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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Deven Diaz fires an M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle during fireteam maneuver training at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, June 22, 2023. Fireteam training allows Marines to refine small-unit tactics and develop proficiency before executing combined arms-training. Diaz, a native of Hialeah, Florida, is a rifleman with 3d Battalion, 6th Marines and is currently forward-deployed with 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division in the Indo-Pacific under the Unit Deployment Program.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Deven Diaz fires an M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle during fireteam maneuver training at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, June 22, 2023. Fireteam training allows Marines to refine small-unit tactics and develop proficiency before executing combined arms-training. Diaz, a native of Hialeah, Florida, is a rifleman with 3d Battalion, 6th Marines and is currently forward-deployed with 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division in the Indo-Pacific under the Unit Deployment Program.

Photo by Cpl. Noah Masog

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Cody Poafpybitty, an automatic rifleman with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 23d Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, crosses a gorge using a one-rope bridge during Mountain Training Exercise 4-23 at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, California, June 17, 2023. A one-rope bridge is a complex rope system that is utilized to cross narrow valleys between hills or mountains. Poafpybitty is a native of Pyramid Lake Reservation, NV.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Cody Poafpybitty, an automatic rifleman with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 23d Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, crosses a gorge using a one-rope bridge during Mountain Training Exercise 4-23 at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, California, June 17, 2023. A one-rope bridge is a complex rope system that is utilized to cross narrow valleys between hills or mountains. Poafpybitty is a native of Pyramid Lake Reservation, NV.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Samwel Tabancay

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Mark Bernal, a landing support specialist with 3d Littoral Logistics Battalion, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, receives a package from a TRV-50 Tactical Resupply Unmanned Aircraft System as it lands to resupply U.S. Marines in the field during Balikatan 23 in Cerab, Philippines, April 21, 2023. Balikatan is an annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences. Bernal is a native of San Antonio, Texas.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Mark Bernal, a landing support specialist with 3d Littoral Logistics Battalion, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, receives a package from a TRV-50 Tactical Resupply Unmanned Aircraft System as it lands to resupply U.S. Marines in the field during Balikatan 23 in Cerab, Philippines, April 21, 2023. Balikatan is an annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences. Bernal is a native of San Antonio, Texas.

Photo by Cpl. Tyler Andrews

U.S. Marines with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion fast rope from a UH-1Y Venom helicopter with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 169 during Fuji Viper at Camp Fuji, Japan, June 21, 2023. Fuji Viper provides 1st Marine Aircraft Wing with realistic training opportunities to exercise combined arms and maintain proficiency, lethality, and readiness.

U.S. Marines with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion fast rope from a UH-1Y Venom helicopter with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 169 during Fuji Viper at Camp Fuji, Japan, June 21, 2023. Fuji Viper provides 1st Marine Aircraft Wing with realistic training opportunities to exercise combined arms and maintain proficiency, lethality, and readiness.

Photo by Cpl. Kyle Chan

U.S. Marines from 4th Civil Affairs Group, Marine Corps Advisor Company-A, and 4th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company participate in a simulated community relations exercise while conducting Military Operations on Urban Terrain on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, June 13, 2023. This wargame event focused on Naval Engagement concepts with the goal of building and maintaining regional maritime access and influence at echelon across the phases of competition, crisis, and conflict. The wargame was the initial training event within the larger Force Headquarters Groups, Marine Forces Reserve, Naval Engagement Exercise 23 intended to increase combat readiness and validate the Naval Engagement Concept in support of Force Design.

U.S. Marines from 4th Civil Affairs Group, Marine Corps Advisor Company-A, and 4th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company participate in a simulated community relations exercise while conducting Military Operations on Urban Terrain on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, June 13, 2023. This wargame event focused on Naval Engagement concepts with the goal of building and maintaining regional maritime access and influence at echelon across the phases of competition, crisis, and conflict. The wargame was the initial training event within the larger Force Headquarters Groups, Marine Forces Reserve, Naval Engagement Exercise 23 intended to increase combat readiness and validate the Naval Engagement Concept in support of Force Design.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Joaquin Dela Torre

U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Nkundimana Claude, a fire team leader assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, is pinned as a 2nd Lt. during his commissioning ceremony at the Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, June 17, 2023. Claude moved to the United States from Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa and enlisted in the Marine Corps to become a U.S. citizen. He then graduated from Texas State University and commissioned as an officer.

U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Nkundimana Claude, a fire team leader assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, is pinned as a 2nd Lt. during his commissioning ceremony at the Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, June 17, 2023. Claude moved to the United States from Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa and enlisted in the Marine Corps to become a U.S. citizen. He then graduated from Texas State University and commissioned as an officer.

Photo by Cpl. Ryan Schmid

A U.S. Marine Corps Light Armored Vehicle with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit provides security for aerial insertion while executing an amphibious assault during Composite Training Unit Exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, June 2, 2023. The amphibious assault rehearsed the utilization of Marines to move from ship to shore and secure objectives for follow-on actions. C2X is the last exercise in the pre-deployment training program for the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group.

A U.S. Marine Corps Light Armored Vehicle with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit provides security for aerial insertion while executing an amphibious assault during Composite Training Unit Exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, June 2, 2023. The amphibious assault rehearsed the utilization of Marines to move from ship to shore and secure objectives for follow-on actions. C2X is the last exercise in the pre-deployment training program for the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group.

Photo by Courtesy Photo

The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan and Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship USS Carter Hall form a strait transit formation behind the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde during Composite Training Unit Exercise, Atlantic Ocean, May 21, 2023. The strait transit simulated the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan, Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship USS Cater Hall and Mesa Verde comping into contact with and receiving and returning enemy fire from small boats while in formation. C2X is the last at-sea period of the Pre-deployment Training Program for the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group.

The Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan and Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship USS Carter Hall form a strait transit formation behind the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde during Composite Training Unit Exercise, Atlantic Ocean, May 21, 2023. The strait transit simulated the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Bataan, Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship USS Cater Hall and Mesa Verde comping into contact with and receiving and returning enemy fire from small boats while in formation. C2X is the last at-sea period of the Pre-deployment Training Program for the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group.

Photo by Courtesy Photo

U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Nkundimana Claude, a fire team leader assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, is pinned as a 2nd Lt. during his commissioning ceremony at the Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, June 17, 2023. Claude moved to the United States from Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa and enlisted in the Marine Corps to become a U.S. citizen. He then graduated from Texas State University and commissioned as an officer.

U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Nkundimana Claude, a fire team leader assigned to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, is pinned as a 2nd Lt. during his commissioning ceremony at the Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, June 17, 2023. Claude moved to the United States from Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa and enlisted in the Marine Corps to become a U.S. citizen. He then graduated from Texas State University and commissioned as an officer.

Photo by Cpl. Ryan Schmid

A U.S. Marine fires an M240B machine gun during a live-fire range at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, June 14, 2023. Live-fire training allows Marines deployed to Japan to build proficiency through realistic training scenarios, increasing force readiness. The Marines executing the training are with 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines and are forward-deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3rd Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program.

A U.S. Marine fires an M240B machine gun during a live-fire range at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, June 14, 2023. Live-fire training allows Marines deployed to Japan to build proficiency through realistic training scenarios, increasing force readiness. The Marines executing the training are with 3rd Battalion, 6th Marines and are forward-deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3rd Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program.

Photo by Courtesy Photo

U.S. Marine Corps GySgt. David A. Waterfield Jr., Training Chief, Marine Corps Aircraft Rescue and Firefighter Specialist, Aircraft Rescue Firefighting, Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay leads a period of instruction during the culminating event of a Martial Arts Instructor course on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, June 9, 2023. MAI courses certify Marines to instruct and monitor Marine Corps Martial Arts Program training and advance Marines in belt levels. MCMAP is a synergy of mental, character, and physical disciplines, and in concert with Marine Corps leadership principles, training in these three disciplines enhances the Marine both on and off the battlefield.

U.S. Marine Corps GySgt. David A. Waterfield Jr., Training Chief, Marine Corps Aircraft Rescue and Firefighter Specialist, Aircraft Rescue Firefighting, Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay leads a period of instruction during the culminating event of a Martial Arts Instructor course on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, June 9, 2023. MAI courses certify Marines to instruct and monitor Marine Corps Martial Arts Program training and advance Marines in belt levels. MCMAP is a synergy of mental, character, and physical disciplines, and in concert with Marine Corps leadership principles, training in these three disciplines enhances the Marine both on and off the battlefield.

Photo by Cpl. Arianna Lindheimer

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Hunter Ross, an infantry Marine with 3rd Littoral Combat Team, 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, posts security with an M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle during a patrol at Kahuku Training Area, Hawaii, June 9, 2023. 3rd LCT conducted a nine-day field exercise to improve core competencies, discipline and continuing actions across the battalion.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Hunter Ross, an infantry Marine with 3rd Littoral Combat Team, 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, posts security with an M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle during a patrol at Kahuku Training Area, Hawaii, June 9, 2023. 3rd LCT conducted a nine-day field exercise to improve core competencies, discipline and continuing actions across the battalion.

Photo by Cpl. Grace Gerlach

U.S. Marine Corps GySgt. David A. Waterfield Jr., Training Chief, Marine Corps Aircraft Rescue and Firefighter Specialist, Aircraft Rescue Firefighting, Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, left, and U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Cody T. Purcell, Videographer, Headquarters Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Base Kaneohe Bay Hawaii, right, grapple during the culminating event of a Martial Arts Instructor course on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, June 9, 2023. MAI courses certify Marines to instruct and monitor Marine Corps Martial Arts Program training and advance Marines in belt levels. MCMAP is a synergy of mental, character, and physical disciplines, and in concert with Marine Corps leadership principles, training in these three disciplines enhances the Marine both on and off the battlefield.

U.S. Marine Corps GySgt. David A. Waterfield Jr., Training Chief, Marine Corps Aircraft Rescue and Firefighter Specialist, Aircraft Rescue Firefighting, Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, left, and U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Cody T. Purcell, Videographer, Headquarters Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Base Kaneohe Bay Hawaii, right, grapple during the culminating event of a Martial Arts Instructor course on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, June 9, 2023. MAI courses certify Marines to instruct and monitor Marine Corps Martial Arts Program training and advance Marines in belt levels. MCMAP is a synergy of mental, character, and physical disciplines, and in concert with Marine Corps leadership principles, training in these three disciplines enhances the Marine both on and off the battlefield.

Photo by Cpl. Arianna Lindheimer

A mature Serianthes Nelsonii is shown during a site assessment at Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz following typhoon Mawar on June 7, 2023. A Combined Joint Task Force led by U.S. Army Pacific and Task Force West are the DoD representatives supporting FEMA and the governments of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands as we continue recovery efforts in the wake of Typhoon Mawar. Commander Task Force West Rear Adm. Benjamin Nicholson, and all military installation commanding officers in Guam are diligently working to restore steady state to the bases, and dedicate resources to all FEMA mission assignments. Typhoon Mawar moved through the area as a Category 4 storm on May 24, bringing hurricane-force winds, heavy rain and high seas marking the strongest storm to affect the island since Typhoon Pongsona in 2002.

A mature Serianthes Nelsonii is shown during a site assessment at Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz following typhoon Mawar on June 7, 2023. A Combined Joint Task Force led by U.S. Army Pacific and Task Force West are the DoD representatives supporting FEMA and the governments of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands as we continue recovery efforts in the wake of Typhoon Mawar. Commander Task Force West Rear Adm. Benjamin Nicholson, and all military installation commanding officers in Guam are diligently working to restore steady state to the bases, and dedicate resources to all FEMA mission assignments. Typhoon Mawar moved through the area as a Category 4 storm on May 24, bringing hurricane-force winds, heavy rain and high seas marking the strongest storm to affect the island since Typhoon Pongsona in 2002.

Photo by Gunnery Sgt. Rubin J. Tan

A U.S. Marine with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division provides security during a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 22, 2023. The MCCRE is designed to evaluate and certify a unit's comprehensive warfighting ability as the most ready and lethal unit within the division.

A U.S. Marine with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division provides security during a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 22, 2023. The MCCRE is designed to evaluate and certify a unit's comprehensive warfighting ability as the most ready and lethal unit within the division.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Joshua Kumakaw

Lauren Gutierrez, a supervisory conservation specialist supporting Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz with Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Marianas, collects seeds from a mature Serianthes Nelsonii during a site assessment at Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz following typhoon Mawar on June 7, 2023. A Combined Joint Task Force led by U.S. Army Pacific and Task Force West are the DoD representatives supporting FEMA and the governments of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands as we continue recovery efforts in the wake of Typhoon Mawar. Commander Task Force West Rear Adm. Benjamin Nicholson, and all military installation commanding officers in Guam are diligently working to restore steady state to the bases, and dedicate resources to all FEMA mission assignments. Typhoon Mawar moved through the area as a Category 4 storm on May 24, bringing hurricane-force winds, heavy rain and high seas marking the strongest storm to affect the island since Typhoon Pongsona in 2002.

Lauren Gutierrez, a supervisory conservation specialist supporting Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz with Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Marianas, collects seeds from a mature Serianthes Nelsonii during a site assessment at Marine Corps Base Camp Blaz following typhoon Mawar on June 7, 2023. A Combined Joint Task Force led by U.S. Army Pacific and Task Force West are the DoD representatives supporting FEMA and the governments of Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands as we continue recovery efforts in the wake of Typhoon Mawar. Commander Task Force West Rear Adm. Benjamin Nicholson, and all military installation commanding officers in Guam are diligently working to restore steady state to the bases, and dedicate resources to all FEMA mission assignments. Typhoon Mawar moved through the area as a Category 4 storm on May 24, bringing hurricane-force winds, heavy rain and high seas marking the strongest storm to affect the island since Typhoon Pongsona in 2002.

Photo by Gunnery Sgt. Rubin J. Tan

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Edward Reyes, left, and Lance Cpl. Daniel Puente, both mortarman with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 23D Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, conducts a mortar range during Integrated Training Exercise 4-23 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California on June 12, 2023. As the Marine Corps Reserve’s premier annual training event, ITX provides opportunities to mobilize geographically dispersed forces for a deployment; increase combat readiness and lethality; and exercise MAGTF command and control of battalions and squadrons across the full spectrum of warfare. Reyes is a native of Fort Worth, Texas where he graduated from Fossil Ridge High School. Reyes’s civilian job is a firefighter. Puente is a native of Fort Worth, Texas where he graduated from Harlandale High School. Puente’s civilian job is salesman.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Edward Reyes, left, and Lance Cpl. Daniel Puente, both mortarman with Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 23D Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, conducts a mortar range during Integrated Training Exercise 4-23 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California on June 12, 2023. As the Marine Corps Reserve’s premier annual training event, ITX provides opportunities to mobilize geographically dispersed forces for a deployment; increase combat readiness and lethality; and exercise MAGTF command and control of battalions and squadrons across the full spectrum of warfare. Reyes is a native of Fort Worth, Texas where he graduated from Fossil Ridge High School. Reyes’s civilian job is a firefighter. Puente is a native of Fort Worth, Texas where he graduated from Harlandale High School. Puente’s civilian job is salesman.

Photo by Cpl. Ryan Schmid

U.S Marine Corps Capt. Quinton Boyed, field artillery officer, 2d Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, II Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, provides security while at the Outdoor Infantry Immersion Trainer on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 18, 2023. U.S. Marines worked alongside partners and allies from Norway, France, Finland, and Sweden. The OIIT provided Marines and international partners with scenario based realistic training, creating a fully immersive environment using role players, pyrotechnics, subject matter experts, and sound and smell generators.

U.S Marine Corps Capt. Quinton Boyed, field artillery officer, 2d Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, II Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, provides security while at the Outdoor Infantry Immersion Trainer on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 18, 2023. U.S. Marines worked alongside partners and allies from Norway, France, Finland, and Sweden. The OIIT provided Marines and international partners with scenario based realistic training, creating a fully immersive environment using role players, pyrotechnics, subject matter experts, and sound and smell generators.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Zachary Zephir

U.S Marine Corps Capt. Quinton Boyed, field artillery officer, 2d Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, II Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, provides security with Norwegian Armed Forces at the Outdoor Infantry Immersion Trainer on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 18, 2023. The OIIT provided Marines and international partners with scenario based realistic training, creating a fully immersive environment using role players, pyrotechnics, subject matter experts, and sound and smell generators.

U.S Marine Corps Capt. Quinton Boyed, field artillery officer, 2d Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, II Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, provides security with Norwegian Armed Forces at the Outdoor Infantry Immersion Trainer on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 18, 2023. The OIIT provided Marines and international partners with scenario based realistic training, creating a fully immersive environment using role players, pyrotechnics, subject matter experts, and sound and smell generators.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Zachary Zephir

A U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom, with Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, flys over the training area during a close air support exercise as part of United Arab Emirates Unit Enhancement Training at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, May 11, 2023. The intent of UAE Unit Enhancement Training is to further develop and reinforce partner relations and enhance United Arab Emirates soldiers knowledge of Marine Corps tactics and procedures in indirect fire and close air support.

A U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom, with Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, flys over the training area during a close air support exercise as part of United Arab Emirates Unit Enhancement Training at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, May 11, 2023. The intent of UAE Unit Enhancement Training is to further develop and reinforce partner relations and enhance United Arab Emirates soldiers knowledge of Marine Corps tactics and procedures in indirect fire and close air support.

Photo by Lance Cpl. Trent A. Henry