U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 23d Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve conduct Mountain Training Exercise 4-23 at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, California, June 25, 2023. Marines participate in MTX to focus on mission essential tasks such as assault climbing, animal packing and small unit movements, to strengthen expeditionary high-altitude warfare tactics in a mountainous environment. MTX trains elements of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force across the warfighting functions in preparation for operations in mountainous environments, enhancing 2/23’s readiness and lethality. (U.S Marine Corps video by Cpl. Jonathan L. Gonzalez) The Music within the following video production is copyright material used under license with HookSounds contract dated 1 Dec. 2023.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Hunter Greenlaw, a rifleman with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, attempts to breach through barbed wire during a demolition scenario for a Mission Rehearsal Exercise at Joint Reserve Training Center, Fort Polk, Louisiana, April 21, 2023. The MRX is a collective training event with Marine Air Ground Task Force integration to evaluate the Marines’ individual and cooperative capabilities in order to ensure their level of readiness for the upcoming Integrated Training Exercise 4-23, the largest Marine Corps Reserve exercise of the year. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jennifer Delacruz)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Mitchell Turner, a rifleman with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, applies a tourniquet during Tactical Combat Casualty Care training for a Mission Rehearsal Exercise at Fort Polk, Louisiana, April 21, 2023. The MRX is a collective training event with Marine Air Ground Task Force integration to evaluate the Marines’ individual and cooperative capabilities in order to ensure their level of readiness for the upcoming Integrated Training Exercise 4-23, the largest Marine Corps Reserve exercise of the year. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jennifer Delacruz)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Mitchell Turner, a rifleman with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, low crawls during Tactical Combat Casualty Care training for a Mission Rehearsal Exercise at Fort Polk, Vernon Parish, Louisiana, April 21, 2023. The MRX is a collective training event with Marine Air Ground Task Force integration to evaluate the Marines’ individual and cooperative capabilities in order to ensure their level of readiness for the upcoming Integrated Training Exercise 4-23, the largest Marine Corps Reserve exercise of the year. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jennifer Delacruz)

U.S. Marines with Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, maneuver through barbed wire during a demolition scenario for a Mission Rehearsal Exercise at Joint Reserve Training Center, Fort Polk, Louisiana, April 21, 2023. The MRX is a collective training event with Marine Air Ground Task Force integration to evaluate the Marines’ individual and cooperative capabilities in order to ensure their level of readiness for the upcoming Integrated Training Exercise 4-23, the largest Marine Corps Reserve exercise of the year. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jennifer Delacruz)

U.S. Marines with 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, in support of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force UNITAS LXIV, establish satellite communication for the command control center in preparation for exercise UNITAS LXIV, aboard Escuela de Formación de Infantería Marina Coveñas in Coveñas, Colombia, July 11, 2023. UNITAS, taking place in Colombia this year, is the world’s longest-running annual multinational maritime exercise that focuses on enhancing interoperability among multiple nations and joint forces during littoral and amphibious operations in order to build on existing regional partnerships and create new enduring relationships that promote peace, stability, and prosperity in the U.S. Southern Command’s area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Emily Kirk)

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Justin Knott, a infantry officer with 3rd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, native of St Louis, Alabama, fast ropes down a rappel tower during UNITAS LXIV on Base de entrenamiento de infanteria de marina (Colombian Marine Corps training base) Covenas, Colombia, July 17,2023. UNITAS, taking place in Colombia this year, is the world’s longest-running annual multinational maritime exercise that focuses on enhancing interoperability among multiple nations and joint forces during littoral and amphibious operations in order to build on existing regional partnerships and create new enduring relationships that promote peace, stability, and prosperity in the U.S. Southern Command’s area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Christian Salazar)