Readiness

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Leonard F. Anderson IV, Duluth, Minnesota native, commander of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces South, greets leadership with 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, during an adversarial force exercise at Marine Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 2, 2024. Anderson met with leadership to discuss the unit’s upcoming deployment to Okinawa, Japan, in support of the Marine Corps’ Unit Deployment Program. This marks the first time since 2020 an entire Reserve infantry battalion has been activated to support the UDP. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Madisyn Paschal)