Readiness

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Joseph Katz, chief of staff, Marine Forces Reserve, right, and retired Lt. Col. Robert H. Barrow, cut a cake for the Marine Corps Birthday after of a wreath laying ceremony for Barrow’s father Gen. Robert Barrow, the 27th Commandant of the Marine Corps in St. Francisville, L.A., Nov. 10, 2024. Barrow was the first Marine Corps commandant to be buried at his hometown and not in Arlington National Cemetery. Each year on the Marine Corps Birthday, Marines with Marine Forces Reserve lay a wreath on his grave. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Scott Jenkins)