2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve poses for a photo during a Veteran’s Day and Marine Forces Reserve Centennial celebration at Pasadena City Hall, Nov. 11, 2016. The Marine Corps Reserve marked 100 years of service on Aug. 29, 2016. For information on the history and heritage of the Marine Corps Reserve as well as current Marine stories and upcoming Centennial events, please visit www.marines.mil/usmcr100. - 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve poses for a photo during a Veteran’s Day and Marine Forces Reserve Centennial celebration at Pasadena City Hall, Nov. 11, 2016. The Marine Corps Reserve marked 100 years of service on Aug. 29, 2016. For information on the history and heritage of the Marine Corps Reserve as well as current Marine stories and upcoming Centennial events, please visit www.marines.mil/usmcr100.

Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C. - Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa recieve a fairwell speech from Brig. Gen. Burke Whitman, deputy commanding general of mobilization for II Marine Expeditionary Force and an Atlanta, Ga., native, here, Jan. 8, 2013. Special-Purpose MAGTF Africa deployed to conduct theater security cooperation and limited crisis response missions in support of U.S. Africa Command. - Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C. - Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Africa recieve a fairwell speech from Brig. Gen. Burke Whitman, deputy commanding general of mobilization for II Marine Expeditionary Force and an Atlanta, Ga., native, here, Jan. 8, 2013. Special-Purpose MAGTF Africa deployed to conduct theater security cooperation and limited crisis response missions in support of U.S. Africa Command.