A U.S. Marine assigned to Battery H, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marines swabs the breach of a M777 A2 howitzer after firing a round, at Fort Barfoot, Virginia, June 6, 2024. Battery H, 3rd Battalion, 14th Marines is a reserve artillery battalion at the Naval Reserve Center located on Defense Supply Center Richmond, which is home to Defense Logistics Agency Aviation headquarters. (DoD photo by Nicholas Pilch)

U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 14th Marines, 4th Marine Division, insert a round into a M777-A2 howitzer during an indirect fire exercise on Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 30, 2016. The exercise was designed to integrate, build relations with 10th Marine Regiment and conduct firing drills on unfamiliar terrain. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Melanye E. Martinez, 2D MARDIV Combat Camera/Released)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Neil Murphy, a field artillery cannoneer with 3rd Battalion, 14th Marines, 4th Marine Division, gives the command to fire a M777-A2 howitzer during an indirect fire exercise on Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 30, 2016. The exercise was designed to integrate, build relations with 10th Marine Regiment and conduct firing drills on unfamiliar terrain. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Melanye E. Martinez, 2D MARDIV Combat Camera/Released)

U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 14th Marines, 4th Marine Division, set up M777-A2 howitzers for an indirect fire exercise on Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 31, 2016. The exercise was designed to integrate, build relations with 10th Marine Regiment and conduct firing drills on unfamiliar terrain. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Melanye E. Martinez, 2D MARDIV Combat Camera/Released)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jaime Toyos, a field artillery cannoneer with 3rd Battalion, 14th Marines, 4th Marine Division, prepares to insert gun powder into a M777-A2 howitzer during an indirect fire exercise on Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 30, 2016. The exercise was designed to integrate, build relations with 10th Marine Regiment and conduct firing drills on unfamiliar terrain. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Melanye E. Martinez, 2D MARDIV Combat Camera/Released)