49ers’ practice session in preparation for Sunday’s “Salute to Service” game against the New Orleans Saints at Levi’s Stadium. The half-time show of Sunday’s game will recognize the Marine Forces Reserve Centennial. Today, approximately 500 Reserve Marines are providing fully integrated operational support to Fleet and Combatant Commanders around the world. For more information on the history and heritage of Marine Forces Reserve as well as current Marine stories and upcoming Centennial events, please visit www.marines.mil/usmcr100. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dallas Johnson)

Marines from the 4th Combat Engineer Battalion receive the 2014 Department of Defense Reserve Family Readiness Award on Feb. 27, 2015, at the Pentagon Hall of Heroes. The DoD RFRA program was established in 2000 to recognize the top unit in each Reserve component that demonstrated outstanding family readiness in support of superior mission readiness. - Marines from the 4th Combat Engineer Battalion receive the 2014 Department of Defense Reserve Family Readiness Award on Feb. 27, 2015, at the Pentagon Hall of Heroes. The DoD RFRA program was established in 2000 to recognize the top unit in each Reserve component that demonstrated outstanding family readiness in support of superior mission readiness.

President Barack Obama is assisted by Lt. Gen. Richard P. Mills, commander of Marine Forces Reserve, and other Marines, to sort toys during a Toys for Tots event at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Dec. 10, 2014. The Toys for Tots drive is a program developed by Marine Forces Reserve to provide needy children with toys for Christmas. - President Barack Obama is assisted by Lt. Gen. Richard P. Mills, commander of Marine Forces Reserve, and other Marines, to sort toys during a Toys for Tots event at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Dec. 10, 2014. The Toys for Tots drive is a program developed by Marine Forces Reserve to provide needy children with toys for Christmas.

Retired Col. James “Rip” Harper (third from left) and Brig. Gen. Patrick Hermesmann, commanding general of 4th Marine Logistics Group (fourth from left), observe the 6th Engineer Support Battalion’s battle color rededication ceremony in Portland, Ore., Nov. 15, 2014.The battalion celebrated the 70th anniversary of its formation with a rededication ceremony and paid homage to Harper, the battalion’s first adjutant. Harper served as the unit’s first adjutant as a first lieutenant in 1944, when the unit was formed in Guadalcanal during World War II. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tiffany Edwards) - Retired Col. James “Rip” Harper (third from left) and Brig. Gen. Patrick Hermesmann, commanding general of 4th Marine Logistics Group (fourth from left), observe the 6th Engineer Support Battalion’s battle color rededication ceremony in Portland, Ore., Nov. 15, 2014.The battalion celebrated the 70th anniversary of its formation with a rededication ceremony and paid homage to Harper, the battalion’s first adjutant. Harper served as the unit’s first adjutant as a first lieutenant in 1944, when the unit was formed in Guadalcanal during World War II. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tiffany Edwards)

Master Sgt. Julia Carlson relays the signal that the line is ready to fire at the Reserve Combat Marksmanship Coaches Course, Oct. 24, 2014 at Weapons Training Battalion in Quantico, Va. Carlson, a marksmanship instructor and competitive shooter with the Marine Corps Reserve Shooting Team, is one of only four women in civilian and military competitive shooting history that is double-distinguished with both the rifle and pistol. - Master Sgt. Julia Carlson relays the signal that the line is ready to fire at the Reserve Combat Marksmanship Coaches Course, Oct. 24, 2014 at Weapons Training Battalion in Quantico, Va. Carlson, a marksmanship instructor and competitive shooter with the Marine Corps Reserve Shooting Team, is one of only four women in civilian and military competitive shooting history that is double-distinguished with both the rifle and pistol.