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U.S. Marines with the Individual Mobilization Augmentee reserves, participate in their annual training as part of the Marine for Life Network on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, June 7, 2023. IMA reserve Marines come together once a year to complete the required training and be reserve ready. - U.S. Marines with the Individual Mobilization Augmentee reserves, participate in their annual training as part of the Marine for Life Network on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, June 7, 2023. IMA reserve Marines come together once a year to complete the required training and be reserve ready.

Marine for Life Network equips command reps across the globe with knowledge to support transitioning Marines, families at annual training event

Sixty-eight individuals connected to the Marine For Life Network traveled to Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, for their annual training event June 5-9. The purpose of the event involved equipping representatives from every major Marine Corps command across the globe with the network and resource knowledge to support future transitions. “Our program is important because we have Marine For Life representatives that are strategically placed around the United States and they serve as hometown links for our Marines, veterans, and military connected families,” said Vianey Verduzco, Marine For Life Network outreach manager...

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A Welder, Cannoneer and Marine

With 13 years of experience as an artillery Marine, Staff Sgt. Travis J. Zurick calmly observes as his Marines shoot 24,000 pound rockets at targets 40 kilometers away in the windy and desolate terrain of Dugway Proving Grounds, Utah.“The artillery shapes the battlefield,” said Zurick, a Marine with a field sunburn and uniform covered in

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A reconnaissance, surveillance and decontamination Marine assists a peer to suit up mission-oriented protective postures four gear during a simulated chemical attack at the Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 motor transportation at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Nov. 18, 2015. As part of an operational decontamination exercise, this is just a glimpse of MWSS-171's annual unit level chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense training that enables combat proactivity and readiness. - A reconnaissance, surveillance and decontamination Marine assists a peer to suit up mission-oriented protective postures four gear during a simulated chemical attack at the Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 motor transportation at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Nov. 18, 2015. As part of an operational decontamination exercise, this is just a glimpse of MWSS-171's annual unit level chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense training that enables combat proactivity and readiness.

MWSS-171 Marines act swiftly, train against CBRN attacks

Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 executed an operational decontamination exercise at their motor transportation wash rack at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Nov. 18, 2015. As reconnaissance, surveillance and decontamination trained personnel, these Marines acted swiftly and donned their personal protective equipment during

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Reconnaissance, surveillance and decontamination Marines don mission-oriented protective postures four gear during a simulated chemical attack at the Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 motor transportation at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Nov. 18, 2015. As part of an operational decontamination exercise, this is just a glimpse of MWSS-171s annual unit level chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense training that enables combat proactivity and readiness. - Reconnaissance, surveillance and decontamination Marines don mission-oriented protective postures four gear during a simulated chemical attack at the Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 motor transportation at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Nov. 18, 2015. As part of an operational decontamination exercise, this is just a glimpse of MWSS-171s annual unit level chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense training that enables combat proactivity and readiness.