US Marines hike towards an objective in the California desert - U.S. Marines with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment (REIN), hike towards an objective during Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Warfighting Exercise (MWX) 2-23 at Camp Wilson on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Feb. 25, 2023. MWX is the culminating event of Service Level Training Exercise 2-23, that improves U.S. and allied service members’ operational capabilities. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Pedro Arroyo)
Woman cutting ribbon at plaque dedication ceremony - Sharron Ermann, cuts a ribbon at the plaque dedication ceremony commemorating her late father, Sgt. Maj. Ray Wilburn, with a plaque bearing his name at Freedom Plaza, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Nov. 10, 2022. Wilburn served for 31 years and fought in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jonathan Forrest)
Ribbon cutting ceremony at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center - David Massie, lead water treatment plant operator with military construction contractor CDM Smith, gives a tour of the facility during the water treatment facility ribbon cutting ceremony at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), Twentynine Palms, California, Nov. 08, 2022. The water treatment facility was built by NAVFAC SW, MCAGCC Public Works Division, and a military construction contractor to give base personnel a new, independent source of clean water. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jonathan Willcox)
U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, conduct planning during Exercise Maltese Dragon, at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California - U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, conduct planning during Exercise Maltese Dragon, at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Aug. 15, 2022. Exercise Maltese Dragon is a training exercise, hosted by Marine Corps Logistics Operation Group, where logistics staffs train in an exercise-controlled environment undergoing different Combat Operations Center simulated stressors used to train and educate well-rounded Marine Air Ground-Task Force logisticians. 3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward-deployed combat unit that serves as III Marine Expeditionary Force’s comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alpha Hernandez)