Photos

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. David Bellon, left, commanding general of U.S. Marine Corps Forces South and U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve, presents a Navy Achievement Medal to Lance Cpl. Jacob Ross, an aircraft intermediate level structures mechanic with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 4-23 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California on June 24, 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. Ross is a native of Royse City, Texas. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by. Cpl. Ryan Schmid)