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The National Museum of the Marine Corps has opened the new Forward Deployed and Iraq & Afghanistan galleries to the public.in Triangle, VA, Oct 6, 2024. The new Forward Deployed and Iraq & Afghanistan galleries covers conflicts from post Vietnam to the modern day. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Catherine Schei)

The National Museum of the Marine Corps dedicates a monument to the Marines and Sailors that were members of the Combined Action Platoons during the Vietnam war at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, VA on Aug 10, 2024. The CAP was a U.S. Marine Corps initiative during the Vietnam War designed to integrate American troops with local Vietnamese forces and civilians to provide security, support, and stability in rural areas. (Marine Corps video by Cpl. William Tucker)

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Eric Pickelsmier, operations officer for Headquarters and Support Battalion, conducts his retirement ceremony at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, Virginia, July 20, 2024. Pickelsimer was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal, gold star in lieu of the second award, upon his retirement. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Sean R. LeClaire)

U.S. Marine Corps Master Sgt. Nathan J. Marple, an Iowa native and small unmanned aerial systems capabilities integration officer with Combat Development and Integration, “passes the torch” to Lance Cpl. Grayson J. Marple, an aircraft avionics technician with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 242, at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, Virginia, June 13, 2024. Master Sgt. Marple explained that the passing of the torch is a tradition honored in his family, one that began since the 1950’s; this tradition is a legacy carried from parent to child within the Marple family. Master Sgt. Marple served honorably for 20 years, during which he deployed multiple times to include the support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Keahi J. Soomanstanton)

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. David G. Bellon, outgoing commander of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces South, relinquished command to Lt. Gen. Leonard F. Anderson IV at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans and held a retirement ceremony at The National WWII Museum, New Orleans, March 21, 2024. Bellon commanded more than 90,000 Reserve Marines since taking command of MARFORRES in 2019. He took command of MARFORSOUTH in 2022. Bellon retired after 35 years of faithful service in the Marine Corps’ Active and Reserve Components. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Kanoa Thomas, Lance Cpl. Isaiah Smith and Lance Cpl. Aaron TorresLemus). By license- this video contains music from a USMC enterprise licensed asset from Adobe Stock: "Sons of Fortune by Edward Karl Hanson"/https://stock.adobe.com/search/audio?k=356931569