A U.S. Marine with Truck Company, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, fires a rifle during annual training at Fort Polk, Louisiana, Jan. 9, 2026. The known distance range enhances marksmanship fundamentals and combat readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Claire Cheney)
U.S. Marines with Truck Company, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve conduct a known distance range during annual training at Fort Johnson, Louisiana, Jan. 9, 2026. The known distance range enhances marksmanship fundamentals and combat readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Kanoa Thomas)
BARROW, Alaska — U.S. Marines with Detachment Delta Company, 4th Law Enforcement Battalion, Force Headquarters Group, Marine Forces Reserve, delivered nearly 14,000 pounds of toys to remote communities across Alaska in support of Toys for Tots as part of Operation Polar Knight, an annual holiday community relations mission conducted in Arctic conditions.
BARROW, Alaska — Long before the first aircraft lifts off for Alaska’s North Slope or a snow machine cut across the tundra, Cpl. Steven James Manning is already deep into the work of Toys for Tots. For Manning, the mission is not defined by a single delivery or a few days in the Arctic, but by months of planning that culminate during Operation Polar Knight, an annual community relations mission conducted across some of the most remote...
BARROW, Alaska — U.S. Marines with Detachment Delta Company, 4th Law Enforcement Battalion, Force Headquarters Group, Marine Forces Reserve, supported Toys for Tots operations in Alaska by planning, coordinating and executing toy deliveries to remote Arctic communities during the holiday season.
