Readiness

Lance Cpl. Ismael Renteria, a heavy equipment operator with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command, operates a grader during a command post exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 9, 2020. Renteria was refueling the machine prior to parking it for the day. The Marines and Sailors of SPMAGTF-SC use the training opportunity of the CPX to both show their capabilities in a controlled environment and prepare for the upcoming mission. SPMAGTF-SC is poised to conduct crisis response, theater security cooperation, and general engineering training alongside partner nation militaries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Renteria is a native of Atwater, California. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Benjamin D. Larsen)