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Marines


Maple Resolve

This page archives news and photos from Exercise Maple Resolve in 2019. It highlights deployments and training, showcasing MARFORRES operational readiness and global engagement with partner nations.

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Maple Resolve is an annual exercise, 3-week multinational simulated war, hosted by the Canadian Army bringing NATO allies together from across the world to share and learn tactics while strengthening foreign military ties.

 

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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Darby J. Noonan, the outgoing sergeant major of Force Headquarters Group, holds the noncommissioned officer’s sword during a relief and appointment ceremony at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, Oct. 3, 2019. Noonan relinquished his duties to Sgt. Maj. Michael S. Payne, the incoming sergeant major of FHG. Payne came to Marine Forces Reserve from his previous command of Staff Noncommissioned Officer Academy in Okinawa, Japan, where he served as the director. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Andy O. Martinez)