U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jon Weaver, an air traffic controller assigned to Detachment A, Marine Air Control Squadron 24, Marine Air Control Group 48, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, from Longview, Texas, poses for a portrait during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 4-22, at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 20, 2022. "I've gotten a lot more opportunities after I came here than I did on the active side. I was never able to go to training exercises like ITX; they're sending me to WTI, talking about putting me on a MEU, so that's probably the best part about being a reservist." (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. James Stanfield)

U.S. Marines with Marine Air Control Squadron (MACS) 24, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, maintain communication and network capabilties during Northern Lightning 23 at Volk Field Air National Guard Base, Wisconsin, Aug. 14, 2023. Northern Lightning is one of the seven Air National Guard joint accredited readiness exercises that increases military readiness by providing participating units a tactical, joint training environment to execute realistic combat training. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ujian Gosun)

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 coin to Sgt. Joseph Clever, an air traffic controller with Marine Air Control Squadron 24, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, as part of Integrated Training Exercise 4-23, June 22, 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. Clever is a native Las Cruces, New Mexico.