U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Joshua Schroeder, an aviation communications systems technician with Marine Air Control Squadron (MACS) 24, Marine Air Control Group 48, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, prepares an entrenching tool to clear excess snow at Fort Greely, Alaska, Feb. 10, 2024, in preparation for exercise ARCTIC EDGE 2024 (AE24). AE24 is a U.S. Northern Command-led homeland defense exercise demonstrating the U.S. Military's capabilities in extreme cold weather, joint force readiness, and U.S. military commitment to mutual strategic security interests in the Arctic region. Schroeder drills out of Virginia Beach, Va. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Jestin Costa)