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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.

 

Joseph A. Katz Frocking Ceremony to Brigadier General

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Joseph A. Katz, center, the chief of staff for Marine Forces Reserve, is pinned by family and friends during his frocking ceremony 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)
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Tags: MarForRes, Force Headquarters Group, Promotion, CEREMONY, NEW ORLEANS, frocking
Photo by: Lance Cpl. Van Hoang |  VIRIN: 250509-M-VH127-1531.JPG
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