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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. John O’Connor, a native of Pennsylvania and a low-altitude air-defense gunner with 2nd Low-Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Battalion, Marine Air Control Group (MACG) 28, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), reviews his notes while briefing Marines during a Base Defense Zone (BDZ) exercise at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, North Carolina, June 11, 2024. Marines from 2nd LAAD, MACS-24 and Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 271 executed this exercise to enhance confidence and proficiency in BDZ operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Bryan Giraldo)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. John O’Connor, a native of Pennsylvania and a low-altitude air-defense gunner with 2nd Low-Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Battalion, Marine Air Control Group (MACG) 28, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), reviews his notes while briefing Marines during a Base Defense Zone (BDZ) exercise at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, North Carolina, June 11, 2024. Marines from 2nd LAAD, MACS-24 and Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 271 executed this exercise to enhance confidence and proficiency in BDZ operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Bryan Giraldo)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Bryan Giraldo

A U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 167 lands at a landing field during a Base Defense Zone (BDZ) exercise at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, North Carolina, June 11, 2024. Marines from 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Battalion, Marine Air control Squadron (MACS) 24 and Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 271 executed this exercise to enhance confidence and proficiency in BDZ operation (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Bryan Giraldo)

A U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 167 lands at a landing field during a Base Defense Zone (BDZ) exercise at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, North Carolina, June 11, 2024. Marines from 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Battalion, Marine Air control Squadron (MACS) 24 and Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 271 executed this exercise to enhance confidence and proficiency in BDZ operation (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Bryan Giraldo)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Bryan Giraldo

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Ryan McClane, a native of Arizona and a radar technician with Marine Air Control Squadron (MACS) 24, Marine Air Control Group (MACG) 48, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), monitors air space during a Base Defense Zone (BDZ) exercise at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, North Carolina, June 11, 2024. Marines from 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Battalion, MACS-24 and Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 271 executed this exercise to enhance confidence and proficiency in BDZ operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Bryan Giraldo)

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Ryan McClane, a native of Arizona and a radar technician with Marine Air Control Squadron (MACS) 24, Marine Air Control Group (MACG) 48, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), monitors air space during a Base Defense Zone (BDZ) exercise at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, North Carolina, June 11, 2024. Marines from 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Battalion, MACS-24 and Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 271 executed this exercise to enhance confidence and proficiency in BDZ operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Bryan Giraldo)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Bryan Giraldo

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Vernal Emhoolah, left, a native of Texas, and Pfc. Kyle VanSteenbergen, a native of North Carolina, both low-altitude air-defense gunners with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Battalion, Marine Air Control Group (MACG) 28, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), aim a simulated FIM-92 Stinger missile during a Base Defense Zone (BDZ) exercise at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, North Carolina, June 11, 2024. Marines from 2nd LAAD, MACS-24 and Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 271 executed this exercise to enhance confidence and proficiency in BDZ operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Bryan Giraldo)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Vernal Emhoolah, left, a native of Texas, and Pfc. Kyle VanSteenbergen, a native of North Carolina, both low-altitude air-defense gunners with 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense (LAAD) Battalion, Marine Air Control Group (MACG) 28, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), aim a simulated FIM-92 Stinger missile during a Base Defense Zone (BDZ) exercise at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, North Carolina, June 11, 2024. Marines from 2nd LAAD, MACS-24 and Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 271 executed this exercise to enhance confidence and proficiency in BDZ operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Bryan Giraldo)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Bryan Giraldo

Marines from Marine Wing Support Squadron 473 and Soldiers from the 236th Engineer Vertical Construction Company build a semi-prepared runway at Fort Wolters, Texas, on April 7, 2025, to enhance KC-130 pilot training and joint-force collaboration, with completion set for June 2025. (Courtesy photo)

Marines from Marine Wing Support Squadron 473 and Soldiers from the 236th Engineer Vertical Construction Company build a semi-prepared runway at Fort Wolters, Texas, on April 7, 2025, to enhance KC-130 pilot training and joint-force collaboration, with completion set for June 2025. (Courtesy photo)

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Marines from Marine Wing Support Squadron 473 and Soldiers from the 236th Engineer Vertical Construction Company work under floodlights to construct a semi-prepared runway at Fort Wolters, Texas, on April 7, 2025, to enhance KC-130 pilot training and joint-force collaboration, with completion set for June 2025. (Courtesy photo)

Marines from Marine Wing Support Squadron 473 and Soldiers from the 236th Engineer Vertical Construction Company work under floodlights to construct a semi-prepared runway at Fort Wolters, Texas, on April 7, 2025, to enhance KC-130 pilot training and joint-force collaboration, with completion set for June 2025. (Courtesy photo)

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Lance Cpl. Roeen Lian, a rifleman, left, hands ammunition to Cpl. Dylan Rutan, a machine gunner, both with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, during their annual training on Camp Grayling, Mich., Aug. 12, 2020. The training and readiness manual gives guidance on the equipment, ammunition, ranges and support requirements to plan and execute effective training to increase Marines’ lethality. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Leslie Alcaraz)

Lance Cpl. Roeen Lian, a rifleman, left, hands ammunition to Cpl. Dylan Rutan, a machine gunner, both with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, during their annual training on Camp Grayling, Mich., Aug. 12, 2020. The training and readiness manual gives guidance on the equipment, ammunition, ranges and support requirements to plan and execute effective training to increase Marines’ lethality. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Leslie Alcaraz)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Leslie Alcaraz

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Thomas Wilson, a military policeman from Military Police Company B, Headquarters and Service Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, and a Pittsburgh native, tries to penetrate students' formation in a crowd control practice at Barbados Defence Force Base Paragon, Christ Church, Barbados, June 18, 2012, during Exercise Tradewinds 2012. Tradewinds is a multinational, interagency exercise designed to develop and sustain relationships that improve the capacity of U.S., Canadian and 15 Caribbean partner nations security forces to counter transnational crime and provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Thomas Wilson, a military policeman from Military Police Company B, Headquarters and Service Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, and a Pittsburgh native, tries to penetrate students' formation in a crowd control practice at Barbados Defence Force Base Paragon, Christ Church, Barbados, June 18, 2012, during Exercise Tradewinds 2012. Tradewinds is a multinational, interagency exercise designed to develop and sustain relationships that improve the capacity of U.S., Canadian and 15 Caribbean partner nations security forces to counter transnational crime and provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.

Photo by Cpl. Nana Dannsaappiah

U.S. Marine Sgt. Caleb Love, a military policeman from Military Police Company B, Headquarters and Service Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, and a Claysburg, Pa., native, fends off students for a crowd control practice at Barbados Defence Force Base Paragon, Christ Church, Barbados, June 18, 2012, during Exercise Tradewinds 2012. Tradewinds is a multinational, interagency exercise designed to develop and sustain relationships that improve the capacity of U.S., Canadian and 15 Caribbean partner nations security forces to counter transnational crime and provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.

U.S. Marine Sgt. Caleb Love, a military policeman from Military Police Company B, Headquarters and Service Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, and a Claysburg, Pa., native, fends off students for a crowd control practice at Barbados Defence Force Base Paragon, Christ Church, Barbados, June 18, 2012, during Exercise Tradewinds 2012. Tradewinds is a multinational, interagency exercise designed to develop and sustain relationships that improve the capacity of U.S., Canadian and 15 Caribbean partner nations security forces to counter transnational crime and provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.

Photo by Cpl. Nana Dannsaappiah

U.S. Marine Sgt. Andrew Notbohm, a military policeman from Military Police Company B, Headquarters and Service Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, and a Moon Township, Pa. native, shares tightens screws of riot shields during a crowd control practice at Barbados Defence Force Base Paragon, Christ Church, Barbados, June 18, 2012, for Exercise Tradewinds 2012. Tradewinds is a multinational, interagency exercise designed to develop and sustain relationships that improve the capacity of U.S., Canadian and 15 Caribbean partner nations security forces to counter transnational crime and provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.

U.S. Marine Sgt. Andrew Notbohm, a military policeman from Military Police Company B, Headquarters and Service Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, and a Moon Township, Pa. native, shares tightens screws of riot shields during a crowd control practice at Barbados Defence Force Base Paragon, Christ Church, Barbados, June 18, 2012, for Exercise Tradewinds 2012. Tradewinds is a multinational, interagency exercise designed to develop and sustain relationships that improve the capacity of U.S., Canadian and 15 Caribbean partner nations security forces to counter transnational crime and provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.

Photo by Cpl. Nana Dannsaappiah

U.S. Marine Sgt. Andrew Mercer, a military policeman from Military Police Company B, Headquarters and Service Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, and an Allentown, Pa. native, leads students during a crowd control practice at Barbados Defence Force Base Paragon, Christ Church, Barbados, June 18, 2012, for Exercise Tradewinds 2012. Tradewinds is a multinational, interagency exercise designed to develop and sustain relationships that improve the capacity of U.S., Canadian and 15 Caribbean partner nations security forces to counter transnational crime and provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.

U.S. Marine Sgt. Andrew Mercer, a military policeman from Military Police Company B, Headquarters and Service Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, and an Allentown, Pa. native, leads students during a crowd control practice at Barbados Defence Force Base Paragon, Christ Church, Barbados, June 18, 2012, for Exercise Tradewinds 2012. Tradewinds is a multinational, interagency exercise designed to develop and sustain relationships that improve the capacity of U.S., Canadian and 15 Caribbean partner nations security forces to counter transnational crime and provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.

Photo by Cpl. Nana Dannsaappiah

U.S. Marine Sgt. Andrew Mercer, a military policeman from Military Police Company B, Headquarters and Service Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, and an Allentown, Pa. native, leads students during a crowd control practice at Barbados Defence Force Base Paragon, Christ Church, Barbados, June 18, 2012, for Exercise Tradewinds 2012. Tradewinds is a multinational, interagency exercise designed to develop and sustain relationships that improve the capacity of U.S., Canadian and 15 Caribbean partner nations security forces to counter transnational crime and provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.

U.S. Marine Sgt. Andrew Mercer, a military policeman from Military Police Company B, Headquarters and Service Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, and an Allentown, Pa. native, leads students during a crowd control practice at Barbados Defence Force Base Paragon, Christ Church, Barbados, June 18, 2012, for Exercise Tradewinds 2012. Tradewinds is a multinational, interagency exercise designed to develop and sustain relationships that improve the capacity of U.S., Canadian and 15 Caribbean partner nations security forces to counter transnational crime and provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.

Photo by Cpl. Nana Dannsaappiah

Lt. Gen. David G. Bellon, Commander, Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES), tours Camp Talega with Col. Craig C. Ullman, Commanding Officer, Reserve Support Unit-West (RSU-West), aboard Camp Pendleton, California on Dec. 17, 2020. RSU-West conducts pre- and post-deployment processing of Individual Augments and activated Reserve units in order to support Service manpower requirements that enable integration of the Total Force during mobilization. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by LCpl. Ryan Schmid)

Lt. Gen. David G. Bellon, Commander, Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES), tours Camp Talega with Col. Craig C. Ullman, Commanding Officer, Reserve Support Unit-West (RSU-West), aboard Camp Pendleton, California on Dec. 17, 2020. RSU-West conducts pre- and post-deployment processing of Individual Augments and activated Reserve units in order to support Service manpower requirements that enable integration of the Total Force during mobilization. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by LCpl. Ryan Schmid)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Schmid

Lt. Gen. David G. Bellon, Commander, Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES), tours Camp Talega with Col. Craig C. Ullman, Commanding Officer, Reserve Support Unit-West (RSU-West), aboard Camp Pendleton, California on Dec. 17, 2020. RSU-West conducts pre- and post-deployment processing of Individual Augments and activated Reserve units in order to support service manpower requirements that enable integration of the Total Force during mobilization. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by LCpl. Ryan Schmid) (U.S. Marine Corps photo by LCpl. Ryan Schmid)

Lt. Gen. David G. Bellon, Commander, Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES), tours Camp Talega with Col. Craig C. Ullman, Commanding Officer, Reserve Support Unit-West (RSU-West), aboard Camp Pendleton, California on Dec. 17, 2020. RSU-West conducts pre- and post-deployment processing of Individual Augments and activated Reserve units in order to support service manpower requirements that enable integration of the Total Force during mobilization. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by LCpl. Ryan Schmid) (U.S. Marine Corps photo by LCpl. Ryan Schmid)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Schmid

Maj. Gen. David W. Maxwell, commander of Marine Corps Installations Command and assistant deputy commandant of Installations and Logistics (left) meets with Lt. Gen. David G. Bellon, commander of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces South and Executive Director of MARFORRES and MARFORSOUTH, Gregg Habel, to learn more about the Marine Corps Reserve while visiting Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, Feb. 27, 2023. Maxwell visited the facility to discuss the MARFORRES facility portfolio and how it fits into the larger installation enterprise. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Ashley Corbo)

Maj. Gen. David W. Maxwell, commander of Marine Corps Installations Command and assistant deputy commandant of Installations and Logistics (left) meets with Lt. Gen. David G. Bellon, commander of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces South and Executive Director of MARFORRES and MARFORSOUTH, Gregg Habel, to learn more about the Marine Corps Reserve while visiting Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, Feb. 27, 2023. Maxwell visited the facility to discuss the MARFORRES facility portfolio and how it fits into the larger installation enterprise. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Ashley Corbo)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ashley Corbo

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Len Anderson, commanding general of 4th Marine Aircraft Wing , and Marine Veteran, Cpl. Roland Scarinci, pose for a photo after presenting a letter of appreciation signed by the Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. David H. Berger, during his 100th birthday celebration at the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #5 in Philadelphia, PA, Feb. 18, 2023. Scarinci turned 100 years old Feb. 18, 2023. He served the United States Marine Corps honorably during WWII from Dec. 14, 1942, to Feb. 19, 1946. He was stationed at Marine Barracks Washington "8th & I" and later deployed to the Pacific Theater with the 1st Marine Division where he engaged in the Battle of Okinawa and the occupation of China. This ceremony was to honor Scarinci’s service to the Marine Corps and Nation during the war. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Sarah Pysher)

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Len Anderson, commanding general of 4th Marine Aircraft Wing , and Marine Veteran, Cpl. Roland Scarinci, pose for a photo after presenting a letter of appreciation signed by the Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. David H. Berger, during his 100th birthday celebration at the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #5 in Philadelphia, PA, Feb. 18, 2023. Scarinci turned 100 years old Feb. 18, 2023. He served the United States Marine Corps honorably during WWII from Dec. 14, 1942, to Feb. 19, 1946. He was stationed at Marine Barracks Washington "8th & I" and later deployed to the Pacific Theater with the 1st Marine Division where he engaged in the Battle of Okinawa and the occupation of China. This ceremony was to honor Scarinci’s service to the Marine Corps and Nation during the war. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Sarah Pysher)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Sarah Pysher

Cpl. Heath Wiseman, a professionally instructed gunman with 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, engages his target at range 205 during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 4-21 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California on July 21, 2021. ITX is the culmination of Marine Forces Reserve units’ training cycle as they participate in a live-fire, combined arms exercise as a part of an integrated Marine Air Ground Task Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. David Intriago)

Cpl. Heath Wiseman, a professionally instructed gunman with 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, engages his target at range 205 during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 4-21 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California on July 21, 2021. ITX is the culmination of Marine Forces Reserve units’ training cycle as they participate in a live-fire, combined arms exercise as a part of an integrated Marine Air Ground Task Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. David Intriago)

Photo by Lance Cpl. David Intriago

Cpl. Noah Enderle, a professionally instructed gunman with 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines, 4th Marine Division, fires his rifle at range 205 during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 4-21 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California on July 21, 2021. ITX is the culmination of Marine Forces Reserve units’ training cycle as they participate in a live-fire, combined arms exercise as a part of an integrated Marine Air Ground Task Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. David Intriago)

Cpl. Noah Enderle, a professionally instructed gunman with 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines, 4th Marine Division, fires his rifle at range 205 during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 4-21 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California on July 21, 2021. ITX is the culmination of Marine Forces Reserve units’ training cycle as they participate in a live-fire, combined arms exercise as a part of an integrated Marine Air Ground Task Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. David Intriago)

Photo by Lance Cpl. David Intriago

Cpl. Noah Enderle, a professionally instructed gunman with 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines, 4th Marine Division, sights in on his target at range 205 during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 4-21 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California on July 21, 2021. ITX is the culmination of Marine Forces Reserve units’ training cycle as they participate in a live-fire, combined arms exercise as a part of an integrated Marine Air Ground Task Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Jestin Costa)

Cpl. Noah Enderle, a professionally instructed gunman with 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines, 4th Marine Division, sights in on his target at range 205 during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 4-21 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California on July 21, 2021. ITX is the culmination of Marine Forces Reserve units’ training cycle as they participate in a live-fire, combined arms exercise as a part of an integrated Marine Air Ground Task Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Jestin Costa)

Photo by Lance Cpl. David Intriago

Marines with 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines, 4th Marine Division, set up their weapon systems at range 205 during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 4-21 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California on July 21, 2021. ITX is the culmination of Marine Forces Reserve units’ training cycle as they participate in a live-fire, combined arms exercise as a part of an integrated Marine Air Ground Task Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Jestin Costa)

Marines with 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines, 4th Marine Division, set up their weapon systems at range 205 during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 4-21 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California on July 21, 2021. ITX is the culmination of Marine Forces Reserve units’ training cycle as they participate in a live-fire, combined arms exercise as a part of an integrated Marine Air Ground Task Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Jestin Costa)

Photo by Lance Cpl. David Intriago