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)
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Leilana TupuaRodriguez poses for a photo with a child hours before a suicide bomb explosion at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 26, 2021. - U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Leilana TupuaRodriguez poses for a photo with a child hours before a suicide bomb explosion at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, Aug. 26, 2021. TupuaRodriguez, a native of Bremerton, Washington, received the Jim Kallstrom Award for her bravery while serving as a criminal investigator with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, supporting evacuations during the bombing in Kabul that took the life of 13 service members in August 2021. Courtesy Photo