Weapons Co., 1st Battalion, 23d Marines

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Aaron Ruiz, a machine gunner assigned to Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 23D Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, fires an M2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun at Range 110, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, as part of Integrated Training Exercise 4-23, June 9, 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. Ruiz is a native of Austin, Texas. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Juan Diaz)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Ervey Ortega, a squad leader assigned to Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 23D Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, observes his targets at Range 110, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, as part of Integrated Training Exercise 4-23, June 9, 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. Ortega is a native of Austin, Texas. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Juan Diaz)

U.S. Marines assigned to Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 23D Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, unload and carry an M2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun at Range 110, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, as part of Integrated Training Exercise 4-23, June 9, 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. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Juan Diaz)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Aaron Ruiz, (left), and Lance Cpl. Adam Zamora, both machine gunners assigned to Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 23D Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, load an M2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun at Range 110, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, as part of Integrated Training Exercise 4-23, June 9, 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. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Juan Diaz)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Ross Jaroszewski, an Anti-Tank Missileman assigned to Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 23D Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, fires a Javelin shoulder-fired anti-tank missile at Range 110, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, as part of Integrated Training Exercise 4-23, June 9, 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. Jaroszewski is a native of New Braunfels, Texas. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Juan Diaz)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Marco RodriguezCruz, (left), and Lance Cpl. Justin Guerrero, both machine gunners assigned to Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 23D Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, prepare to fire an M2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun at Range 110, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, as part of Integrated Training Exercise 4-23, June 9, 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. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Juan Diaz)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Justin Guerrero, (left), and Cpl. Marco RodriguezCruz, both machine gunners assigned to Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 23D Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, prepare to fire an M2 .50 Caliber Machine Gun at Range 110, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, as part of Integrated Training Exercise 4-23, June 9, 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. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Juan Diaz)