U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve

Lt. Gen. David G. Bellon, commander, Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North, speaks with Marines facilitating the annual Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) Mega Muster at Madison, Wisconsin, Sept. 12, 2020. Marine Corps Individual Reserve Support Activity conducts IRR Mega Musters in order to help with the recruitment and retention of talent within the IRR. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ashley I. Barreno)

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. David G. Bellon, commander, Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North, and Sgt. Maj. Scott D. Grade, force sergeant major, MARFORRES and MARFORNORTH, speak with the Marines of 3rd Civil Affairs Group, Force Headquarters Group, attending Corporals Course at Great Lakes, Ill., Sept. 11, 2020. Bellon and Grade spoke with the Marines about the importance of small unit leadership, answered questions pertaining to MARFORRES, and awarded challenge coins to selected Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler M. Solak)

Sgt. Parker Wilkinson, a squad leader with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, provides the course of action to his team members through a model of their upcoming range during their annual training exercise on Camp Grayling, Mich., Aug. 17, 2020. The training and readiness manual gives guidance on the equipment, ammunition, ranges and support requirements to plan and execute effective training to increase Marines’ lethality. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Leslie Alcaraz)

Cpl. Jacob America, a machine gunner with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, fires at his target with an M4 carbine rifle during a table five short-distance range as part of their annual training on Camp Grayling, Mich., Aug. 14, 2020. The training and readiness manual gives guidance on the equipment, ammunition, ranges and support requirements to plan and execute effective training to increase Marines’ lethality. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Leslie Alcaraz)

Seaman Stephen Otchere-Danso, a corpsman with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, trips the wire for a M49A1 trip flare during their annual training exercise on Camp Grayling, Mich., Aug. 11, 2020. Over the past few months, small-unit leaders shouldered the additional challenge of mitigating risk to successfully train during a pandemic in order to remain our nation's force in readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Leslie Alcaraz)

Marines with Hotel Battery, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, prepare to bed down for the night after a live-fire range at Fort Pickett, Va., July 18, 2020, during Hotel Battery’s annual training. The Marine Corps Reserves was established on Aug. 29, 1916, after President Woodrow Wilson signed the Naval Appropriations Act of 1916. Since then, the Marine Corps Reserves have been called upon in every major conflict as well serving in humanitarian and security operations across the globe. This photo was created by stacking 75 images taken over the span of 45 minutes together. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Niles Lee)