Readiness

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Ian Casado, a machine gunner with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marines partakes in a jungle raid drill during Tradewinds 23 at Camp Seweyo, Guyana on July 26, 2023. Tradewinds is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored exercise designed to strengthen partnerships and interoperability, promote human rights, as well as increase all participants' training capacity and capacity to mitigate, plan for and respond to crises and security threats. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Emely Gonzalez)