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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Aaron Ruiz, a machine gunner assigned to Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 23D Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, fires an M2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun at Range 110, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, as part of Integrated Training Exercise 4-23, June 9, 2023. As the Marine Corps Reserve’s premier annual training event, ITX provides opportunities to mobilize geographically dispersed forces for a deployment; increase combat readiness and lethality; and exercise MAGTF command and control of battalions and squadrons across the full spectrum of warfare. Ruiz is a native of Austin, Texas. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Juan Diaz)