Northern Strike

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Taylor J. Dagostino, mess management chief, Headquarters Company, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, prepares food for the warrior meal at Integrated Training Exercise 4-24, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, June 23, 2024. Active and reserve component integration is vital to sharing knowledge and demonstrating how the two support each other. Reserve Marines and Sailors have come together from across the nation to form an integrated Marine Air-Ground Task Force to take part in a live-fire, combined arms exercise that will better prepare Marine Forces Reserve in its mission to augment and reinforce the active component. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Orion Stpierre)