Lance Cpl. Angel Montanez, an embarkation specialist with Marine Wing Support Squadron 472, is awarded a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal in a battalion formation, during Integrated Training Exercise 4-23 at Marine Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, CA, June 18, 2023. Montanez a native of Canadaigua, NY and graduate of Red Jacket High School earned this award by applying his Marine Corps Martial Arts belt as a tourniquet to save a person’s life after a vehicle accident. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Capt. Mark Andries)

Lt. Col. Johansen, the commanding officer of Marine Wing Support Squadron 472, Marine Air Group 49, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, presents two Estonian Officers with challenge coins for their time training with MWSS 472 during Integrated Training Exercise 4-23 at Marine Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, CA, June 18, 2023. ITX is the Marine Corps Reserve’s premier annual training event, ITX provides opportunities to mobilize geographically dispersed forces for a deployment; increase combat readiness and lethality; and exercise MAGTF command and control of battalions and squadrons across the full spectrum of warfare. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Capt. Mark Andries)