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U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121 conduct preflight procedures at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea, April 11, 2024. Marines with VMFA-121, a Japan-based F-35B Lightning II squadron, traveled to South Korea for unit and joint-level training to increase combat readiness and proficiency while operating on the Korean peninsula. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Samantha Rodriguez)

U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121 conduct preflight procedures at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea, April 11, 2024. Marines with VMFA-121, a Japan-based F-35B Lightning II squadron, traveled to South Korea for unit and joint-level training to increase combat readiness and proficiency while operating on the Korean peninsula. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Samantha Rodriguez)

Photo by Cpl. Samantha Rodriguez

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165 (Reinforced), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare CH-53E Super Stallions attached to VMM-165 (Rein.), 15th MEU, for flight operations aboard the amphibious transport dock USS Somerset (LPD 25) in the South China Sea April 11, 2024. Somerset and embarked elements of the 15th MEU are conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. 7th Fleet is 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. Aidan Hekker)

U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165 (Reinforced), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare CH-53E Super Stallions attached to VMM-165 (Rein.), 15th MEU, for flight operations aboard the amphibious transport dock USS Somerset (LPD 25) in the South China Sea April 11, 2024. Somerset and embarked elements of the 15th MEU are conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. 7th Fleet is 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. Aidan Hekker)

Photo by Cpl. Aidan Hekker

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Ismael Bamba is awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal during a ceremony on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, April 11, 2024. Bamba received the award for his heroic actions that saved the life of a Japanese national in Okinawa, Japan. The Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal is awarded to Marines and Sailors for meritorious service or acts of heroism. Bamba, a native of Ivory Coast, West Africa, is the sergeant major of 12th Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Alyssa Chuluda)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Ismael Bamba is awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal during a ceremony on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, April 11, 2024. Bamba received the award for his heroic actions that saved the life of a Japanese national in Okinawa, Japan. The Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal is awarded to Marines and Sailors for meritorious service or acts of heroism. Bamba, a native of Ivory Coast, West Africa, is the sergeant major of 12th Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Alyssa Chuluda)

Photo by Sgt. Alyssa Chuluda

U.S. Marines with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Training Squadron (VMUT) 2 conduct familiarization training with an MQ-9A Reaper unmanned aircraft at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, April 11, 2024. Marines with VMUT-2 worked alongside civilian contractors to conduct familiarization training with VMUT-2’s first delivered and assembled MQ-9A Reaper unmanned aircraft. VMUT-2 will serve as the Marine Corps MQ-9A Reaper Fleet Replacement Squadron, whose primary mission is to train 7318 unmanned aerial systems officers and 8022 enlisted sensor operators.

U.S. Marines with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Training Squadron (VMUT) 2 conduct familiarization training with an MQ-9A Reaper unmanned aircraft at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, April 11, 2024. Marines with VMUT-2 worked alongside civilian contractors to conduct familiarization training with VMUT-2’s first delivered and assembled MQ-9A Reaper unmanned aircraft. VMUT-2 will serve as the Marine Corps MQ-9A Reaper Fleet Replacement Squadron, whose primary mission is to train 7318 unmanned aerial systems officers and 8022 enlisted sensor operators.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Orlanys Diaz Figueroa

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Logan Elliott, a helicopter crew chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466 (HMH-466), 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, observes the flight while riding a CH-53E Super Stallion during an air mobility exercise on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, Apr. 9, 2024. Elliot is a native of Washington. 3rd Marine Logistics Group, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, and HMH-466 executed an air mobility exercise as part of its pre-deployment training. Air mobility exercises center around familiarization flights that aim to prepare Marines for assault support operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Federico Marquez)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Logan Elliott, a helicopter crew chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466 (HMH-466), 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, observes the flight while riding a CH-53E Super Stallion during an air mobility exercise on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, Apr. 9, 2024. Elliot is a native of Washington. 3rd Marine Logistics Group, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, and HMH-466 executed an air mobility exercise as part of its pre-deployment training. Air mobility exercises center around familiarization flights that aim to prepare Marines for assault support operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Federico Marquez)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Federico Marquez

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Angel Garcia, an electronic signals intelligence analyst with 3rd Radio Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, showcases capabilities to III MIG leadership next to a field expedient antenna during a signal's intelligence operation at Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii on April 9, 2024. The rehearsal trained Marines to collect simulated enemy electronic signals while reducing their own during exercise Corvus Dawn 24 battalion operations. CD24 sharpened 3rd RADBN's ability to provide technical information related capabilities to III Marine Expeditionary Force and the joint and multi-national force throughout the Indo-Pacific region. Garcia is a native of California. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Ruiz)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Angel Garcia, an electronic signals intelligence analyst with 3rd Radio Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, showcases capabilities to III MIG leadership next to a field expedient antenna during a signal's intelligence operation at Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii on April 9, 2024. The rehearsal trained Marines to collect simulated enemy electronic signals while reducing their own during exercise Corvus Dawn 24 battalion operations. CD24 sharpened 3rd RADBN's ability to provide technical information related capabilities to III Marine Expeditionary Force and the joint and multi-national force throughout the Indo-Pacific region. Garcia is a native of California. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Ruiz)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Ruiz

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Logan Navock, an intelligence surveillance reconnaissance systems engineer with 3rd Radio Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, constructs a field expedient antenna during a signal intelligence operation at Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii on April 9, 2024. The rehearsal trained Marines to collect simulated enemy electronic signals while reducing their own during exercise Corvus Dawn 24 battalion operations. CD24 sharpened 3rd RADBN's ability to provide technical information related capabilities to III Marine Expeditionary Force and the joint and multi-national force throughout the Indo-Pacific region. Navock is a native of Michigan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Ruiz)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Logan Navock, an intelligence surveillance reconnaissance systems engineer with 3rd Radio Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, constructs a field expedient antenna during a signal intelligence operation at Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii on April 9, 2024. The rehearsal trained Marines to collect simulated enemy electronic signals while reducing their own during exercise Corvus Dawn 24 battalion operations. CD24 sharpened 3rd RADBN's ability to provide technical information related capabilities to III Marine Expeditionary Force and the joint and multi-national force throughout the Indo-Pacific region. Navock is a native of Michigan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Ruiz)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Ruiz

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Logan Navock, an intelligence surveillance reconnaissance systems engineer with 3rd Radio Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, assembles a field expedient antenna during a signal intelligence operation at Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii on April 9, 2024. The rehearsal trained Marines to collect simulated enemy electronic signals while reducing their own during exercise Corvus Dawn 24 battalion operations. CD24 sharpened 3rd RADBN's ability to provide technical information related capabilities to III Marine Expeditionary Force and the joint and multi-national force throughout the Indo-Pacific region. Novack is a native of Michigan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Ruiz)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Logan Navock, an intelligence surveillance reconnaissance systems engineer with 3rd Radio Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, assembles a field expedient antenna during a signal intelligence operation at Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii on April 9, 2024. The rehearsal trained Marines to collect simulated enemy electronic signals while reducing their own during exercise Corvus Dawn 24 battalion operations. CD24 sharpened 3rd RADBN's ability to provide technical information related capabilities to III Marine Expeditionary Force and the joint and multi-national force throughout the Indo-Pacific region. Novack is a native of Michigan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Ruiz)

Photo by Staff Sgt. Samuel Ruiz

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Robert C. Fulford, the deputy commanding general for I Marine Expeditionary Force, speaks to Marines and Sailors with I MEF during the launch of the 2024 Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society’s Active Duty Fund Drive at the Pacific Views Event Center on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 8, 2024. The ADFD in support of the NMCRS, increases awareness, education and the availability of the program and the services they provide. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Bryant Rodriguez)

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Robert C. Fulford, the deputy commanding general for I Marine Expeditionary Force, speaks to Marines and Sailors with I MEF during the launch of the 2024 Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society’s Active Duty Fund Drive at the Pacific Views Event Center on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 8, 2024. The ADFD in support of the NMCRS, increases awareness, education and the availability of the program and the services they provide. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Bryant Rodriguez)

Photo by Sgt. Bryant Rodriguez

Officer Candidates with Recruiting Station (RS) Denver and RS Salt Lake City conduct a joint mock Officer Candidates School (OCS) at Camp Williams in Lehi, Utah from April 5-7, 2024.The 3-day event consisted of these candidates getting a glimpse into what OCS will be like. The candidates conducted physical training events, hikes, infantry tactics training and leadership reaction courses. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Lydia Gordon)

Officer Candidates with Recruiting Station (RS) Denver and RS Salt Lake City conduct a joint mock Officer Candidates School (OCS) at Camp Williams in Lehi, Utah from April 5-7, 2024.The 3-day event consisted of these candidates getting a glimpse into what OCS will be like. The candidates conducted physical training events, hikes, infantry tactics training and leadership reaction courses. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Lydia Gordon)

Photo by Sgt. Lydia Gordon

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jack Geels, a team leader assigned to Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and native of Iowa, fires an M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle during a live-fire deck shoot aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) in the Pacific Ocean April 6, 2024. Elements of the 15th MEU are currently embarked aboard the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jack Geels, a team leader assigned to Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and native of Iowa, fires an M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle during a live-fire deck shoot aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) in the Pacific Ocean April 6, 2024. Elements of the 15th MEU are currently embarked aboard the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet.

Photo by Cpl. Joseph Helms

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jonathan Cerecedes, left, a Surprise, Arizona, native and watch commander with Provost Marshal Office, Maj. Michael Flanigan, Security Battalion's executive officer, both with Marine Corps Base Quantico, and retired Master Sgt. Bradley Harding conduct a meritorious promotion ceremony at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, Virginia, April 5, 2024. Cerecedes competed with approximately 13,000 staff sergeants in the Marine Corps for 21 slots to meritoriously promote to gunnery sergeant, and beat about 99 percent of the Marines for that promotion. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Sean R. LeClaire)

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jonathan Cerecedes, left, a Surprise, Arizona, native and watch commander with Provost Marshal Office, Maj. Michael Flanigan, Security Battalion's executive officer, both with Marine Corps Base Quantico, and retired Master Sgt. Bradley Harding conduct a meritorious promotion ceremony at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, Virginia, April 5, 2024. Cerecedes competed with approximately 13,000 staff sergeants in the Marine Corps for 21 slots to meritoriously promote to gunnery sergeant, and beat about 99 percent of the Marines for that promotion. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Sean R. LeClaire)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Sean LeClaire

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jonathan Cerecedes, left, a Surprise, Arizona, native and watch commander with Provost Marshal Office, Maj. Michael Flanigan, Security Battalion's executive officer, both with Marine Corps Base Quantico, and retired Master Sgt. Bradley Harding conduct a meritorious promotion ceremony at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, Virginia, April 5, 2024. Cerecedes competed with approximately 13,000 staff sergeants in the Marine Corps for 21 slots to meritoriously promote to gunnery sergeant, and beat about 99 percent of the Marines for that promotion. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Sean R. LeClaire)

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jonathan Cerecedes, left, a Surprise, Arizona, native and watch commander with Provost Marshal Office, Maj. Michael Flanigan, Security Battalion's executive officer, both with Marine Corps Base Quantico, and retired Master Sgt. Bradley Harding conduct a meritorious promotion ceremony at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, Virginia, April 5, 2024. Cerecedes competed with approximately 13,000 staff sergeants in the Marine Corps for 21 slots to meritoriously promote to gunnery sergeant, and beat about 99 percent of the Marines for that promotion. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Sean R. LeClaire)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Sean LeClaire

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jonathan Cerecedes, a Surprise, Arizona, native and watch commander with Provost Marshal Office on Marine Corps Base Quantico, conducts his meritorious promotion ceremony to gunnery sergeant at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, Virginia, April 5, 2024. Cerecedes competed with approximately 13,000 staff sergeants in the Marine Corps for 21 slots to meritoriously promote to gunnery sergeant, and beat about 99 percent of the Marines for that promotion. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Sean R. LeClaire)

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jonathan Cerecedes, a Surprise, Arizona, native and watch commander with Provost Marshal Office on Marine Corps Base Quantico, conducts his meritorious promotion ceremony to gunnery sergeant at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, Triangle, Virginia, April 5, 2024. Cerecedes competed with approximately 13,000 staff sergeants in the Marine Corps for 21 slots to meritoriously promote to gunnery sergeant, and beat about 99 percent of the Marines for that promotion. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Sean R. LeClaire)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Sean LeClaire

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Gage Barbieri, a Florida native and corporals course instructor with Headquarters Battalion, 2d Marine Division, poses for a photo on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 4, 2024. Motor Transport operators are responsible for maintaining and operating both commercial and tactical vehicles. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Megan Ozaki)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Gage Barbieri, a Florida native and corporals course instructor with Headquarters Battalion, 2d Marine Division, poses for a photo on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 4, 2024. Motor Transport operators are responsible for maintaining and operating both commercial and tactical vehicles. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Megan Ozaki)

Photo by Cpl. Megan Ozaki

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Gage Barbieri, a Florida native and corporals course instructor with Headquarters Battalion, 2d Marine Division, works on a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 4, 2024. Motor Transport operators are responsible for maintaining and operating both commercial and tactical vehicles. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Megan Ozaki)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Gage Barbieri, a Florida native and corporals course instructor with Headquarters Battalion, 2d Marine Division, works on a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 4, 2024. Motor Transport operators are responsible for maintaining and operating both commercial and tactical vehicles. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Megan Ozaki)

Photo by Cpl. Megan Ozaki

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Gage Barbieri, a Florida native and corporals course instructor with Headquarters Battalion, 2d Marine Division, works on a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 4, 2024. Motor Transport operators are responsible for maintaining and operating both commercial and tactical vehicles. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Megan Ozaki)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Gage Barbieri, a Florida native and corporals course instructor with Headquarters Battalion, 2d Marine Division, works on a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 4, 2024. Motor Transport operators are responsible for maintaining and operating both commercial and tactical vehicles. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Megan Ozaki)

Photo by Cpl. Megan Ozaki

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Travis Main, a ground operations specialist with Battalion Landing Team 1/1, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires a mounted .50 caliber machine gun during an immediate action upon contact exercise at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, April 2, 2024. Marines conducted the exercises utilizing joint light tactical vehicles to ensure rapid and effective response to enemy threats and enhance combat readiness. 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 Gunnery Sgt. Travis Main, a ground operations specialist with Battalion Landing Team 1/1, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fires a mounted .50 caliber machine gun during an immediate action upon contact exercise at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, April 2, 2024. Marines conducted the exercises utilizing joint light tactical vehicles to ensure rapid and effective response to enemy threats and enhance combat readiness. 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.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Osmar Gutierrez

Retired U.S. Marine Corps Corporal Ruth 'Mama Lou' Keller receives her birthday cake during her 99th birthday celebration, March 30, 2024, in San Jose, CA. Mama Lou was stationed at the Pentagon during the height of WWII processing Purple Hearts.

Retired U.S. Marine Corps Corporal Ruth 'Mama Lou' Keller receives her birthday cake during her 99th birthday celebration, March 30, 2024, in San Jose, CA. Mama Lou was stationed at the Pentagon during the height of WWII processing Purple Hearts.

Photo by Cpl. Trystan Taft

Retired U.S. Marine Corps Corporal Lou 'Mama Lou' Keller tells everyone at her 99th Birthday celebration that she will see them on her 100th Birthday March 30, 2024, in San Jose, CA. Mama Lou was born on March 31, 1925 in the town of Gilroy California and enlisted in the Marine Corps in honor of her late father who was a WWI veteran.

Retired U.S. Marine Corps Corporal Lou 'Mama Lou' Keller tells everyone at her 99th Birthday celebration that she will see them on her 100th Birthday March 30, 2024, in San Jose, CA. Mama Lou was born on March 31, 1925 in the town of Gilroy California and enlisted in the Marine Corps in honor of her late father who was a WWI veteran.

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