Leaders with Marine Forces Reserve, Marine Forces South and New Orleans Military and Maritime Academy pose for a group photo after a ceremony celebrating the 250th Marine Corps birthday, in New Orleans, Nov. 14, 2025. The ceremony consisted of speeches by guest speakers U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Leonard F. Anderson IV, commander, Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces South, and Sgt. Maj. Edwin A. Mota, command senior enlisted leader, the marching of colors, cake-cutting and the reading of the birthday message. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Juan Diaz)
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Mitchell Turner Jr. discusses his life as a civilian mariner, father and as a Marine in the Selected Marine Corps Reserve in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Nov. 7, 2025. Turner is a rifleman squad leader with 1st Battalion, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Staff Sgt. Scott Jenkins, Cpl. Isaiah Smith, Cpl. Kanoa Thomas and Lance Cpl. Owen Long)
From 28 July to 8 August 2025, U.S. Marines from the Marine Innovation Unit partnered with the Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing Research and Education, Naval Postgraduate School and other Department of Defense organizations to address advanced manufacturing and contested logistics challenges during Exercise Trident Warrior 25.
