U.S. Marines conduct a crew-served gunnery range using Light Armored Vehicle (LAV) 25s at Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, May 20, 2023. The range was executed to maintain proficiency and increase lethality of the Marines in the first island chain. The Marines and LAV are with 3d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, currently forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marine Regiment, 3d Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program. (U.S. Marine Corps video by LCpl. Diego A. Garcia)

Nicholas Klaus, a range control officer with Marine Corps Installations East-Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune range control, speaks about dangers associated with Browns Island, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 23, 2023. Browns Island is off limits to all visitors unless authorized for training exercises. All personnel accessing the island must be accompanied by an explosive ordnance disposal technician due to extreme dangers associated with the high hazard impact area. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Joel Castaneda)

I’M LANCE CORPORAL DYLON GRASSO WITH YOUR MARINE...

U.S. Marines and Sailors with 2d Marine Division conduct a patient movement during the second annual Doc Kent event on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 19, 2023. This event honors corpsmen lost in battle and tests Marines and Sailors by evaluating their practical knowledge of trauma treatment in a simulated combat environment.

U.S. Marines with the 1st Marine Division Band perform “Promise of the World” by Chieko Baisho on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, May 16, 2023. The division band celebrated this year’s Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with their rendition of the song. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Jaye Townsend)

U.S. Marines and Sailors with 2d Marine Division conduct a patient movement during the second annual Doc Kent event on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 19, 2023. This event honors corpsmen lost in battle and tests Marines and Sailors by evaluating their practical knowledge of trauma treatment in a simulated combat environment.

Cpl. Austin Dawley, a Millville, Minn. native, is a patrol officer for the Marine Corps Police Department at Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany.

Marines assigned to III Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion and III MEF Information Group conduct rifle and shotgun training on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, May 8-9, 2023. The training was held to familiarize the Marines with the various weapons systems. III MIG functions as the vanguard of III MEF, operating in the Indo-Pacific regions information environment, and supports Marine Air Ground Task Force operations with communications, intelligence, and supporting arms liaison capabilities. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Andrew King)

U.S. Marines with the I Marine Expeditionary Force conduct Marine Rotational Force - Darwin 23 in Australia from March 2023 to October 2023. MRF-D 23 will improve the U.S. and Australian interoperability through various engagements and events. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Dylon Grasso)

U.S. Marines with the I Marine Expeditionary Force conduct Marine Rotational Force - Darwin 23 in Australia from March 2023 to October 2023. MRF-D 23 will improve the U.S. and Australian interoperability through various engagements and events. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Dylon Grasso)

U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 12th Marines are tough, disciplined and combat ready forces who live up to artillery’s name as the “King of Battle." 3/12 is the only permanently forward-deployed artillery battalion in Okinawa, ready to respond to crisis in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Scott F. Benedict, commanding general of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), Sgt. Maj. Rodney E. Nevinger, sergeant major of 2nd MAW, and Sgt. Talon Burchard, career planner for Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron (MWHS) 2, talk about reenlistment and potential opportunities for first term alignment plan Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Christopher Hernandez)

U.S. Marines with 3d Reconnaissance Battalion execute Military Free Fall and Low-Level Static Line parachute operations over Ie Shima, Okinawa, Japan, May 16-18, 2023. The training sustains operational readiness while ensuring Marines are prepared to rapidly insert into austere environments through multiple methods. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Israel Sheber)

U.S. Marines with 3d Reconnaissance Battalion jump from an MV-22B Osprey and KC-130J Super Hercules during Military Free Fall and Low-Level Static Line parachute operations over Ie Shima, Okinawa, Japan, May 9-10, 2023. The training sustains operational readiness while ensuring Marines are prepared to rapidly insert into austere environments through multiple methods. (U.S. Marine Corps video by LCpl. Diego A. Garcia)