Readiness

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Davin Stewart, a personnel officer with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command, loads a magazine with rounds during a Combat Pistol Program at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 10, 2020. Marines and Sailors with SPMAGTF-SC are conducting a variety of pre-deployment training events and qualifications in order to enhance crisis response preparedness in and around Latin America and the Caribbean. These events assist the Marines and Sailors with providing security cooperation training and engineering projects alongside Partner Nation military forces in Central and South America. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Andy O. Martinez)