Readiness

Robert Kirk, a trail guide from Noatak, Alaska, leads the Marines with Delta Company, 4th Law Enforcement Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve, down a trail from Noatak to Kotzebue, Alaska, Dec. 14, 2021. The “Alaska Marines” went to Alaska’s Northwest Arctic Borough and traveled by snowmobile and aircraft to dress as Santa Claus and deliver toys to children in remote villages belonging to Alaskan Natives. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brendan Mullin)