U.S. Marines with 4th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Marine Forces Reserve, march to the confidence course during the 4th Marine Division Super Squad Competition at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July, 21, 2023. During the multi-day competition, Reserve units from all across the Marine Corps, exercised their technical and tactical proficiencies by competing in events that highlighted offensive/defensive operations, patrolling techniques, combat marksmanship, physical endurance and small unit leadership. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Mitchell Johnson)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jonathan N. Traynor Jr., a student with 4th Marine Division, holds security during a rehearsal for a simulated raid in Poplarville, Mississippi, June 4, 2023. Exercise Raven is Marine Forces Special Operations Command’s pre-deployment exercise designed to evaluate the readiness of MARSOC companies and teams. To assist this mission, Marine Forces Reserve regularly collaborates with MARSOC to integrate specific Reserve force capabilities like civil affairs, law enforcement, cyber, intelligence, and Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO) into MARSOC training, exercises and operational deployments. This collaboration strengthens Reserve force capabilities and informs MARSOC's efforts to enhance and operationalize their Individual Mobilization Augmentee (IMA) Detachment to retain and employ Reserve Marines with these critical skill sets. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. David Brandes)

U.S. Marines with the 4th Marine Division take a group photo during Raven Exercise 6-23 in Biloxi, Mississippi, June 11, 2023. Exercise Raven is Marine Forces Special Operations Command’s pre-deployment exercise designed to evaluate the readiness of MARSOC companies and teams. To assist this mission, Marine Forces Reserve regularly collaborates with MARSOC to integrate specific Reserve force capabilities like civil affairs, law enforcement, cyber, intelligence, and Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO) into MARSOC training, exercises and operational deployments. This collaboration strengthens Reserve force capabilities and informs MARSOC's efforts to enhance and operationalize their Individual Mobilization Augmentee (IMA) Detachment to retain and employ Reserve Marines with these critical skill sets. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. David Brandes)