U.S. Navy medical personnel assigned to the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) treat a Dutch Marine assigned to the Rotterdam-class landing platform dock ship HNLMS Johan de Witt (L 801) while conducting mass casualty training aboard New York during exercise Atlantic Alliance 2025 (AA25), July 5, 2025. AA25 is the premier East Coast naval integration exercise, featuring over 25 U. S. Navy and Marine Corps units alongside Dutch naval forces and British Royal Commandos. Spanning from North Carolina to Maine, AA25 will showcase a range of dynamic events including force integration, air assault operations, bilateral reconnaissance, naval strait transits, amphibious assault training and a simulated war-at-sea exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexandria Serrano)
U.S. Marines with 2d Combat Engineer Battalion, 2d Marine Division conduct a live fire range with 40-pound crater charges, a mine clearing line charge and an Anti-personnel Obstacle Breaching system during Service Level Trailing Exercise 4-25, at the Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, July 13, 2025. SLTE 4-25 is designed to be a challenging, realistic training environment that produces combat-ready forces capable of operating as an integrated Marine Air Ground Task Force. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Noelia Vazquez)
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...
