Readiness

Lt. Col. Charles Daniel, the executive officer for Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 773, speaks during Lance Cpl. Nicholas Smarr’s Navy and Marine Corps Medal presentation ceremony at Georgia Southwestern State University in Americus, Ga., Dec. 7, 2018. Smarr, a Reserve Marine, was posthumously awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for his actions that cost him his life two years ago while serving as a police officer for the Americus Police Department. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Niles Lee)