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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

Timor-Leste Fuzilierios prepare to board a simulated enemy vessel during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training/Marine Exercise Timor-Leste, Feb, 14. CARAT/MAREX Timor-Leste is a bilateral exercise between Timor-Leste and the United States designed to promote regional security cooperation, maintain and strengthen maritime partnerships, and enhance maritime interoperability. In its 28th year, the CARAT series is comprised of multinational exercises, designed to enhance U.S. and partner forces’ abilities to operate together in response to traditional and non-traditional maritime security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region.

Timor-Leste Fuzilierios prepare to board a simulated enemy vessel during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training/Marine Exercise Timor-Leste, Feb, 14. CARAT/MAREX Timor-Leste is a bilateral exercise between Timor-Leste and the United States designed to promote regional security cooperation, maintain and strengthen maritime partnerships, and enhance maritime interoperability. In its 28th year, the CARAT series is comprised of multinational exercises, designed to enhance U.S. and partner forces’ abilities to operate together in response to traditional and non-traditional maritime security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region.

Photo by Sgt. Nicolas Atehortua

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Logan Turner, a chemical biological radiological nuclear defense specialist with Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, adjusts heat on burner during a gas chamber training event on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Feb. 23, 2023. 2nd MLG Marines conduct gas chamber training annually by exposing themselves to chlorobenzalmalononitrile tablets, commonly known as CS gas, in order to enhance their efficiency with the M50 gas mask and Mission Oriented Protective Posture gear.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Logan Turner, a chemical biological radiological nuclear defense specialist with Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, adjusts heat on burner during a gas chamber training event on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Feb. 23, 2023. 2nd MLG Marines conduct gas chamber training annually by exposing themselves to chlorobenzalmalononitrile tablets, commonly known as CS gas, in order to enhance their efficiency with the M50 gas mask and Mission Oriented Protective Posture gear.

Photo by Cpl. Meshaq Hylton

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Eric M. Smith, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, gives a speech at the Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Va. on Feb. 23, 2023. U.S. Marines from 2nd Marine Logistics Group participated in a reenlistment ceremony on the 78th anniversary flag raising atop Mount Suribachi, during the Battle for Iwo Jima.

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Eric M. Smith, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, gives a speech at the Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, Va. on Feb. 23, 2023. U.S. Marines from 2nd Marine Logistics Group participated in a reenlistment ceremony on the 78th anniversary flag raising atop Mount Suribachi, during the Battle for Iwo Jima.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Alfonso Livrieri

U.S. Marine Corps Jack HylandDeLeon, a heavy equipment engineer operator with III Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, sights in during a fire and maneuver drill for Bushido Strike 23 on U.S. Army Garrison- Yongsan Casey, South Korea, Feb. 6, 2023. III MSB is conducting Bushido Strike 23, which comprises training events including a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation to validate its mission essential tasks to provide combat service support, security and administrative services to III Marine Expeditionary Force.

U.S. Marine Corps Jack HylandDeLeon, a heavy equipment engineer operator with III Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, sights in during a fire and maneuver drill for Bushido Strike 23 on U.S. Army Garrison- Yongsan Casey, South Korea, Feb. 6, 2023. III MSB is conducting Bushido Strike 23, which comprises training events including a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation to validate its mission essential tasks to provide combat service support, security and administrative services to III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Kira Ducato

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Walter Breckinridge, a machine gunner with 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, posts security during Marine Littoral Regiment Training Exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 15, 2023. MLR-TE is a large-scale, service-level exercise designed to train, develop, and experiment with the 3d MLR as part of a Marine Air-Ground Task Force, led by 3d Marine Division, operating as a Stand-in Force across a contested and distributed maritime environment. Breckinridge is a native of Rio Grande Valley, Texas.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Walter Breckinridge, a machine gunner with 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, posts security during Marine Littoral Regiment Training Exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 15, 2023. MLR-TE is a large-scale, service-level exercise designed to train, develop, and experiment with the 3d MLR as part of a Marine Air-Ground Task Force, led by 3d Marine Division, operating as a Stand-in Force across a contested and distributed maritime environment. Breckinridge is a native of Rio Grande Valley, Texas.

Photo by Sgt. Patrick King

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Tyshaa Kelman, a, Brooklyn, New York native and a supply administrator with III Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group shares her journey through life and the Marine Corps on U.S. Army Garrison Casey, South Korea, Feb. 13, 2023. The Erasmus High School graduate participated in Bushido Strike 23 in the Republic of Korea. III MSB is conducting Bushido Strike 23, which comprises training events including a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation in South Korea to validate its mission essential tasks of providing combat service support, security and administrative services to III Marine Expeditionary Force.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Tyshaa Kelman, a, Brooklyn, New York native and a supply administrator with III Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group shares her journey through life and the Marine Corps on U.S. Army Garrison Casey, South Korea, Feb. 13, 2023. The Erasmus High School graduate participated in Bushido Strike 23 in the Republic of Korea. III MSB is conducting Bushido Strike 23, which comprises training events including a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation in South Korea to validate its mission essential tasks of providing combat service support, security and administrative services to III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Kira Ducato

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ethan Jara, a native of East Bethel, Minnesota and an ammunition technician with III Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, observes his fire team maneuver on an Infantry Platoon Battle Course during a live fire range on U.S. Army Garrison Casey, Gyeonggi, South Korea, Feb. 10, 2023. III MSB is conducting Bushido Strike 23, which comprises training events including a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation in South Korea to validate its mission essential tasks of providing combat service, security, and administrative services to III Marine Expeditionary Force.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ethan Jara, a native of East Bethel, Minnesota and an ammunition technician with III Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, observes his fire team maneuver on an Infantry Platoon Battle Course during a live fire range on U.S. Army Garrison Casey, Gyeonggi, South Korea, Feb. 10, 2023. III MSB is conducting Bushido Strike 23, which comprises training events including a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation in South Korea to validate its mission essential tasks of providing combat service, security, and administrative services to III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Manuel Serrano

A U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18C Hornet aircraft takes off from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 21, 2023. Cope North 2023, a multilateral field training exercise, honed vital readiness skills of partner nations and enhanced interoperability through the execution of various mission sets, to include air superiority, interdiction, electronic warfare, tactical airlift, and aerial refueling.

A U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18C Hornet aircraft takes off from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 21, 2023. Cope North 2023, a multilateral field training exercise, honed vital readiness skills of partner nations and enhanced interoperability through the execution of various mission sets, to include air superiority, interdiction, electronic warfare, tactical airlift, and aerial refueling.

Photo by Cpl. Calah Thompson

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ethan Jarn, a native of East Bethel, Minnesota and an ammunition technician with III Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, maneuvers his fire team on an Infantry Battle Platoon Course during a live fire range on U.S. Army Garrison Casey, Gyeonggi, South Korea, Feb. 10, 2023. III MSB is conducting Bushido Strike 23, which comprises training events including a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation in South Korea to validate its mission essential tasks of providing combat service, security and administrative services to III Marine Expeditionary Force.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ethan Jarn, a native of East Bethel, Minnesota and an ammunition technician with III Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, maneuvers his fire team on an Infantry Battle Platoon Course during a live fire range on U.S. Army Garrison Casey, Gyeonggi, South Korea, Feb. 10, 2023. III MSB is conducting Bushido Strike 23, which comprises training events including a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation in South Korea to validate its mission essential tasks of providing combat service, security and administrative services to III Marine Expeditionary Force.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Manuel Serrano