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U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. David Bellon, commanding general of U.S. Marine Corps Forces South and U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve, presents a Navy Achievement Medal to Cpl. Divyani Karki, a radio operator with Headquarters Company, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve 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. Kauffman is a native of New Fane, Vermont. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by. Cpl. Ryan Schmid)