Lethality

U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Maj. Edwin A. Mota, command senior enlisted leader for Marine Forces Reserve, reads a promotion warrant during the frocking ceremony of Col. Joseph A. Katz, the chief of staff for Marine Forces Reserve, at Marine Corps Support Facility, New Orleans, May 9, 2025. Frocking is a tradition where Marines are advanced to the next pay grade, assuming the title and the responsibilities prior to their official date of promotion. Katz was frocked to the rank of brigadier general. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Van Hoang)