Echo Company, 2D Battalion, 23D Marine Regiment

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Cody Poafpybitty, an automatic rifleman with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 23d Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, crosses a gorge using a one-rope bridge during Mountain Training Exercise 4-23 at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, California, June 17, 2023. A one-rope bridge is a complex rope system that is utilized to cross narrow valleys between hills or mountains. Poafpybitty is a native of Pyramid Lake Reservation, NV.

U.S. Marines with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, hike during Mountain Exercise (MTX) 4-23 at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, California, June 13, 2023. MTX is a mountain warfare exercise designed to train all Marines to be effective in maneuvering, conducting expeditionary advanced base operations and logistical supply and support operations in an austere environment in line with Force Design 2030. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Justin J. Marty)