U.S. Marine Corps Major Shannon Potts, A Manpower Officer assigned to Headquarters Company, 23rd Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division presents a birthday card to retired U.S. Marine Corps Corporal Lou 'Mama Lou' Keller for her years of service during Mama Lou's 99th Birthday Celebration, March 30, 2024, in San Jose, CA. Mama Lou was stationed at the Pentagon during the height of WWII processing Purple Hearts.
U.S. Marines, 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, perform the Mission Rehearsal Exercise, conducted on Camp Atterbury, Indiana, April 10-13, 2024. This training prepared the Marines for this year's Intergrated Training Exercise 4-24 led by 23rd Marine Regiment, the Marine Corps Reserve's premier annual training event held at the Marine Corps Air-Ground Training Center, Twenty-Nine Palms, California. ITX provides Marines with the opportunity to qualify on critical skill sets necessary for mission success. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Aaron TorresLemus)
New Orleans-based Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces South will hold a formal, traditional Marine Corps change of command ceremony between outgoing Lt. Gen. David G. Bellon and incoming Lt. Gen. Leonard F. Anderson IV.