Readiness

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jacob L. Dewey, platoon sergeant, Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, calls in a medical evacuation for a simulated scenario where a Marine is shot in the chest during range 410 alpha at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, June 13, 2024. ITX is a live-fire and maneuver combined arms exercise designed to train battalion and squadron-sized units in tactics, techniques, and procedures that provides a sustainable and ready operational Reserve force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Orion Stpierre)