Readiness

Marines with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division prepare to debark a Dutch landing craft utility, March 9. The LCU carried them from Her Netherlands Majesty's Ship Rotterdam. Company K was in Norway March 4-24 for Exercise Cold Response 2012. The multinational invitational event focused on rehearsing conventional-warfare operations in winter conditions and exercising interoperability with the NATO allies. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Marcin Platek)