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First lady of the United States, Mrs. Melania Trump, greets U.S. service members and their families at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Nov. 19, 2025. Trump and Mrs. Usha Vance made their first visit to a military installation under the second Trump Administration to show appreciation for military families and those who serve this holiday season. During their visit they spent time with students creating holiday crafts and building care packages for deployed service members. The visit culminated with the two women addressing nearly 1,500 service members and their families at MCAS New River. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Loriann Dauscher)

First lady of the United States, Mrs. Melania Trump, greets U.S. service members and their families at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Nov. 19, 2025. Trump and Mrs. Usha Vance made their first visit to a military installation under the second Trump Administration to show appreciation for military families and those who serve this holiday season. During their visit they spent time with students creating holiday crafts and building care packages for deployed service members. The visit culminated with the two women addressing nearly 1,500 service members and their families at MCAS New River. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Loriann Dauscher)

Photo by Cpl. Loriann Dauscher

First lady of the United States, Mrs. Melania Trump, addresses U.S. service members and their families at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Nov. 19, 2025. Trump and Mrs. Usha Vance made their first visit to a military installation under the second Trump Administration to show appreciation for military families and those who serve this holiday season. During their visit they spent time with students creating holiday crafts and building care packages for deployed service members. The visit culminated with the two women addressing nearly 1,500 service members and their families at MCAS New River. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Loriann Dauscher)

First lady of the United States, Mrs. Melania Trump, addresses U.S. service members and their families at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Nov. 19, 2025. Trump and Mrs. Usha Vance made their first visit to a military installation under the second Trump Administration to show appreciation for military families and those who serve this holiday season. During their visit they spent time with students creating holiday crafts and building care packages for deployed service members. The visit culminated with the two women addressing nearly 1,500 service members and their families at MCAS New River. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Loriann Dauscher)

Photo by Cpl. Loriann Dauscher

First lady of the United States, Mrs. Melania Trump, and second lady, Mrs. Usha Vance, land at Albert J. Ellis Airport before heading to Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune North Carolina, Nov. 19, 2025. Trump and Vance made their first visit to a military installation under the second Trump Administration to show appreciation for military families and those who serve this holiday season. During their visit they spent time with students creating holiday crafts and building care packages for deployed service members. The visit culminated with the two women addressing nearly 1,500 service members and their families at MCAS New River. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Grace Kim)

First lady of the United States, Mrs. Melania Trump, and second lady, Mrs. Usha Vance, land at Albert J. Ellis Airport before heading to Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune North Carolina, Nov. 19, 2025. Trump and Vance made their first visit to a military installation under the second Trump Administration to show appreciation for military families and those who serve this holiday season. During their visit they spent time with students creating holiday crafts and building care packages for deployed service members. The visit culminated with the two women addressing nearly 1,500 service members and their families at MCAS New River. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Grace Kim)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Grace Kim

First lady of the United States, Mrs. Melania Trump, engages with a Junior Reserve Marine Corps Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) cadet at Lejeune High School on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Nov. 19, 2025. Trump and Vance made their first visit to a military installation under the second Trump Administration to show appreciation for military families and those who serve this holiday season. During their visit they spent time with students creating holiday crafts and building care packages for deployed service members. The visit culminated with the two women addressing nearly 1,500 service members and their families at Marine Corps Air Station New River. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Erica Padgett)

First lady of the United States, Mrs. Melania Trump, engages with a Junior Reserve Marine Corps Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) cadet at Lejeune High School on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Nov. 19, 2025. Trump and Vance made their first visit to a military installation under the second Trump Administration to show appreciation for military families and those who serve this holiday season. During their visit they spent time with students creating holiday crafts and building care packages for deployed service members. The visit culminated with the two women addressing nearly 1,500 service members and their families at Marine Corps Air Station New River. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Erica Padgett)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Erica Padgett

First lady of the United States, Mrs. Melania Trump, and second lady, Mrs. Usha Vance, pose for a photo with students at Lejeune High School on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Nov. 19, 2025. Trump and Vance made their first visit to a military installation under the second Trump Administration to show appreciation for military families and those who serve this holiday season. During their visit they spent time with students creating holiday crafts and building care packages for deployed service members. The visit culminated with the two women addressing nearly 1,500 service members and their families at Marine Corps Air Station New River. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Erica Padgett)

First lady of the United States, Mrs. Melania Trump, and second lady, Mrs. Usha Vance, pose for a photo with students at Lejeune High School on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Nov. 19, 2025. Trump and Vance made their first visit to a military installation under the second Trump Administration to show appreciation for military families and those who serve this holiday season. During their visit they spent time with students creating holiday crafts and building care packages for deployed service members. The visit culminated with the two women addressing nearly 1,500 service members and their families at Marine Corps Air Station New River. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Erica Padgett)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Erica Padgett

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Angel Ramirez, a rifleman with 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division observes a live fire exercise at night as part of a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Angel Ramirez, a rifleman with 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division observes a live fire exercise at night as part of a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Dominic Trujillo

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Scott Stadlman, an avionics technician with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, and a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force member work together at a forward arming and refueling point on Yonaguni, Japan, Oct. 27, 2025. The FARP training enhanced interoperability and strengthened the ability of U.S. Marines and the JGSDF to control and defend key maritime terrain. Stadlman is a native of New Jersey. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Sotodavila)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Scott Stadlman, an avionics technician with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, and a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force member work together at a forward arming and refueling point on Yonaguni, Japan, Oct. 27, 2025. The FARP training enhanced interoperability and strengthened the ability of U.S. Marines and the JGSDF to control and defend key maritime terrain. Stadlman is a native of New Jersey. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Sotodavila)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Sotodavila

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Scott Stadlman, an avionics technician with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, and a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force member refuel a CH-53E Super Stallion at a forward arming and refueling point on Yonaguni, Japan, Oct. 27, 2025. The FARP training enhanced interoperability and strengthened the ability of U.S. Marines and the JGSDF to control and defend key maritime terrain. Stadlman is a native of New Jersey. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Sotodavila)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Scott Stadlman, an avionics technician with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, and a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force member refuel a CH-53E Super Stallion at a forward arming and refueling point on Yonaguni, Japan, Oct. 27, 2025. The FARP training enhanced interoperability and strengthened the ability of U.S. Marines and the JGSDF to control and defend key maritime terrain. Stadlman is a native of New Jersey. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Sotodavila)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Sotodavila

U.S. Marines with Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members establish a forward arming refueling point on Yonaguni, Japan, Oct. 27, 2025. The FARP training enhanced interoperability and strengthened the ability of U.S. Marines and the JGSDF to control and defend key maritime terrain. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Sotodavila)

U.S. Marines with Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members establish a forward arming refueling point on Yonaguni, Japan, Oct. 27, 2025. The FARP training enhanced interoperability and strengthened the ability of U.S. Marines and the JGSDF to control and defend key maritime terrain. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Sotodavila)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Sotodavila

A U.S. Marine with Light Armored Reconnaissance Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), participates in a reconnaissance and surveillance exercise on Camp Santiago, Puerto Rico, Nov. 12, 2025.

A U.S. Marine with Light Armored Reconnaissance Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), participates in a reconnaissance and surveillance exercise on Camp Santiago, Puerto Rico, Nov. 12, 2025.

Photo by Sgt. Maurion Moore

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jon Lizotte, a platoon sergeant with Animal Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, traverses the endurance course during the Basic Jungle Skills Course at the Jungle Warfare Training Center, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 19, 2025. The week-long course instructed the Marines on basic jungle survival skills, tactical rope suspension techniques, and jungle warfare tactics to enhance lethality in harsh jungle environments. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Victor Gurrola)

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jon Lizotte, a platoon sergeant with Animal Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, traverses the endurance course during the Basic Jungle Skills Course at the Jungle Warfare Training Center, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 19, 2025. The week-long course instructed the Marines on basic jungle survival skills, tactical rope suspension techniques, and jungle warfare tactics to enhance lethality in harsh jungle environments. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Victor Gurrola)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Victor Gurrola

A U.S. Marine with Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, transports to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47) in a CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Rein.), 31st MEU, during a visit, board, search and seizure exercise, in the Coral Sea, June 28, 2025. VBSS is part of the maritime interception operations that aim to delay, disrupt, or destroy enemy forces or supplies in the maritime domain. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the USS America Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th Fleet area of operations, the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alora Finigan)

A U.S. Marine with Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, transports to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47) in a CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Rein.), 31st MEU, during a visit, board, search and seizure exercise, in the Coral Sea, June 28, 2025. VBSS is part of the maritime interception operations that aim to delay, disrupt, or destroy enemy forces or supplies in the maritime domain. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the USS America Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th Fleet area of operations, the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alora Finigan)

Photo by Cpl. Alora Finigan

Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Eric M. Smith and Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Carlos A. Ruiz deliver the Marine Corps Birthday Ball message in Arlington, Virginia, on Nov. 10, 2025. The Marine Corps Birthday ball message honors two and a half centuries of service, tradition, and commitment. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Chief Warrant Officer Joshua E. Chacon, Sgt. James Stanfield, and John Martinez)

Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Eric M. Smith and Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Carlos A. Ruiz deliver the Marine Corps Birthday Ball message in Arlington, Virginia, on Nov. 10, 2025. The Marine Corps Birthday ball message honors two and a half centuries of service, tradition, and commitment. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Chief Warrant Officer Joshua E. Chacon, Sgt. James Stanfield, and John Martinez)

Photo by John Martinez

A U.S. Marine Corps amphibious combat vehicle with Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducts an open-water transit prior to embarking the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer in the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 14, 2025. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joseph Helms)

A U.S. Marine Corps amphibious combat vehicle with Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conducts an open-water transit prior to embarking the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer in the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 14, 2025. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joseph Helms)

Photo by Cpl. Joseph Helms

U.S. Marines with 3rd Littoral Combat Team, 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, and U.S. soldiers with 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary), offload a Navy/Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System from a Maneuver Support Vessel (Light) (MSV(L)) on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Sept. 17, 2025.

U.S. Marines with 3rd Littoral Combat Team, 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, and U.S. soldiers with 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary), offload a Navy/Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System from a Maneuver Support Vessel (Light) (MSV(L)) on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Sept. 17, 2025.

Photo by Sgt. Malia Sparks

U.S. Marines with 12th Littoral Combat Team, 12th Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, fire the FGM-148 Javelin during Resolute Dragon 25 at Hijudai Maneuver Area, Oita Prefecture, Japan, Sept. 15, 2025. Resolute Dragon is an annual bilateral exercise in Japan that strengthens the command, control, and multi-domain maneuver capabilities of U.S. Marines in III Marine Expeditionary Force and Japan Self-Defense Force personnel, with a focus on controlling and defending key maritime terrain. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Rodney Frye)

U.S. Marines with 12th Littoral Combat Team, 12th Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, fire the FGM-148 Javelin during Resolute Dragon 25 at Hijudai Maneuver Area, Oita Prefecture, Japan, Sept. 15, 2025. Resolute Dragon is an annual bilateral exercise in Japan that strengthens the command, control, and multi-domain maneuver capabilities of U.S. Marines in III Marine Expeditionary Force and Japan Self-Defense Force personnel, with a focus on controlling and defending key maritime terrain. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Rodney Frye)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Rodney Frye

U.S. Marines with the III Marine Expeditionary Force clean their weapons outside the combat operations center in Combat Town, Camp Hansen, Okinawa Japan, Sept. 13, 2025, during the Command Post Exercise portion of Resolute Dragon 25. Resolute Dragon 25 is an annual bilateral exercise across Japan, including the southwest islands, that strengthens the command, control and multidomain maneuver capabilities of III MEF and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Western Army personnel, alongside representatives across the U.S. and Japanese Joint Force, with a focus on controlling and defending key maritime terrain. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Wetzel)

U.S. Marines with the III Marine Expeditionary Force clean their weapons outside the combat operations center in Combat Town, Camp Hansen, Okinawa Japan, Sept. 13, 2025, during the Command Post Exercise portion of Resolute Dragon 25. Resolute Dragon 25 is an annual bilateral exercise across Japan, including the southwest islands, that strengthens the command, control and multidomain maneuver capabilities of III MEF and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Western Army personnel, alongside representatives across the U.S. and Japanese Joint Force, with a focus on controlling and defending key maritime terrain. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Wetzel)

Photo by Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Wetzel

U.S. Marines and Sailors with III Marine Expeditionary Force walk through the tents at the Logistical Support Area outside the combat operations center in Combat Town, Camp Hansen, Okinawa Japan, Sept. 13, 2025, during the Command Post Exercise portion of Resolute Dragon 25. Resolute Dragon 25 is an annual bilateral exercise across Japan, including the southwest islands, that strengthens the command, control and multidomain maneuver capabilities of III MEF and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Western Army personnel, alongside representatives across the U.S. and Japanese Joint Force, with a focus on controlling and defending key maritime terrain. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Wetzel)

U.S. Marines and Sailors with III Marine Expeditionary Force walk through the tents at the Logistical Support Area outside the combat operations center in Combat Town, Camp Hansen, Okinawa Japan, Sept. 13, 2025, during the Command Post Exercise portion of Resolute Dragon 25. Resolute Dragon 25 is an annual bilateral exercise across Japan, including the southwest islands, that strengthens the command, control and multidomain maneuver capabilities of III MEF and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Western Army personnel, alongside representatives across the U.S. and Japanese Joint Force, with a focus on controlling and defending key maritime terrain. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Wetzel)

Photo by Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Wetzel

U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Vincent Rivera (center), communications officer, Staff Sgt. Andy Delgado (left), reservist communications chief, and Lance Cpl. Christopher Bravo (right), transmissions system operator, all with 7th Communication Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, set up a high frequency radio communication system outside the combat operations center in Combat Town, Camp Hansen, Okinawa Japan, Sept. 13, 2025, during the Command Post Exercise portion of Resolute Dragon 25. Resolute Dragon 25 is an annual bilateral exercise across Japan, including the southwest islands, that strengthens the command, control and multidomain maneuver capabilities of III MEF and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Western Army personnel, alongside representatives across the U.S. and Japanese Joint Force, with a focus on controlling and defending key maritime terrain. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Wetzel)

U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Vincent Rivera (center), communications officer, Staff Sgt. Andy Delgado (left), reservist communications chief, and Lance Cpl. Christopher Bravo (right), transmissions system operator, all with 7th Communication Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, set up a high frequency radio communication system outside the combat operations center in Combat Town, Camp Hansen, Okinawa Japan, Sept. 13, 2025, during the Command Post Exercise portion of Resolute Dragon 25. Resolute Dragon 25 is an annual bilateral exercise across Japan, including the southwest islands, that strengthens the command, control and multidomain maneuver capabilities of III MEF and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Western Army personnel, alongside representatives across the U.S. and Japanese Joint Force, with a focus on controlling and defending key maritime terrain. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Wetzel)

Photo by Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Wetzel

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Sean Harris, a food service specialist with III Marine Expeditionary Force, Information Group, takes stock of food supplies at the III MEF combat operations center in Combat Town, Camp Hansen, Okinawa Japan, Sept. 13, 2025, during the Command Post Exercise portion of Resolute Dragon 25. Resolute Dragon 25 is an annual bilateral exercise across Japan, including the southwest islands, that strengthens the command, control and multidomain maneuver capabilities of III MEF and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Western Army personnel, alongside representatives across the U.S. and Japanese Joint Force, with a focus on controlling and defending key maritime terrain. Harris is a native of Indiana. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Wetzel)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Sean Harris, a food service specialist with III Marine Expeditionary Force, Information Group, takes stock of food supplies at the III MEF combat operations center in Combat Town, Camp Hansen, Okinawa Japan, Sept. 13, 2025, during the Command Post Exercise portion of Resolute Dragon 25. Resolute Dragon 25 is an annual bilateral exercise across Japan, including the southwest islands, that strengthens the command, control and multidomain maneuver capabilities of III MEF and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Western Army personnel, alongside representatives across the U.S. and Japanese Joint Force, with a focus on controlling and defending key maritime terrain. Harris is a native of Indiana. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Wetzel)

Photo by Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Wetzel