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The high-speed transport vessel USNS Guam (T-HST 1) departs Naha Military Port, Okinawa, Japan, March 3, 2023. The USNS Guam will transport the Marines to the Republic of Korea for exercise Freedom Shield 23. Freedom Shield is a defense-oriented exercise designed to strengthen the ROK-U.S. Alliance, enhance our combined defense posture, and strengthen security and stability on the Korean peninsula. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler Andrews)

The high-speed transport vessel USNS Guam (T-HST 1) departs Naha Military Port, Okinawa, Japan, March 3, 2023. The USNS Guam will transport the Marines to the Republic of Korea for exercise Freedom Shield 23. Freedom Shield is a defense-oriented exercise designed to strengthen the ROK-U.S. Alliance, enhance our combined defense posture, and strengthen security and stability on the Korean peninsula. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler Andrews)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler Andrews

The high-speed transport vessel USNS Guam (T-HST 1) departs Naha Military Port, Okinawa, Japan, March 3, 2023. The USNS Guam will transport the Marines to the Republic of Korea for exercise Freedom Shield 23. Freedom Shield is a defense-oriented exercise designed to strengthen the ROK-U.S. Alliance, enhance our combined defense posture, and strengthen security and stability on the Korean peninsula. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler Andrews)

The high-speed transport vessel USNS Guam (T-HST 1) departs Naha Military Port, Okinawa, Japan, March 3, 2023. The USNS Guam will transport the Marines to the Republic of Korea for exercise Freedom Shield 23. Freedom Shield is a defense-oriented exercise designed to strengthen the ROK-U.S. Alliance, enhance our combined defense posture, and strengthen security and stability on the Korean peninsula. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler Andrews)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler Andrews

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1/4, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to recover their combat rubber raiding craft on to the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD-20) after a bilateral amphibious assault exercise with soldiers from the 1st Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, at Tokunoshima, Japan, March 3, 2023. The bilateral amphibious assault exercise allowed Marines and JGSDF soldiers to simultaneously secure austere terrain during Iron Fist 23. Iron Fist is an annual bi-lateral exercise designed to increase interoperability and strengthen the relationships between the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Navy, the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1/4, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to recover their combat rubber raiding craft on to the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD-20) after a bilateral amphibious assault exercise with soldiers from the 1st Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, at Tokunoshima, Japan, March 3, 2023. The bilateral amphibious assault exercise allowed Marines and JGSDF soldiers to simultaneously secure austere terrain during Iron Fist 23. Iron Fist is an annual bi-lateral exercise designed to increase interoperability and strengthen the relationships between the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Navy, the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

Photo by Cpl. Vincent Pham

Brig. Gen. Jorge Federico Torres Mora, commandant of the Colombian Marine Corps, speaks about joint military opportunities during a command brief at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, Feb. 28, 2023. During the brief, Colombian Marines and U.S. Marines discussed key engagements to strengthen partnerships, interoperability, and naval integration. Torres, and the Colombian delegation, traveled to various locations within the United States to conduct key leadership engagements aimed at advancing institutional knowledge and processes. These engagements are critical elements to maintaining interoperability and to continue to strengthen the partnership between the two marine corps.

Brig. Gen. Jorge Federico Torres Mora, commandant of the Colombian Marine Corps, speaks about joint military opportunities during a command brief at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, Feb. 28, 2023. During the brief, Colombian Marines and U.S. Marines discussed key engagements to strengthen partnerships, interoperability, and naval integration. Torres, and the Colombian delegation, traveled to various locations within the United States to conduct key leadership engagements aimed at advancing institutional knowledge and processes. These engagements are critical elements to maintaining interoperability and to continue to strengthen the partnership between the two marine corps.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Jennifer Delacruz

Lt. Gen. David G. Bellon, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South, and Marine Forces Reserve, right, and Master Sgt. Sergio Macias, theater security cooperation branch chief, left, welcome Brig. Gen. Jorge Federico Torres Mora, commandant of the Colombian Marine Corps, at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, Feb. 28, 2023. Torres, and the Colombian delegation, traveled to various locations within the United States to conduct key leadership engagements aimed at advancing institutional knowledge and processes. These engagements are critical elements to maintaining interoperability and to continue to strengthen the partnership between the two marine corps.

Lt. Gen. David G. Bellon, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South, and Marine Forces Reserve, right, and Master Sgt. Sergio Macias, theater security cooperation branch chief, left, welcome Brig. Gen. Jorge Federico Torres Mora, commandant of the Colombian Marine Corps, at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, Feb. 28, 2023. Torres, and the Colombian delegation, traveled to various locations within the United States to conduct key leadership engagements aimed at advancing institutional knowledge and processes. These engagements are critical elements to maintaining interoperability and to continue to strengthen the partnership between the two marine corps.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Jennifer Delacruz

U.S. Marines with Anti-Tank Training Company, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve fire a Tube-Launched Optically-Tracked Wire-Guided weapon system during a live-fire exercise at Fort Chaffee Joint Maneuver Training Center, Ark., March 3, 2023. The Marines fired the TOW weapon system from a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, to familiarize themselves with the safety and firing procedures associated with it. The JLTV family of vehicles comes in different variants with multiple mission package configurations, all providing protected, sustained, networked mobility that balances payload, performance, and protection across the full range of military operations. The Marines of today are rapidly pursuing new capabilities and concepts to ensure they remain ready, relevant, and responsive as a capable fighting force in 2030 and beyond.

U.S. Marines with Anti-Tank Training Company, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve fire a Tube-Launched Optically-Tracked Wire-Guided weapon system during a live-fire exercise at Fort Chaffee Joint Maneuver Training Center, Ark., March 3, 2023. The Marines fired the TOW weapon system from a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, to familiarize themselves with the safety and firing procedures associated with it. The JLTV family of vehicles comes in different variants with multiple mission package configurations, all providing protected, sustained, networked mobility that balances payload, performance, and protection across the full range of military operations. The Marines of today are rapidly pursuing new capabilities and concepts to ensure they remain ready, relevant, and responsive as a capable fighting force in 2030 and beyond.

Photo by Cpl. Jonathan Gonzalez

U.S. Marines assigned to Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Central Command and members of the Royal Oman Police Special Task Unit participate in a live fire range as part of exercise Invincible Sentry 23 in Oman, Feb. 19, 2023. IS23 is a recurring exercise held with different partner nations each year within U.S. Central Command’s area of responsibility to evaluate the readiness and capabilities of U.S. and Omani forces responding to a regional emergency.

U.S. Marines assigned to Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Central Command and members of the Royal Oman Police Special Task Unit participate in a live fire range as part of exercise Invincible Sentry 23 in Oman, Feb. 19, 2023. IS23 is a recurring exercise held with different partner nations each year within U.S. Central Command’s area of responsibility to evaluate the readiness and capabilities of U.S. and Omani forces responding to a regional emergency.

Photo by Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Benjamin McDonald

Members of Task Force 61/2, U.S. Sixth Fleet, U.S. Naval Forces Europe and leadership from the 39th Air Base Wing pose for a photo at Antakya, Türkiye, March 2, 2023. At the request of the Turkish government, U.S. military personnel assigned to Task Force 61/2 and 39th Air Base Wing were tasked with building a field hospital for the citizens who were affected by the Feb. 6 earthquakes. Upon completion of their efforts on March 2, 2023, leaders from Task Force 61/2, and 39th Air Base Wing conducted a final walk-through before the Turkish Ministry of Health began operations at the field hospital.

Members of Task Force 61/2, U.S. Sixth Fleet, U.S. Naval Forces Europe and leadership from the 39th Air Base Wing pose for a photo at Antakya, Türkiye, March 2, 2023. At the request of the Turkish government, U.S. military personnel assigned to Task Force 61/2 and 39th Air Base Wing were tasked with building a field hospital for the citizens who were affected by the Feb. 6 earthquakes. Upon completion of their efforts on March 2, 2023, leaders from Task Force 61/2, and 39th Air Base Wing conducted a final walk-through before the Turkish Ministry of Health began operations at the field hospital.

Photo by Sgt. James Bourgeois

U.S. Marines assigned to Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Central Command and members of the Royal Oman Police Special Task unit run from a Eurocopter EC225LP Super Puma after loading a simulated casualty during the final demonstration in exercise Invincible Sentry 23 in Oman, Feb. 23, 2023. IS23 is a recurring exercise held with different partner nations each year within U.S. Central Command’s area of responsibility to evaluate the readiness and capabilities of U.S. and Omani forces responding to a regional emergency.

U.S. Marines assigned to Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team Central Command and members of the Royal Oman Police Special Task unit run from a Eurocopter EC225LP Super Puma after loading a simulated casualty during the final demonstration in exercise Invincible Sentry 23 in Oman, Feb. 23, 2023. IS23 is a recurring exercise held with different partner nations each year within U.S. Central Command’s area of responsibility to evaluate the readiness and capabilities of U.S. and Omani forces responding to a regional emergency.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin McDonald

Marines of the Silent Drill Platoon, Marine Barracks Washington, execute their drill sequence during the Blue Angels’ “Fat Albert” C-130J Super Hercules fly-over at Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, Ariz., Feb. 28, 2023. The performance was the start of this year’s Battle Color Detachment Tour.

Marines of the Silent Drill Platoon, Marine Barracks Washington, execute their drill sequence during the Blue Angels’ “Fat Albert” C-130J Super Hercules fly-over at Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, Ariz., Feb. 28, 2023. The performance was the start of this year’s Battle Color Detachment Tour.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Pranav Ramakrishna

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Filip Kowalski, a motor vehicle operator with The Basic School, holds security while on a simulated urban patrol during a joint Corporals course, class 1-23, hosted by Headquarters Battalion, Training and Education Command, and Security Battalion on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, Feb. 10, 2023. The Small Unit Leadership Evaluation event’s purpose is to test the students on material covered during the course, using practical application to develop critical thinking skills.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Filip Kowalski, a motor vehicle operator with The Basic School, holds security while on a simulated urban patrol during a joint Corporals course, class 1-23, hosted by Headquarters Battalion, Training and Education Command, and Security Battalion on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, Feb. 10, 2023. The Small Unit Leadership Evaluation event’s purpose is to test the students on material covered during the course, using practical application to develop critical thinking skills.

Photo by Lance Cpl. David Brandes

Members of the search fire and rescue team, assigned to the Marine Corps Chemical, Biological Incident Response Force, saws through concrete while conducting a rescue during Exercise Sudden Response 23 at Fort Hood, Texas Dec. 11, 2022. Military units comprising the Defense CBRN Response Force participated in Exercise Sudden Response 23 Dec. 7-13 in Camp Mabry, Austin and Fort Hood, Texas. Teams from Task Force Aviation, TF Logistics, TF Medical and TF Operations, rehearsed force and equipment employment, life-saving operations and web-based collaborative tools to ensure their ability to execute Defense Support of Civil Authority mission. The DCRF is comprised of up to 5,200 personnel from military units located throughout the nation who come together to help fellow Americans in the event of a catastrophic crisis response.

Members of the search fire and rescue team, assigned to the Marine Corps Chemical, Biological Incident Response Force, saws through concrete while conducting a rescue during Exercise Sudden Response 23 at Fort Hood, Texas Dec. 11, 2022. Military units comprising the Defense CBRN Response Force participated in Exercise Sudden Response 23 Dec. 7-13 in Camp Mabry, Austin and Fort Hood, Texas. Teams from Task Force Aviation, TF Logistics, TF Medical and TF Operations, rehearsed force and equipment employment, life-saving operations and web-based collaborative tools to ensure their ability to execute Defense Support of Civil Authority mission. The DCRF is comprised of up to 5,200 personnel from military units located throughout the nation who come together to help fellow Americans in the event of a catastrophic crisis response.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Joseph Cooper

A U.S. Marine with 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division uses an unmanned aircraft system during Marine Air-Ground Task Force Warfighting Exercise 2-23 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Feb. 23, 2023. MWX is the culminating event of Service Level Training Exercise 2-23, that improves U.S. and allied service members' operational capabilities.

A U.S. Marine with 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division uses an unmanned aircraft system during Marine Air-Ground Task Force Warfighting Exercise 2-23 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Feb. 23, 2023. MWX is the culminating event of Service Level Training Exercise 2-23, that improves U.S. and allied service members' operational capabilities.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Kennelly

Members of the decontamination team, assigned to the Marine Corps Chemical, Biological Incident Response Force, practice decontaminating a mannequin during Exercise Sudden Response 23 at Fort Hood, Texas Dec. 11, 2022. Military units comprising the Defense CBRN Response Force participated in Exercise Sudden Response 23 Dec. 7-13 in Camp Mabry, Austin and Fort Hood, Texas. Teams from Task Force Aviation, TF Logistics, TF Medical and TF Operations, rehearsed force and equipment employment, life-saving operations and web-based collaborative tools to ensure their ability to execute Defense Support of Civil Authority mission. The DCRF is comprised of up to 5,200 personnel from military units located throughout the nation who come together to help fellow Americans in the event of a catastrophic crisis response.

Members of the decontamination team, assigned to the Marine Corps Chemical, Biological Incident Response Force, practice decontaminating a mannequin during Exercise Sudden Response 23 at Fort Hood, Texas Dec. 11, 2022. Military units comprising the Defense CBRN Response Force participated in Exercise Sudden Response 23 Dec. 7-13 in Camp Mabry, Austin and Fort Hood, Texas. Teams from Task Force Aviation, TF Logistics, TF Medical and TF Operations, rehearsed force and equipment employment, life-saving operations and web-based collaborative tools to ensure their ability to execute Defense Support of Civil Authority mission. The DCRF is comprised of up to 5,200 personnel from military units located throughout the nation who come together to help fellow Americans in the event of a catastrophic crisis response.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Joseph Cooper

Lance Cpl. Justin Shevlin, Body Bearer, Marine Barracks Washington, prepares the U.S. flag during a funeral for repatriated Marine, Cpl. Thomas H. Cooper, at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., March 10, 2022. Cooper, 22, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, was a member of Company A, 2nd Amphibious Tractor Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, which landed against stiff Japanese resistance on the small island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll of the Gilbert Islands during World War II, and was killed in action.

Lance Cpl. Justin Shevlin, Body Bearer, Marine Barracks Washington, prepares the U.S. flag during a funeral for repatriated Marine, Cpl. Thomas H. Cooper, at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., March 10, 2022. Cooper, 22, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, was a member of Company A, 2nd Amphibious Tractor Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, which landed against stiff Japanese resistance on the small island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll of the Gilbert Islands during World War II, and was killed in action.

Photo by Cpl. Tanner Lambert

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Abel Torres Jr., an assault amphibious vehicle crewman with 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, participates in a live-fire and maneuver range during Intrepid Maven 23.2, in Israel, Feb. 27, 2023. Intrepid Maven is a bilateral exercise between USMARCENT and the IDF designed to improve interoperability, strengthen partner-nation relationships in the U.S. Central Command area of operations and improve both individual and bilateral unit readiness.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Abel Torres Jr., an assault amphibious vehicle crewman with 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, participates in a live-fire and maneuver range during Intrepid Maven 23.2, in Israel, Feb. 27, 2023. Intrepid Maven is a bilateral exercise between USMARCENT and the IDF designed to improve interoperability, strengthen partner-nation relationships in the U.S. Central Command area of operations and improve both individual and bilateral unit readiness.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Emma Gray

Operational Range Clearance and Maintenance commenced for Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Pu’uloa Training Facility, Foxtrot Range, Feb. 23, 2023. The ORC serves to remove unexploded ordinance and range debris from the operational ranges and the mining of munitions from the impact berms on ranges. Routine clearance and maintenance ensure the safety and sustainability of Marine Corps ranges and training areas.

Operational Range Clearance and Maintenance commenced for Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Pu’uloa Training Facility, Foxtrot Range, Feb. 23, 2023. The ORC serves to remove unexploded ordinance and range debris from the operational ranges and the mining of munitions from the impact berms on ranges. Routine clearance and maintenance ensure the safety and sustainability of Marine Corps ranges and training areas.

Photo by Cpl. Samantha Sanchez

U.S. Marines with 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, and soldiers with the Israeli Defense Force participate in live-fire and maneuver range during Intrepid Maven 23.2, in Israel, Feb. 28, 2023. Intrepid Maven is a bilateral exercise between USMARCENT and the IDF designed to improve interoperability, strengthen partner-nation relationships in the U.S. Central Command area of operations and improve both individual and bilateral unit readiness.

U.S. Marines with 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, and soldiers with the Israeli Defense Force participate in live-fire and maneuver range during Intrepid Maven 23.2, in Israel, Feb. 28, 2023. Intrepid Maven is a bilateral exercise between USMARCENT and the IDF designed to improve interoperability, strengthen partner-nation relationships in the U.S. Central Command area of operations and improve both individual and bilateral unit readiness.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Emma Gray

A topping out ceremony was held to celebrate the finalization of the structure for the future auditorium on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Feb. 22, 2023. The 22,000-square-foot station academic facility is part of the recovery construction to rebuild and modernize structures damaged by Hurricane Florence. The topping out ceremony is a celebration of the facility structure being completed and the next stage of construction beginning.

A topping out ceremony was held to celebrate the finalization of the structure for the future auditorium on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Feb. 22, 2023. The 22,000-square-foot station academic facility is part of the recovery construction to rebuild and modernize structures damaged by Hurricane Florence. The topping out ceremony is a celebration of the facility structure being completed and the next stage of construction beginning.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Lauralle Walker

U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 4th Marines provide suppressive fire on a rocket range during Fuji Viper 23.2 at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, Jan. 25, 2023. Fuji Viper provides U.S. Marines operating in Japan with realistic training opportunities to exercise combined arms and maintain proficiency, lethality, and readiness. 3/4 is forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program.

U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 4th Marines provide suppressive fire on a rocket range during Fuji Viper 23.2 at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, Jan. 25, 2023. Fuji Viper provides U.S. Marines operating in Japan with realistic training opportunities to exercise combined arms and maintain proficiency, lethality, and readiness. 3/4 is forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program.

Photo by Sgt. Levi Guerra