Cpl. Carlos Vasquez, a heavy equipment operator with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Southern Command, conducts morning maintenance inspection during a general exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 13, 2020. Daily equipment inspections are essential to the life and dependability of machinery. The GENEX includes training events such as engineering projects and evacuation control center training scenarios that will help build the SPMAGTF-SC for their final certification exercise. These training events also provide the Marines and Sailors with real-world scenarios to prepare them for their deployment to assist partner nation militaries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Vasquez is a native of Stockton, California. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Benjamin D. Larsen)