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U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley, commander, U.S. Africa Command, greets General Belkhir El Farouk, inspector general of the Moroccan Armed Forces and commander of the Southern Zone, to discuss shared security interests and future areas of potential cooperation in Rabat, Morocco, on Oct. 17, 2022. The visit to Morocco, followed by a stop in Tunisia, was Langley's third to Africa since taking command. (photo courtesy of the U.S. Embassy in Morocco)

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley, commander, U.S. Africa Command, greets General Belkhir El Farouk, inspector general of the Moroccan Armed Forces and commander of the Southern Zone, to discuss shared security interests and future areas of potential cooperation in Rabat, Morocco, on Oct. 17, 2022. The visit to Morocco, followed by a stop in Tunisia, was Langley's third to Africa since taking command. (photo courtesy of the U.S. Embassy in Morocco)

Photo by U.S. Embassy in Morocco

A U.S. Marine with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, 3rd Marine Division, participates in bilateral force-on-force training during Resolute Dragon 22 at Kamifurano Maneuver Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Oct. 12, 2022. Resolute Dragon 22 is an annual bilateral exercise designed to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Japan Alliance by exercising integrated command and control, targeting, combined arms, and maneuver across multiple domains.

A U.S. Marine with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, 3rd Marine Division, participates in bilateral force-on-force training during Resolute Dragon 22 at Kamifurano Maneuver Area, Hokkaido, Japan, Oct. 12, 2022. Resolute Dragon 22 is an annual bilateral exercise designed to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Japan Alliance by exercising integrated command and control, targeting, combined arms, and maneuver across multiple domains.

Photo by Cpl. Scott Aubuchon

Blue cell participants of the Information Warfighter Exercise 20.2 plan their next attack during the IWX 20.2 at the Marine Corps Civil-Military Operations School, Quantico, Va., Oct. 30, 2020. IWX assist with the training of all Information Related Capabilities mission requirements with the integration of our sister services and partners allies.

Blue cell participants of the Information Warfighter Exercise 20.2 plan their next attack during the IWX 20.2 at the Marine Corps Civil-Military Operations School, Quantico, Va., Oct. 30, 2020. IWX assist with the training of all Information Related Capabilities mission requirements with the integration of our sister services and partners allies.

Photo by Courtesy Photo

U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 3rd Marines, 3rd Marine Division, disembark from an MV-22 Osprey at a landing zone in Hokkaido, Japan, Oct. 5, 2022. Resolute Dragon 22 is an annual bilateral exercise designed to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Japan Alliance by exercising integrated command and control, targeting, combined arms and maneuver across multiple domains.

U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 3rd Marines, 3rd Marine Division, disembark from an MV-22 Osprey at a landing zone in Hokkaido, Japan, Oct. 5, 2022. Resolute Dragon 22 is an annual bilateral exercise designed to strengthen the defensive capabilities of the U.S.-Japan Alliance by exercising integrated command and control, targeting, combined arms and maneuver across multiple domains.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Justin Marty

U.S. Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Ground Combat Element, Marine Rotational Force-Darwin 22, approach a support by fire position during a platoon live-fire attack as part of exercise Darrandarra 22, at Mount Bundey Training Area, NT, Australia, June 10, 2022. Exercise Darrandarra 22 increases MRF-D 22’s readiness to respond to realistic crises throughout the range of military operations within the region.

U.S. Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Ground Combat Element, Marine Rotational Force-Darwin 22, approach a support by fire position during a platoon live-fire attack as part of exercise Darrandarra 22, at Mount Bundey Training Area, NT, Australia, June 10, 2022. Exercise Darrandarra 22 increases MRF-D 22’s readiness to respond to realistic crises throughout the range of military operations within the region.

Photo by Cpl. Cedar Barnes

U.S. Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464 finalize the preflight check of a CH-53E Super Stallion at an undisclosed location, Oct. 11, 2022. HMH-464 provided assault support for Marine Forces Special Operations Command during Exercise Raven 23-1 to enhance combat readiness in an unfamiliar expeditionary environment. HMH-464 is a subordinate unit of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, the aviation combat element of II Marine Expeditionary Force.

U.S. Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464 finalize the preflight check of a CH-53E Super Stallion at an undisclosed location, Oct. 11, 2022. HMH-464 provided assault support for Marine Forces Special Operations Command during Exercise Raven 23-1 to enhance combat readiness in an unfamiliar expeditionary environment. HMH-464 is a subordinate unit of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, the aviation combat element of II Marine Expeditionary Force.

Photo by Pfc. Rowdy Vanskike

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Levonte Gilyard, a motor transport operator with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, fires an M2A1 machine gun during company field exercise 1-23 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 12, 2022. 1st ANGLICO conducted COFEX 1-23 to develop, sustain, and enhance core competencies required to support I Marine Expeditionary Force across the company’s Training and Readiness standards and the Warfighting Functions.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Levonte Gilyard, a motor transport operator with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, fires an M2A1 machine gun during company field exercise 1-23 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 12, 2022. 1st ANGLICO conducted COFEX 1-23 to develop, sustain, and enhance core competencies required to support I Marine Expeditionary Force across the company’s Training and Readiness standards and the Warfighting Functions.

Photo by Cpl. Atticus Martinez

From Left, U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Sebastian Oprea, a rifleman with 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment (3/7), Ground Combat Element, Marine Rotational Force-Darwin 22, Australian Army Lance Cpl. Brendan Bond, a sniper with 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, 7th Brigade, and U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Fernando Cabral, a rifleman with 3/7, GCE, MRF-D 22, pose for a photograph during exercise Southern Jackaroo 22 at Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, May 18, 2022. Southern Jackaroo is a multilateral exercise carried out by Marines with MRF-D, the Australian Army and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers, focusing on live-fire and combined arms training.

From Left, U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Sebastian Oprea, a rifleman with 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment (3/7), Ground Combat Element, Marine Rotational Force-Darwin 22, Australian Army Lance Cpl. Brendan Bond, a sniper with 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, 7th Brigade, and U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Fernando Cabral, a rifleman with 3/7, GCE, MRF-D 22, pose for a photograph during exercise Southern Jackaroo 22 at Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland, Australia, May 18, 2022. Southern Jackaroo is a multilateral exercise carried out by Marines with MRF-D, the Australian Army and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers, focusing on live-fire and combined arms training.

Photo by Cpl. Cedar Barnes

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Rubin Tan, the Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz Communication Strategy and Operations chief, assembles a donated bike at a storage facility on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 14, 2021. The mission of the Toys for Tots program is to collect new, unwrapped toys and distribute those toys to less fortunate children during Christmas. MCB Camp Blaz participated in the annual campaign to help bring the joy of Christmas and send a message of hope to less fortunate children in Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Rubin Tan, the Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz Communication Strategy and Operations chief, assembles a donated bike at a storage facility on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Dec. 14, 2021. The mission of the Toys for Tots program is to collect new, unwrapped toys and distribute those toys to less fortunate children during Christmas. MCB Camp Blaz participated in the annual campaign to help bring the joy of Christmas and send a message of hope to less fortunate children in Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

Photo by Cpl. Andrew King

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Aaron Lucas, a CH-53E Super Stallion crew chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464, supervises maintenance at an undisclosed location, Oct. 11, 2022. HMH-464 provided assault support for Marine Forces Special Operations Command during Exercise Raven 23-1 to enhance combat readiness in an unfamiliar expeditionary environment. HMH-464 is a subordinate unit of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, the aviation combat element of II Marine Expeditionary Force.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Aaron Lucas, a CH-53E Super Stallion crew chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 464, supervises maintenance at an undisclosed location, Oct. 11, 2022. HMH-464 provided assault support for Marine Forces Special Operations Command during Exercise Raven 23-1 to enhance combat readiness in an unfamiliar expeditionary environment. HMH-464 is a subordinate unit of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, the aviation combat element of II Marine Expeditionary Force.

Photo by Pfc. Rowdy Vanskike

Aviation Structural Mechanic Airman Haily Castillo, Culinary Specialist 1st Class Jon Hale, and Senior Chief Culinary Specialist Lemuel Manlogon cut a cake together in celebration of the Navy’s 247th birthday at the Far East Café onboard Naval Air Facility Atsugi Oct. 13, 2022. Traditionally the Navy’s birthday cake is to be cut by the most senior and the most junior Sailor at the same time, representing the passing of knowledge and experience from one generation to the next.

Aviation Structural Mechanic Airman Haily Castillo, Culinary Specialist 1st Class Jon Hale, and Senior Chief Culinary Specialist Lemuel Manlogon cut a cake together in celebration of the Navy’s 247th birthday at the Far East Café onboard Naval Air Facility Atsugi Oct. 13, 2022. Traditionally the Navy’s birthday cake is to be cut by the most senior and the most junior Sailor at the same time, representing the passing of knowledge and experience from one generation to the next.

Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Rafael A

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ayline Mota, Marine Corps Recruiting Commanding Supply Chief, receives award from Maj. Gen. William J. Bowers, MCRC Commanding General, and Sgt. Maj. Adan F. Moreno, MCRC Sergeant Major, at James Wesley Marsh center, on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., September 30. Marines and civilians receive awards for their contribution and dedication to MCRC after making mission for fiscal year 2022.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ayline Mota, Marine Corps Recruiting Commanding Supply Chief, receives award from Maj. Gen. William J. Bowers, MCRC Commanding General, and Sgt. Maj. Adan F. Moreno, MCRC Sergeant Major, at James Wesley Marsh center, on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., September 30. Marines and civilians receive awards for their contribution and dedication to MCRC after making mission for fiscal year 2022.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Jennifer Sanchez

A young girl puts on her dad's cover during a homecoming for Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, aboard Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Oct. 10, 2022. Marines and Sailors assigned to the 22nd MEU returned home after completing a seven-month deployment with the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group in the U.S. Naval Sixth Fleet area of operations.

A young girl puts on her dad's cover during a homecoming for Battalion Landing Team 2/6, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, aboard Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Oct. 10, 2022. Marines and Sailors assigned to the 22nd MEU returned home after completing a seven-month deployment with the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group in the U.S. Naval Sixth Fleet area of operations.

Photo by Cpl. Yvonna Guyette

U.S. Marines and Sailors with III Marine Expeditionary Force are part of a group of U.S. Marines and Sailors that provided emergency medical aid to locals involved in a traffic accident Oct. 7, 2022 in Luzon, Philippines. These service members are deployed in support of KAMANDAG, an annual bilateral exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences.

U.S. Marines and Sailors with III Marine Expeditionary Force are part of a group of U.S. Marines and Sailors that provided emergency medical aid to locals involved in a traffic accident Oct. 7, 2022 in Luzon, Philippines. These service members are deployed in support of KAMANDAG, an annual bilateral exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences.

Photo by Courtesy

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Brandon Sells, a radio operator with 3rd Marine Division, practices using a Mini-Secure Communications Controller with Philippine Marines during KAMANDAG 6 at Fort Bonifacio, Philippines, Oct. 10, 2022. This system enables bilateral radio communications between the Philippine and U.S. Marine Corps. KAMANDAG is an annual bilateral exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences. Sells is a native of Henderson, Texas.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Brandon Sells, a radio operator with 3rd Marine Division, practices using a Mini-Secure Communications Controller with Philippine Marines during KAMANDAG 6 at Fort Bonifacio, Philippines, Oct. 10, 2022. This system enables bilateral radio communications between the Philippine and U.S. Marine Corps. KAMANDAG is an annual bilateral exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences. Sells is a native of Henderson, Texas.

Photo by Cpl. Ujian Gosun

U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harriers assigned to the Aviation Combat Element, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a fly over after departing the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge, in the Atlantic Ocean, Oct. 7, 2022. The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and embarked 22nd MEU, are operating in U.S. 2nd Fleet in support of naval operations to maintain maritime stability and security across the Atlantic in order to ensure access, deter aggression and defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harriers assigned to the Aviation Combat Element, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a fly over after departing the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge, in the Atlantic Ocean, Oct. 7, 2022. The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and embarked 22nd MEU, are operating in U.S. 2nd Fleet in support of naval operations to maintain maritime stability and security across the Atlantic in order to ensure access, deter aggression and defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

Photo by Cpl. Yvonna Guyette

U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge, watch harriers depart during flight operations in the Atlantic Ocean, Oct. 7, 2022. The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and embarked 22nd MEU, are operating in U.S. 2nd Fleet in support of naval operations to maintain maritime stability and security across the Atlantic in order to ensure access, deter aggression and defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge, watch harriers depart during flight operations in the Atlantic Ocean, Oct. 7, 2022. The Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and embarked 22nd MEU, are operating in U.S. 2nd Fleet in support of naval operations to maintain maritime stability and security across the Atlantic in order to ensure access, deter aggression and defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

Photo by Cpl. Yvonna Guyette

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jacob Konefsky, a rifleman with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines, conducts reconnaissance for a combined amphibious raid with Philippine Marines during KAMANDAG 6, in San Vicente, Philippines, Oct. 10, 2022. KAMANDAG is an annual bilateral exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military, designed to strengthen interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences. 1/2 is forward deployed under 4th Marines, 3rd Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program. Konefsky is a native of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jacob Konefsky, a rifleman with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marines, conducts reconnaissance for a combined amphibious raid with Philippine Marines during KAMANDAG 6, in San Vicente, Philippines, Oct. 10, 2022. KAMANDAG is an annual bilateral exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military, designed to strengthen interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences. 1/2 is forward deployed under 4th Marines, 3rd Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program. Konefsky is a native of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Michael Taggart

U.S. Marines participate in an active shooter training, Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 26, 2019. Marines with PMO conducted the training to ensure readiness and reliability in the event of an active shooter.

U.S. Marines participate in an active shooter training, Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 26, 2019. Marines with PMO conducted the training to ensure readiness and reliability in the event of an active shooter.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Karis Mattingly

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Juan Gutierrez from Revere, Massachusetts, a crew chief assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 268, Marine Aircraft Group 24, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing fires an M240D 7.62mm machine gun at ground targets during Weapons and Tactics Instructors course 1-23 at Yodaville, near Yuma, Arizona, Oct. 5, 2022. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, providing standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine aviation training and readiness, and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics.

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Juan Gutierrez from Revere, Massachusetts, a crew chief assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 268, Marine Aircraft Group 24, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing fires an M240D 7.62mm machine gun at ground targets during Weapons and Tactics Instructors course 1-23 at Yodaville, near Yuma, Arizona, Oct. 5, 2022. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, providing standardized advanced tactical training and certification of unit instructor qualifications to support Marine aviation training and readiness, and assists in developing and employing aviation weapons and tactics.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Kyle Chan