U.S. Marines and sailors with 2d Reconnaissance Battalion, 2d Marine Division, and Dutch Marines with Marine Squadron Carib, Royal Netherlands Marine Corps, ride on Fast Raiding Interception Special Forces Crafts prior to conducting dive operations during Exercise Caribbean Coastal Warrior 25 in Savaneta, Aruba, May 26, 2025. Exercise CCW 25 is a bilateral training exercise with Dutch forces and 2d Reconnaissance Battalion aimed to expand knowledge and proficiency when operating in littoral and coastal regions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Hunter J. Kuester)
U.S. Marines with Bravo Company, 2d Combat Engineer Battalion, 2d Marine Division conduct a mobility field exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, June 5, 2025. Mobility exercises are crucial for U.S. Marines to increase proficiency in mobility operations in order to properly support infantry battalions. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Pfc. Oscar Ocampo)
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C. – U.S. Marine Corps Major Justin Wirth, a native of Rice Lake, Wisconsin, and the Assistant Air Officer of Headquarters Battalion, 2d Marine Division, celebrated his retirement with a ceremony, here, May 9, 2025.
Major Wirth dedicated 26 years of service to the defense of the United States of America. Wirth began his career by enlisting in the Marine Corps Reserves.
“[Wisconsin] was a really great place to grow up,” Major Wirth said. “There was very little military presence, so this was a very unforeseen experience.
“The recruiter really inspired me to join because he talked about how much of a challenge it was, and he was right.”
Wirth spent two years in the Reserves as a...
