A U.S. Marine with 4th Assault Amphibian Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Reserves, clears the M240B machine gun at a range during exercise Bright Star 23 at Mohamed Naguib Military Base, Egypt, Sept. 5, 2023. Bright Star 23 is a multilateral U.S. Central Command exercise held with the Arab Republic of Egypt across air, land, and sea domains that promotes and enhances regional security and cooperation, and improves interoperability in irregular warfare against hybrid threat scenarios. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Angela Wilcox)