RILEY XANTEN II

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Leonard F. Anderson IV, left, Duluth, Minnesota native, commander of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces South, tours the combat operations center alongside Capt. Travis Stoy, right, infantry officer, Echo Company, 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, during an adversarial force exercise at Marine Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 2, 2024. The unit will spend the coming months focusing on different military operations in an urban terrain to prepare for its deployment to Okinawa, Japan, ensuring the Marines are fully manned, trained and equipped to meet mission challenges. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Madisyn Paschal)