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Marines with 1/12 talk about the Direct Affiliation Program - U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Luis Gomez, a Wheeling, Illinois native and field artillery fire direction control Marine with 1st Battalion, 12th Marines, 3d Marine Division, speaks to Staff Sgt. Ramon Santiago, a Yorktown, Virginia native and joint terminal attack controller with 1st Battalion, 12th Marines, 3d Marine Division, about the Direct Affiliation Program (DAP) on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, May 12, 2023. The DAP affords qualified active component Marines the opportunity to affiliate with a Selected Marine Corps Reserve unit or the Individual Mobilization Augmentee program following their expiration of active service with no break in service. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Eric Huynh)

Reserve Marine Foils DC-area Human Trafficking Ring Just Hours Before Fitness Test - Marines of Marine Advisor Company A, Force Headquarters Group, take part in a military awards ceremony on Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, D.C., May 5, 2023. One of the four Marines being recognized thwarted a transnational criminal human trafficking organization while drilling with his unit that weekend by identifying the signs of exploitation and ultimately freeing a handful of young teenage women with the Virginia Human Trafficking Task Force. (U.S. Marine Corps image provided by MCAC-A).

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Marine Innovation Unit - Unit Logo - Marine Innovation Unit - Unit Logo

4th MLG Innovation Conference - U.S. Marines with 4th Marine Logistics Group meet with the representatives from the Capital factory as part of an innovation strategy writing conference in Austin, Texas, March 10, 2023. Marines with 4th Marine Logistics Group, came together to develop an innovation strategy and establish a program to develop the Marine Corps reserves capabilities and human talent, to bring in and employ emerging innovative technology. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Juan Carpanzano)

Cpl. Roland Scarinci Celebrated on his 100th Birthday - U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Len Anderson, commanding general of 4th Marine Aircraft Wing , and Marine Veteran, Cpl. Roland Scarinci, pose for a photo after presenting a letter of appreciation signed by the Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. David H. Berger, during his 100th birthday celebration at the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #5 in Philadelphia, PA, Feb. 18, 2023. Scarinci turned 100 years old Feb. 18, 2023. He served the United States Marine Corps honorably during WWII from Dec. 14, 1942, to Feb. 19, 1946. He was stationed at Marine Barracks Washington "8th & I" and later deployed to the Pacific Theater with the 1st Marine Division where he engaged in the Battle of Okinawa and the occupation of China. This ceremony was to honor Scarinci’s service to the Marine Corps and Nation during the war. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Sarah Pysher)

Sgt. Howard awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal - Alex LoRusso, one of the two victims of a car collision saved by Sgt. Joseph Howard, a Yonkers, New York native and an infantry mortarman with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, poses for a photo with Howard, at McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey, Dec. 9, 2022. The Navy and Marine Corps Medal is the highest non-combatant decoration awarded. On Dec 30, 2017, at the time a lance corporal, Howard witnessed a car collision between four vehicles. Victims were trapped in a vehicle that had flipped eight times over a distance of 300 feet. Howard extracted the two unconscious victims from the car that continued to leak fuel. As he moved the second victim to safety, the vehicle was engulfed in flames and exploded. He then reassessed their injuries and provided life-saving first aid until first responders arrived. By his bold initiative and unwavering dedication to duty, Lance Cpl. Howard reflected great credit upon himself and upheld the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and United States Naval Service. LoRusso suffered severe life-threatening injuries but despite the circumstances he was able to recover and is now thriving. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Leslie Alcaraz)

Missouri-based Comm Marines compete in Worldwide Competition Noble Skywave - Missouri-based Comm Marines compete in Worldwide Competition Noble Skywave

Marine Forces Reserve Eyes a New Small Craft Mission - Marine Forces Reserve Eyes a New Small Craft Mission

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Completes Marine Corps Civil Affairs Course - U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Evelyn Palm (right), an Environmental Health Officer assigned to the combined Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) and Marine Forces South (MARFORSOUTH) Health Service Support Staff poses for a photo. Palm recently graduated from the Marine Corps Civil Affairs Course. She is the first Navy Global Health Engagement (GHE)/Force Health Protection Officer to complete the course. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Lt. Cmdr. Evelyn Palm)