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Retired U.S. Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer 4 Anthony L. Viggiani discusses the importance of discipline and standards in a combat environment on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 25, 2025. Viggiani, a Navy Cross recipient for actions during Operation Enduring Freedom, was invited to speak as part of a broader I Marine Expeditionary Force ‘Operation Ironclad’ initiative, focused on the importance of seamless adherence to standards to improve operational readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Max Arellano)

U.S. Marines and Sailors throughout I Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps Installations – West initiate Operation Ironclad, June 2, 2025. Operation Ironclad is a deliberate effort to suppress complacency and strengthen discipline across the largest Marine Air-Ground Task Force in the Marine Corps, ensuring readiness for competition and conflict with a near-peer adversary. By reinforcing core competencies, holding leaders accountable, and demanding the highest standards, the operation aims to build a more precise, professional, and combat-ready force. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Max Arellano)

U.S. Marines and U.S. Navy Sailors deployed with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 20.1, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, from September 2019 to May 2020, out of Morón Air Base, Spain, and Naval Air Station Sigonella, Italy. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is deployed to conduct crisis-response and theater-security operations in Africa and promote regional stability by conducting military-to-military training exercises throughout Europe and Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Kenny Gomez and Cpl. Nello Miele)

The mission of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency is to recover personnel from all past wars and conflicts who are listed as prisoners of war or missing in action and return them to their families. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. George Melendez)

Each year since 1986, the president of the United States of America issues a proclamation commemorating national POW/MIA recognition day. The joint POW and accounting command based in Hawaii has a pledge to remind everyone that POW’s are not forgotten. This year JPAC hosted a special ceremony at the national memorial cemetery of the pacific. And one former Vietnam War POW, guy Gruters, came to not only tell his story but also those of his comrades…

Inspired by 3rd MAW CG’s guidance to approach drinking and driving PMEs in a different venue, Marines from MWSS 371 executed a DUI Safety stand down at Cannon Air Defense Complex and continued with a presentation at MCAS Yuma’s Chapel the next day. The event that took place on April 24 and 25 was a dramatization that offered the real life experience without the real-life risk. The marines witnessed a field sobriety test, the drunk driver being taken away by YPD, victims being taken away via ambulance, one in a body bag, and another mourning the death of his comrades. 16 Marines were informed that they have become a statistic and were sent home for the day without their chain of command knowing. The purpose was to ensure and enforce the proper procedures for accountability throughout the squadron. With the Marine Corps motto being “Always Faithful”, we believe that the Marines seeing the dramatization of fellow Marines killed followed by their funeral and memorial will strike a sudden realization within their hearts that the “Every 15 Minutes” statistic can come from here in this squadron. Available in High Definition.