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U.S. Marines participate in the Combat Logistics Regiment 4 change of command ceremony in Kansas City, Missouri, June 13, 2024. The moment is a tradition that represents the formal transfer of authority, responsibility, and accountability from the out-going officer to the incoming commanding officer. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Alexis Moradian)

U.S. Marines participate in the Combat Logistics Regiment 4 change of command ceremony in Kansas City, Missouri, June 13, 2024. The moment is a tradition that represents the formal transfer of authority, responsibility, and accountability from the out-going officer to the incoming commanding officer. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Alexis Moradian)

Photo by Sgt. Alexis Moradian

Marines and sailors attending the Operational Stress Control and Readiness train-the-trainer course practice conducting the teach-back portion of their certification, March 14, 2018, at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans. In order to become an OSCAR Trainer, the service members have to prove their ability to be able to teach the course and build an OSCAR team. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Samantha Schwoch/released)

Marines and sailors attending the Operational Stress Control and Readiness train-the-trainer course practice conducting the teach-back portion of their certification, March 14, 2018, at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans. In order to become an OSCAR Trainer, the service members have to prove their ability to be able to teach the course and build an OSCAR team. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Samantha Schwoch/released)

Photo by Pfc. Samantha Schwoch

Marines and sailors from Reserve stations across the country attend the Operational Stress Control and Readiness train-the-trainer course, March 12-16, 2018, at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans. The OSCAR course gives Marines and sailors training on how to identify, support and advise service members with stress reactions, acting as sensors for the commander by noticing small changes in behavior and taking action early. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Samantha Schwoch/released)

Marines and sailors from Reserve stations across the country attend the Operational Stress Control and Readiness train-the-trainer course, March 12-16, 2018, at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans. The OSCAR course gives Marines and sailors training on how to identify, support and advise service members with stress reactions, acting as sensors for the commander by noticing small changes in behavior and taking action early. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Samantha Schwoch/released)

Photo by Pfc. Samantha Schwoch

Marines and sailors attending the Operational Stress Control and Readiness train-the-trainer course practice conducting the teach-back portion of their certification, March 14, 2018, at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans. In order to become an OSCAR Trainer, the service members have to prove their ability to be able to teach the course and build an OSCAR team. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Samantha Schwoch/released)

Marines and sailors attending the Operational Stress Control and Readiness train-the-trainer course practice conducting the teach-back portion of their certification, March 14, 2018, at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans. In order to become an OSCAR Trainer, the service members have to prove their ability to be able to teach the course and build an OSCAR team. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Samantha Schwoch/released)

Photo by Pfc. Samantha Schwoch

Marines and sailors from Reserve stations across the country pose with their instructors upon completion of the Operational Stress Control and Readiness train-the-trainer course, March 16, 2018, at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans. The OSCAR course gives Marines and sailors training on how to identify, support and advise service members with stress reactions, acting as sensors for the commander by noticing small changes in behavior and taking action early. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Samantha Schwoch/released)

Marines and sailors from Reserve stations across the country pose with their instructors upon completion of the Operational Stress Control and Readiness train-the-trainer course, March 16, 2018, at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans. The OSCAR course gives Marines and sailors training on how to identify, support and advise service members with stress reactions, acting as sensors for the commander by noticing small changes in behavior and taking action early. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Samantha Schwoch/released)

Photo by Pfc. Samantha Schwoch

NEW ORLEANS - Marines with Headquarters Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve, deliver solid blows to each other during the MARFORRES King of the Ring Competition at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, March 22, 2017. The competition featured three separate events to include grappling, knife fighting, and combative baton, all hosted by the MARFORRES Martial Arts Team. The winners of the three competitions will earn a large trophy and the title as champion until next year’s competition. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Devan Alonzo Barnett/Released)

NEW ORLEANS - Marines with Headquarters Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve, deliver solid blows to each other during the MARFORRES King of the Ring Competition at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, March 22, 2017. The competition featured three separate events to include grappling, knife fighting, and combative baton, all hosted by the MARFORRES Martial Arts Team. The winners of the three competitions will earn a large trophy and the title as champion until next year’s competition. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Devan Alonzo Barnett/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Devan Alonzo Barnett

NEW ORLEANS - Marines with Headquarters Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve, deliver solid blows to each other during the MARFORRES King of the Ring Competition at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, March 22, 2017. The competition featured three separate events to include grappling, knife fighting, and combative baton, all hosted by the MARFORRES Martial Arts Team. The winners of the three competitions will earn a large trophy and the title as champion until next year’s competition. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Devan Alonzo Barnett/Released)

NEW ORLEANS - Marines with Headquarters Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve, deliver solid blows to each other during the MARFORRES King of the Ring Competition at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, March 22, 2017. The competition featured three separate events to include grappling, knife fighting, and combative baton, all hosted by the MARFORRES Martial Arts Team. The winners of the three competitions will earn a large trophy and the title as champion until next year’s competition. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Devan Alonzo Barnett/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Devan Alonzo Barnett

NEW ORLEANS – Cpl. Christian Plant (left), a fiscal clerk with Headquarters Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve, watches and scores Marines competing during the MARFORRES King of the Ring Competition at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, March 22, 2017. The competition featured three separate events to include grappling, knife fighting, and combative baton, all hosted by the MARFORRES Martial Arts Team. The winners of the three competitions will earn a large trophy and the title as champion until next year’s competition. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Devan Alonzo Barnett/Released)

NEW ORLEANS – Cpl. Christian Plant (left), a fiscal clerk with Headquarters Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve, watches and scores Marines competing during the MARFORRES King of the Ring Competition at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, March 22, 2017. The competition featured three separate events to include grappling, knife fighting, and combative baton, all hosted by the MARFORRES Martial Arts Team. The winners of the three competitions will earn a large trophy and the title as champion until next year’s competition. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Devan Alonzo Barnett/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Devan Alonzo Barnett

NEW ORLEANS - Cpl. Anthony Navarro (top) an administration clerk with Headquarters Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve, attempts a submission against Pfc. Niles Lee, a mass communications Marine with MARFORRES, during the MARFORRES King of the Ring Competition at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, March 22, 2017. The competition featured three separate events to include grappling, knife fighting, and combative baton, all hosted by the MARFORRES Martial Arts Team. The winners of the three competitions will earn a large trophy and the title as champion until next year’s competition. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Devan Alonzo Barnett/Released)

NEW ORLEANS - Cpl. Anthony Navarro (top) an administration clerk with Headquarters Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve, attempts a submission against Pfc. Niles Lee, a mass communications Marine with MARFORRES, during the MARFORRES King of the Ring Competition at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, March 22, 2017. The competition featured three separate events to include grappling, knife fighting, and combative baton, all hosted by the MARFORRES Martial Arts Team. The winners of the three competitions will earn a large trophy and the title as champion until next year’s competition. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Devan Alonzo Barnett/Released)

Photo by Cpl. Devan Alonzo Barnett

First Lt. Michael T. O’Neill, a platoon commander with Company A, 1st Battalion, 25th Marines, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve , gives an overview of the patrol to his team during training exercise Nordic Frost, Jan. 8, 2016, at Ethan Allen Training Center in Jericho, Vt. The patrol consisted of heavy machine gun suppressive fire as a team of Marines advanced under the tree line to assault a simulated enemy bunker.

First Lt. Michael T. O’Neill, a platoon commander with Company A, 1st Battalion, 25th Marines, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve , gives an overview of the patrol to his team during training exercise Nordic Frost, Jan. 8, 2016, at Ethan Allen Training Center in Jericho, Vt. The patrol consisted of heavy machine gun suppressive fire as a team of Marines advanced under the tree line to assault a simulated enemy bunker.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alonzo Barnett

The Scout Sniper Platoon with Company B, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, provide fire support to their company during training exercise Nordic Frost, Jan. 8, 2016, at Ethan Allen Training Center in Jericho, Vt. The snipers provided support in the defensive position by attacking individual targets as they appeared at distances as far away as 1,000 meters.

The Scout Sniper Platoon with Company B, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, provide fire support to their company during training exercise Nordic Frost, Jan. 8, 2016, at Ethan Allen Training Center in Jericho, Vt. The snipers provided support in the defensive position by attacking individual targets as they appeared at distances as far away as 1,000 meters.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alonzo Barnett

First Sgt. Timothy Dennison, the detachment first sergeant for Marine Wing Support Squadron 471, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, presents a folded flag to the son of Sgt. Carson Holmquist, a motor transport maintenance chief with Battery M, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, during his funeral July 25, 2015 in Grantsburg, Wis. Holmquist, along with three other Marines and a Sailor, was killed in an attack at the Naval Operation Support Center and Marine Corps Reserve Center in Chattanooga, Tenn. on July 16, 2015. Marines, family, friends and the community of Grantsburg gathered to honor the memory and sacrifice of Holmquist and his fallen brothers-in-arms.

First Sgt. Timothy Dennison, the detachment first sergeant for Marine Wing Support Squadron 471, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, presents a folded flag to the son of Sgt. Carson Holmquist, a motor transport maintenance chief with Battery M, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, during his funeral July 25, 2015 in Grantsburg, Wis. Holmquist, along with three other Marines and a Sailor, was killed in an attack at the Naval Operation Support Center and Marine Corps Reserve Center in Chattanooga, Tenn. on July 16, 2015. Marines, family, friends and the community of Grantsburg gathered to honor the memory and sacrifice of Holmquist and his fallen brothers-in-arms.

Photo by Cpl. Tiffany Edwards

Lt. Gen. Richard P. Mills, commander of Marine Forces Reserve, and Marines of and Sailors of Marine Forces Reserve, salute as taps is played for Sgt. Carson Holmquist, a motor transport maintenance chief with and Battery M, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, during his funeral July 25, 2015 in Grantsburg, Wis. Holmquist, along with three other Marines and a Sailor, was killed in an attack at the Naval Operation Support Center and Marine Corps Reserve Center in Chattanooga, Tenn. on July 16, 2015. Marines, family, friends and the community of Grantsburg gathered to honor the memory and sacrifice of Holmquist and his fallen brothers-in-arms.

Lt. Gen. Richard P. Mills, commander of Marine Forces Reserve, and Marines of and Sailors of Marine Forces Reserve, salute as taps is played for Sgt. Carson Holmquist, a motor transport maintenance chief with and Battery M, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, during his funeral July 25, 2015 in Grantsburg, Wis. Holmquist, along with three other Marines and a Sailor, was killed in an attack at the Naval Operation Support Center and Marine Corps Reserve Center in Chattanooga, Tenn. on July 16, 2015. Marines, family, friends and the community of Grantsburg gathered to honor the memory and sacrifice of Holmquist and his fallen brothers-in-arms.

Photo by Cpl. Tiffany Edwards

Lt. Gen. Richard P. Mills, commander of Marine Forces Reserve, presents a folded flag to the widow of Sgt. Carson Holmquist, a motor transport maintenance chief with Battery M, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, during his funeral July 25, 2015 in Grantsburg, Wis. Holmquist, along with three other Marines and a Sailor, was killed in an attack at the Naval Operation Support Center and Marine Corps Reserve Center in Chattanooga, Tenn. on July 16, 2015. Marines, family, friends and the community of Grantsburg gathered to honor the memory and sacrifice of Holmquist and his fallen brothers-in-arms.

Lt. Gen. Richard P. Mills, commander of Marine Forces Reserve, presents a folded flag to the widow of Sgt. Carson Holmquist, a motor transport maintenance chief with Battery M, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, during his funeral July 25, 2015 in Grantsburg, Wis. Holmquist, along with three other Marines and a Sailor, was killed in an attack at the Naval Operation Support Center and Marine Corps Reserve Center in Chattanooga, Tenn. on July 16, 2015. Marines, family, friends and the community of Grantsburg gathered to honor the memory and sacrifice of Holmquist and his fallen brothers-in-arms.

Photo by Cpl. Tiffany Edwards

Marine mortarmen with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment clean the bore of their mortar tube after firing during an indirect fire weapons integration exercise Aug. 15, 2014, aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., during exercise Heavy Metal 14. The tube is cleaned after each fire-for-effect mission to ensure no debris entered while firing rapidly.

Marine mortarmen with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment clean the bore of their mortar tube after firing during an indirect fire weapons integration exercise Aug. 15, 2014, aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., during exercise Heavy Metal 14. The tube is cleaned after each fire-for-effect mission to ensure no debris entered while firing rapidly.

Photo by Cpl. Joseph Karwick

Marine mortarmen with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment fire nine rounds for effect at simulated targets down range as part of an indirect-fire weapons integration exercise Aug. 15, 2014 aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., during exercise Heavy Metal 14. The 81mm mortar is an indirect-fire weapon that allows friendly units to suppress the enemy so they can advance.

Marine mortarmen with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment fire nine rounds for effect at simulated targets down range as part of an indirect-fire weapons integration exercise Aug. 15, 2014 aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., during exercise Heavy Metal 14. The 81mm mortar is an indirect-fire weapon that allows friendly units to suppress the enemy so they can advance.

Photo by Cpl. Joseph Karwick

A squad of Marine mortarmen with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, assumes the role of a fire direction center as part of an indirect-fire weapons integration exercise Aug. 15, 2014, aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., during exercise Heavy Metal 14. The FDC coordinates with forward observers to send grid coordinates to gun crews to accurately place rounds down range.

A squad of Marine mortarmen with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, assumes the role of a fire direction center as part of an indirect-fire weapons integration exercise Aug. 15, 2014, aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., during exercise Heavy Metal 14. The FDC coordinates with forward observers to send grid coordinates to gun crews to accurately place rounds down range.

Photo by Cpl. Joseph Karwick

Lance Cpl. Brian Brodman and a mortarman with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment hangs a round in the tube before dropping to fire at simulated targets down range as part of an indirect-fire weapons integration exercise Aug. 15, 2014, in Camp Lejeune, N.C. at exercise Heavy Metal 14. Before mortars are fired, mortarmen must wait for the fire direction center to give the signal to fire after each gun has confirmed that their target is properly sighted in.

Lance Cpl. Brian Brodman and a mortarman with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment hangs a round in the tube before dropping to fire at simulated targets down range as part of an indirect-fire weapons integration exercise Aug. 15, 2014, in Camp Lejeune, N.C. at exercise Heavy Metal 14. Before mortars are fired, mortarmen must wait for the fire direction center to give the signal to fire after each gun has confirmed that their target is properly sighted in.

Photo by Cpl. Joseph Karwick

Effective immediately, female Marines in grades E6 through E7 and O1 through O3, and female naval medical officers, chaplains and hospital corpsmen of the same grades, may be affiliated or assigned to select billets in certain 4th Marine Division and Force Headquarters Group units. See Marine administrative message 182/14 for more information.

Effective immediately, female Marines in grades E6 through E7 and O1 through O3, and female naval medical officers, chaplains and hospital corpsmen of the same grades, may be affiliated or assigned to select billets in certain 4th Marine Division and Force Headquarters Group units. See Marine administrative message 182/14 for more information.

Photo by Sgt. Tyler Main

Capt. Kathleen A. McGowan, officer-in-charge of the Innovation Readiness Training, Joint Task-Force Summit West Virginia medical department, explains and demonstrates how to prepare and execute intravenous therapy as part of one of IRT Summit’s daily “Buddy Aid” medical training courses, at Mount Hope, W. Va., Aug. 5. IRT Summit is a Marine-led training event with support from the Navy, Army Reserve and Army National Guard. It provides real-world training opportunities for service members and units to prepare them for their wartime missions while supporting the needs of America’s underserved communities.

Capt. Kathleen A. McGowan, officer-in-charge of the Innovation Readiness Training, Joint Task-Force Summit West Virginia medical department, explains and demonstrates how to prepare and execute intravenous therapy as part of one of IRT Summit’s daily “Buddy Aid” medical training courses, at Mount Hope, W. Va., Aug. 5. IRT Summit is a Marine-led training event with support from the Navy, Army Reserve and Army National Guard. It provides real-world training opportunities for service members and units to prepare them for their wartime missions while supporting the needs of America’s underserved communities.

Photo by Cpl. Fenton Reese