Marine Corps Community Services food trucks stage for the Mobile Feeding Pilot Program at the Foster Community Center, Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 4, 2023. To boost the quality of life for service members in the pacific region, U.S. Marines and Navy Sailors may now use their meal entitlements on the Chef Shack and La Cocina MCCS food trucks instead of mess halls by showing their military ID cards. The program is currently only available on Camp Foster, however Food Service Operations plans to expand their outreach to every Marine Corps installation in the Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Alex Fairchild)

Two years ago, on August 26th, 2021, the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) comprised of Battalion Landing Team 1/8, Combat Logistics Battalion 24, and Medium Tilt-Rotor Squadron 162, supported the non-combatant evacuation in Kabul, Afghanistan. The 24 MEU pays tribute to the service members who lost their lives during the bombing at Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIA) in Afghanistan. The efforts of these heroes and the additional U.S. and Allied service members deployed in support of Operations Allies Refuge and Allies Welcome, evacuated nearly 130,000 people out of Afghanistan. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Jacqueline Peguero-Montes)

Officer Candidates partake in the Career Orientation and Training for Midshipmen and the Professional Training of Midshipmen on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 18 to August 17, 2023. The Candidates go through a basic introduction and training evolution event to familiarize them with the primary warfare designators that they will eventually serve in, as well as provide them with exposure to what is often thier first fleet Marine Corps experience. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl Max Arellano)

U.S. Marines and midshipmen, participate in the their annual summer training on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, July 26, 2023. The training is designed to expose midshipmen to a variety of career options, including career paths as junior Marine Corps Officers in order to generate interest in pursuing a Marine Corps officer commission. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Ethan Robert Jones)

Chris Peberdy, a senior trainer and wildlife consultant with Crocodile Safety Australia, teaches U.S. Sailors with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 23 about venomous snake handling in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, April 24, 2023. The course was designed to teach Navy medical personal how to handle potentially dangerous wildlife during MRF-D 23 exercises. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Gabriel Antwiler)