U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Leonard F. Anderson IV, center, commander of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces, South, and Gregg T. Habel, left, executive director of Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces South, award civilians from the Defense Travel System office, during a ceremony, at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, June 4, 2026. The ceremony was held to recognize meritorious achievements of select civilian employees with Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces South. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Claire Cheney)
U.S. Marines with November Battery, 5th Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, execute a live fire exercise during Integrated Training Exercise 3-26, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, June 4, 2026. ITX is designed to generate combat readiness and ensure the Reserve Component provides critical strategic depth to the Total Force. From complex combined arms maneuvers to all-domain integration, these Marines are proving that they are ready to augment, reinforce, and fight alongside the active component at a moment's notice. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Carlina Holland)
The Service Component Operational Logistics Augmentation Cell (SCOLAC), a specialized unit with 4th Marine Logistics Group under Marine Forces Reserve, recently demonstrated its pivotal role in supporting Service Component G-4 operations during large-scale exercises. The team’s mission is to monitor, coordinate, and advocate for service, theater, and national-strategic sustainment support to enable rapid buildup, employment, sustainment,...
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. – Gunnery Sgt. Bobby G. Philips Jr., a Marine in the Reserve previously honored for his civilian heroism, was meritoriously promoted to the rank of Gunnery Sergeant in a ceremony on April 2, 2026. The event was held at the Beirut Memorial, in front of the Eagle, Globe, and Anchor statue.
60 years after his aircraft was shot down over the South China Sea during the Vietnam War, Maj. Everett McPherson was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism in aerial flight. McPherson, a North Carolina native and Marine aviator with Marine Composite Reconnaissance Squadron One (VMCJ-1), died in 1966 when his EF-10B Skyknight was struck by a missile during an electronic warfare mission. His brothers and sisters...
