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Marine Forces Reserve Band New Orleans’ officer-in-charge, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Bryan Sherlock, conducts the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra during LPO and MFR Band New Orleans performance of “Swing in the Oaks,” April 25. This historic concert was the first time these two organizations had performed together in either institution’s history.

Marine Forces Reserve Band New Orleans’ officer-in-charge, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Bryan Sherlock, conducts the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra during LPO and MFR Band New Orleans performance of “Swing in the Oaks,” April 25. This historic concert was the first time these two organizations had performed together in either institution’s history.

Photo by Cpl Fenton Reese

Maj. Gen. Thomas Katkus, adjutant general for the Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, talks with Lance Cpl. Moises Zepedaserrano of 4th Medical Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, and Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class David Pereira, hospital man, 4th Dental Bn., 4th MLG, MARFORRES, at the Noorvik School, April 20. Katkus was one the distinguished visitors who traveled to three of the 12 Alaskan villages taking part in Innovative Readiness Training Arctic Care 2013. The exercise is a multi-service humanitarian and training program that focuses on enhancing the capability of U.S. forces in peacetime support operations, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. IRT Arctic Care brings medical, dental and veterinary aid to 12 rural villages in Alaska. The exercise is primarily a Reserve effort with Marine Forces Reserve taking the lead and receiving logistical and medical support from the National Guard, Army Reserve, Navy Reserve and Air Force Reserve.

Maj. Gen. Thomas Katkus, adjutant general for the Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, talks with Lance Cpl. Moises Zepedaserrano of 4th Medical Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, and Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class David Pereira, hospital man, 4th Dental Bn., 4th MLG, MARFORRES, at the Noorvik School, April 20. Katkus was one the distinguished visitors who traveled to three of the 12 Alaskan villages taking part in Innovative Readiness Training Arctic Care 2013. The exercise is a multi-service humanitarian and training program that focuses on enhancing the capability of U.S. forces in peacetime support operations, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. IRT Arctic Care brings medical, dental and veterinary aid to 12 rural villages in Alaska. The exercise is primarily a Reserve effort with Marine Forces Reserve taking the lead and receiving logistical and medical support from the National Guard, Army Reserve, Navy Reserve and Air Force Reserve.

Photo by Cpl Marcin Platek

Brig. Gen. James Mason, deputy commander of operations for 807th Medical Command, Army Reserve; Col. Hunt Kerrigan, commander of 38th Troop Command, Alaska National Guard; Army Maj. Gen. Thomas Katkus, adjutant general for the Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs; and Navy Capt. Karen Trueblood, director of Innovative Readiness Training, Office of Secretary of Defense, Reserve Affairs; observe Spc. Karen Green, veterinary technician, 109th Medical Detachment Veterinary Services, as she prepares a dog for a surgery here, April 20. Mason, Kerrigan, Katkus and Trueblood were some of the distinguished visitors who traveled to three of the 12 Alaskan villages taking part in IRT Arctic Care 2013. IRT Arctic Care is a multi-service humanitarian and training program that focuses on enhancing the capability of U.S. forces in peacetime support operations, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. IRT Arctic Care brings medical, dental and veterinary aid to 12 rural villages in Alaska. The exercise is primarily a Reserve effort with Marine Forces Reserve taking the lead and receiving logistical and medical support from the National Guard, Army Reserve, Navy Reserve and Air Force Reserve.

Brig. Gen. James Mason, deputy commander of operations for 807th Medical Command, Army Reserve; Col. Hunt Kerrigan, commander of 38th Troop Command, Alaska National Guard; Army Maj. Gen. Thomas Katkus, adjutant general for the Alaska Department of Military and Veterans Affairs; and Navy Capt. Karen Trueblood, director of Innovative Readiness Training, Office of Secretary of Defense, Reserve Affairs; observe Spc. Karen Green, veterinary technician, 109th Medical Detachment Veterinary Services, as she prepares a dog for a surgery here, April 20. Mason, Kerrigan, Katkus and Trueblood were some of the distinguished visitors who traveled to three of the 12 Alaskan villages taking part in IRT Arctic Care 2013. IRT Arctic Care is a multi-service humanitarian and training program that focuses on enhancing the capability of U.S. forces in peacetime support operations, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. IRT Arctic Care brings medical, dental and veterinary aid to 12 rural villages in Alaska. The exercise is primarily a Reserve effort with Marine Forces Reserve taking the lead and receiving logistical and medical support from the National Guard, Army Reserve, Navy Reserve and Air Force Reserve.

Photo by Cpl Marcin Platek

Brig. Gen. James Mason, deputy commander of operations for 807th Medical Command, Army Reserve, and other distinguished visitors look at a berthing area in the Selawik School, April 20. Service members participating in Innovative Readiness Training Arctic Care 2013 have to sleep in makeshift berthing areas whenever they travel to a remote village as part of their training. IRT Arctic Care is a multi-service humanitarian and training program that focuses on enhancing the capability of U.S. forces in peacetime support operations, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. IRT Arctic Care brings medical, dental and veterinary aid to 12 rural villages in Alaska. The exercise is primarily a Reserve effort with Marine Forces Reserve taking the lead and receiving logistical and medical support from the National Guard, Army Reserve, Navy Reserve and Air Force Reserve.

Brig. Gen. James Mason, deputy commander of operations for 807th Medical Command, Army Reserve, and other distinguished visitors look at a berthing area in the Selawik School, April 20. Service members participating in Innovative Readiness Training Arctic Care 2013 have to sleep in makeshift berthing areas whenever they travel to a remote village as part of their training. IRT Arctic Care is a multi-service humanitarian and training program that focuses on enhancing the capability of U.S. forces in peacetime support operations, humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. IRT Arctic Care brings medical, dental and veterinary aid to 12 rural villages in Alaska. The exercise is primarily a Reserve effort with Marine Forces Reserve taking the lead and receiving logistical and medical support from the National Guard, Army Reserve, Navy Reserve and Air Force Reserve.

Photo by Cpl Marcin Platek

Cpl. Tyler Henscheid, a combat engineer with 4th Medical Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, ice fishes in the middle of Kotzebue Sound, April 17. Henscheid, a native of Westphalia, Iowa, and 11 other service members participating in Innovative Readiness Training Arctic Care 2013 spent nearly two hours trying to catch sea fish but came up empty-handed.

Cpl. Tyler Henscheid, a combat engineer with 4th Medical Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, ice fishes in the middle of Kotzebue Sound, April 17. Henscheid, a native of Westphalia, Iowa, and 11 other service members participating in Innovative Readiness Training Arctic Care 2013 spent nearly two hours trying to catch sea fish but came up empty-handed.

Photo by Cpl Marcin Platek

Cpl. Jesus Godiez of 4th Medical Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, helps a local child empty an ice hole he helped dig April 17. Godiez and other service members participating in Innovative Readiness Training Arctic Care 2013 were invited to ice fish after working hours.

Cpl. Jesus Godiez of 4th Medical Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, helps a local child empty an ice hole he helped dig April 17. Godiez and other service members participating in Innovative Readiness Training Arctic Care 2013 were invited to ice fish after working hours.

Photo by Cpl. Marcin Platek

A sailor with 4th Medical Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve holds an Inupiaq fishing rod as other service members dig a hole in the ice covering Kotzebue Sound, April 17. Marines and sailors used these authentic Native American ice fishing rods made out of wood to catch 3 fish, April 11, but unsuccessfully did not catch anything on the following fishing trip, April 17.

A sailor with 4th Medical Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve holds an Inupiaq fishing rod as other service members dig a hole in the ice covering Kotzebue Sound, April 17. Marines and sailors used these authentic Native American ice fishing rods made out of wood to catch 3 fish, April 11, but unsuccessfully did not catch anything on the following fishing trip, April 17.

Photo by Cpl. Marcin Platek

Cpl. Juarez Ordoniez, a ground communications organizational repairer with 4th Medical Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, sits in his snowy foxhole and ice fishes in the outskirts of Kotzebue, Alaska, April 17. Ordoniez, a native of Victorville, Calif., and a handful of other service members participating in Innovative Readiness Training Arctic Care 2013 were invited by the locals to ice fish. On his first try fishing, April 11, Ordoniez caught one sea fish, but this time he came out empty-handed.

Cpl. Juarez Ordoniez, a ground communications organizational repairer with 4th Medical Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, sits in his snowy foxhole and ice fishes in the outskirts of Kotzebue, Alaska, April 17. Ordoniez, a native of Victorville, Calif., and a handful of other service members participating in Innovative Readiness Training Arctic Care 2013 were invited by the locals to ice fish. On his first try fishing, April 11, Ordoniez caught one sea fish, but this time he came out empty-handed.

Photo by Cpl. Marcin Platek

Cpl. Gabriel Castroena, an electrician with 4th Medical Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, and a native of San Bernardino, Calif., helps Jung In, a local fishing enthusiast, dig a hole in ice with an auger on the outskirts of Kotzebue, Alaska, April. 17. In, who invited the Marines to ice fish, said they were really eager to help and handled the machine really well.

Cpl. Gabriel Castroena, an electrician with 4th Medical Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, and a native of San Bernardino, Calif., helps Jung In, a local fishing enthusiast, dig a hole in ice with an auger on the outskirts of Kotzebue, Alaska, April. 17. In, who invited the Marines to ice fish, said they were really eager to help and handled the machine really well.

Photo by Cpl. Marcin Platek

The Marine Corps color guard opened the 2013 All-American high school game at New Orleans Arena here, April 6, as a part of the Women Basketball Coaches Association Conference. Staff Sgt. Tyrone Hendrickson lead Sgts. Jerry West, Josue Castillo, and Colbert Jackson on the team from Marine Corps Recruiting Station, Baton Rouge.

The Marine Corps color guard opened the 2013 All-American high school game at New Orleans Arena here, April 6, as a part of the Women Basketball Coaches Association Conference. Staff Sgt. Tyrone Hendrickson lead Sgts. Jerry West, Josue Castillo, and Colbert Jackson on the team from Marine Corps Recruiting Station, Baton Rouge.

Photo by Cpl. Adwin Esters

Maj. Karen Walker, of Bay Shore, N.Y., explains how the Marine Corps puts on leadership and training workshops at schools across the country to an interested college coach, here, April 6. Walker lead the effort at the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association 2013 conference held in conjunction with the NCAA Women’s championship.

Maj. Karen Walker, of Bay Shore, N.Y., explains how the Marine Corps puts on leadership and training workshops at schools across the country to an interested college coach, here, April 6. Walker lead the effort at the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association 2013 conference held in conjunction with the NCAA Women’s championship.

Photo by Cpl. Adwin Esters

Maj. Karen Walker, of Bay Shore, N.Y., spent time speaking with attendees at the Women Basketball Coaches Association 2013 conference here, April 6. Walker played basketball at San Diego Christian College then went on to the All-Marine team winning a silver medal in the Armed Forces Basketball women’s championship in 2006.

Maj. Karen Walker, of Bay Shore, N.Y., spent time speaking with attendees at the Women Basketball Coaches Association 2013 conference here, April 6. Walker played basketball at San Diego Christian College then went on to the All-Marine team winning a silver medal in the Armed Forces Basketball women’s championship in 2006.

Photo by Cpl. Adwin Esters

Marines and sailors pose with Moreau and his roommate, Vietnam veteran and former Marine Lance Cpl. Robert Brunson, March 28, 2013. Marines and sailors volunteered to visit the home for the first time in 2011 after hearing that residents felt forgotten by their respective military branches. This is the second group to visit the home and more trips are being planned, said Beverly Boyd, MARFORRES protocol officer and organizer of the trip.

Marines and sailors pose with Moreau and his roommate, Vietnam veteran and former Marine Lance Cpl. Robert Brunson, March 28, 2013. Marines and sailors volunteered to visit the home for the first time in 2011 after hearing that residents felt forgotten by their respective military branches. This is the second group to visit the home and more trips are being planned, said Beverly Boyd, MARFORRES protocol officer and organizer of the trip.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Tiffany Edwards

Marine Forces Reserve Marines and sailors pose with retired sailor Daniel Becnel at the Southeast Louisiana War Veterans’ Home March 28, 2013. The home houses veterans from all military branches, providing medical care and for some, a place to meet with younger generations of service members and to remember their past service.

Marine Forces Reserve Marines and sailors pose with retired sailor Daniel Becnel at the Southeast Louisiana War Veterans’ Home March 28, 2013. The home houses veterans from all military branches, providing medical care and for some, a place to meet with younger generations of service members and to remember their past service.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Tiffany Edwards

Marine Korean war veteran, Tommy Moreau, approaches a group of Marines and sailors waiting for him outside his room at the Southeast Louisiana War Veterans’ home, March 28, 2013. Many veterans at the home do not get visitors often and appreciate when service members come to visit them.

Marine Korean war veteran, Tommy Moreau, approaches a group of Marines and sailors waiting for him outside his room at the Southeast Louisiana War Veterans’ home, March 28, 2013. Many veterans at the home do not get visitors often and appreciate when service members come to visit them.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Tiffany Edwards

Lt. Gen. Steven A. Hummer, commander of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North, and Sgt. Maj. James E. Booker, sergeant major of MARFORRES and MARFORNORTH, escort Cedric and Monica Givens, the king and queen of Krewe of Zulu, aboard a Coast Guard Cutter Barbara Mabrity, Feb. 11, 2013. Hummer and Booker, along with Coast Guard Rear Adm. Roy A. Nash, commander of Eight Coast Guard District, and Army Maj. Gen. Glenn H. Curtis, adjutant general for the Louisiana National Guard, transported King Zulu to Woldenberg Park here and Rex to Spanish Plaza here. The effort to bring the kings to their respective parade festivals was part of the ongoing Mardi Gras celebrations happening in New Orleans, which concludes February 12, 2013.

Lt. Gen. Steven A. Hummer, commander of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North, and Sgt. Maj. James E. Booker, sergeant major of MARFORRES and MARFORNORTH, escort Cedric and Monica Givens, the king and queen of Krewe of Zulu, aboard a Coast Guard Cutter Barbara Mabrity, Feb. 11, 2013. Hummer and Booker, along with Coast Guard Rear Adm. Roy A. Nash, commander of Eight Coast Guard District, and Army Maj. Gen. Glenn H. Curtis, adjutant general for the Louisiana National Guard, transported King Zulu to Woldenberg Park here and Rex to Spanish Plaza here. The effort to bring the kings to their respective parade festivals was part of the ongoing Mardi Gras celebrations happening in New Orleans, which concludes February 12, 2013.

Photo by Cpl. Marcin Platek

Will Price, a curator for Marine Corps League Detachment 565, talks with Donald Rollette, a fellow detachment member, about the artifacts in the detachment’s 600 square-foot museum, November 16, 2012. Rollette is very active in the community and the Marine league Rollette owns a personal museum as well, which is located in the basement of his home. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Marcin Platek/Released)

Will Price, a curator for Marine Corps League Detachment 565, talks with Donald Rollette, a fellow detachment member, about the artifacts in the detachment’s 600 square-foot museum, November 16, 2012. Rollette is very active in the community and the Marine league Rollette owns a personal museum as well, which is located in the basement of his home. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Marcin Platek/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Marcin Platek

Members of the Marine Corps League Detachment 565 share a laugh during the monthly meeting, Nov. 16, 2012. The meetings take place in an old firehouse built in 1901 they bought from the City of Baltimore more than 20 years ago. During monthly meetings, members talk about awards and funding for their support programs such as Food for Needy, Raven’s Roost, and the Francis Scott Key Elementary/Middle School scholarship program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Marcin Platek/Released)

Members of the Marine Corps League Detachment 565 share a laugh during the monthly meeting, Nov. 16, 2012. The meetings take place in an old firehouse built in 1901 they bought from the City of Baltimore more than 20 years ago. During monthly meetings, members talk about awards and funding for their support programs such as Food for Needy, Raven’s Roost, and the Francis Scott Key Elementary/Middle School scholarship program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Marcin Platek/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Marcin Platek

Will Price, a curator for Marine Corps League Detachment 565, reminisces about the gold Marine emblems belonging to Lt. Gen. Lewis “Chesty” Puller, kept in the detachment’s museum. The 600 square-foot museum consists of uniform and historical items. Marine Corps history is represented by an exhibit for each major conflict, containing authentic memorabilia. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Marcin Platek/Released)

Will Price, a curator for Marine Corps League Detachment 565, reminisces about the gold Marine emblems belonging to Lt. Gen. Lewis “Chesty” Puller, kept in the detachment’s museum. The 600 square-foot museum consists of uniform and historical items. Marine Corps history is represented by an exhibit for each major conflict, containing authentic memorabilia. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Marcin Platek/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Marcin Platek

Jack Colleran, the chief-of-staff for Marine Corps League Detachment 565, Baltimore, observes the crowd during the monthly meeting, Nov. 16, 2012. Colleran, who spent 32 years in the Marine Corps Reserve and retired as a sergeant major, has been with the detachment since they purchased the Marine Corps League building more than 20 years ago. From this facility, the members of the detachment help out their fellow Marines, children, needy and their community. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Marcin Platek/Released)

Jack Colleran, the chief-of-staff for Marine Corps League Detachment 565, Baltimore, observes the crowd during the monthly meeting, Nov. 16, 2012. Colleran, who spent 32 years in the Marine Corps Reserve and retired as a sergeant major, has been with the detachment since they purchased the Marine Corps League building more than 20 years ago. From this facility, the members of the detachment help out their fellow Marines, children, needy and their community. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Marcin Platek/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Marcin Platek