Readiness

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Anthony Gardner, the assistant operations chief with Headquarters Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve, briefs Marines before a land navigation course during the Corporals Course 4-25 field exercise, Naval Air Station-Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Belle Chasse, Louisiana, Sept. 26, 2025. The field exercise tested the Marines’ leadership, decision making and small-unit tactics in a simulated environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kanoa Thomas)