Readiness

Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jenna Bentle, a corpsman with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command, studies the Fleet Marine Force Warfare handbook during a command post exercise at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 6, 2020. The CPX improves war-fighting capabilities while conducting realistic training to exercise command and control. SPMAGTF-SC will be deployed into the Southern Command area of operation to provide crisis response preparedness efforts, security cooperation training and engineering events to help strengthen relations with partner nations throughout Central and South America. Bentle is a native of Green Bay, Wisconsin. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Andy O. Martinez)