The 36th Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Eric M. Smith, pins sergeant ranks onto Sgt. Peyton Nott, a Jefferson City, Tennessee native, and motor vehicle operator with 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment 2d Marine Division, during a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, July 24, 2023. - The 36th Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Eric M. Smith, pins sergeant ranks onto Sgt. Peyton Nott, a Jefferson City, Tennessee native, and motor vehicle operator with 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment 2d Marine Division, during a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, July 24, 2023. Nott was awarded in recognition of his ability to take on the responsibilities and duties of a higher grade in an effective manner while working with Romeo Battery, 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division. General Smith visited Marines with 1st Battalion, 10th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division as part of a command tour. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Lance Cpl. Ryan Ramsammy)
U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, clear a building during Exercise Bold Quest on Fort Stewart, Georgia, Aug. 16, 2022. - U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, clear a building during Exercise Bold Quest on Fort Stewart, Georgia, Aug. 16, 2022. Bold Quest is an annual collaborative joint and multinational enterprise in which nations, services, and programs pool their resources in a recurring cycle of capability development to demonstrate a joint capability to link sensors to shooters across air, land, sea, space, and cyberspace. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Emma Gray)
U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Calvert Worth Jr. (left), commanding general of 2d Marine Division (MARDIV), greets Netherlands Marine Corps Capt. Fabian Schra (right), an Arnhem, Netherlands, native and Dutch exchange officer attached to 2d Reconnaissance (Recon) Battalion, 2d Marine Division on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, June 14, 2023. Schra was presented challenge coins for his outstanding service for the past two years working with 2d Recon, 2d MARDIV as a Dutch exchange officer. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Megan Ozaki) - U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Calvert Worth Jr. (left), commanding general of 2d Marine Division (MARDIV), greets Netherlands Marine Corps Capt. Fabian Schra (right), an Arnhem, Netherlands, native and Dutch exchange officer attached to 2d Reconnaissance (Recon) Battalion, 2d Marine Division on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, June 14, 2023. Schra was presented challenge coins for his outstanding service for the past two years working with 2d Recon, 2d MARDIV as a Dutch exchange officer. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Megan Ozaki)
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Joshua Diaz, a Miami native and rifleman with 2d Battalion, 8th Marines, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, receives an award during an award ceremony on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, June 30, 2023. Diaz was awarded a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for saving a family after a motor vehicle collision in Atkinson, North Carolina. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Ramsammy) - U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Joshua Diaz, a Miami native and rifleman with 2d Battalion, 8th Marines, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, receives an award during an award ceremony on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, June 30, 2023. Diaz was awarded a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for saving a family after a motor vehicle collision in Atkinson, North Carolina. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Ramsammy)
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Samuel Rhodes, a Cooperstown, New York native and supply, administration and operations specialist with 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, poses for a photo on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, June 16, 2023. Rhodes was meritoriously promoted to the rank of corporal on June 1. A meritorious promotion is based on the individual Marine's ability to take on the responsibilities and duties of a higher grade in an effective manner. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Deja Thomas) - U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Samuel Rhodes, a Cooperstown, New York native and supply, administration and operations specialist with 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, poses for a photo on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, June 16, 2023. Rhodes was meritoriously promoted to the rank of corporal on June 1. A meritorious promotion is based on the individual Marine's ability to take on the responsibilities and duties of a higher grade in an effective manner. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Deja Thomas)
U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division (MARDIV) pose for a photo with their Dutch counterparts during a training exercise in the Suriname jungle, May 16, 2023. - U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division (MARDIV) pose for a photo with their Dutch counterparts during a training exercise in the Suriname jungle, May 16, 2023. Marines from 2d MARDIV accepted an invitation from the Commandant of the Netherlands Marine Corps to participate in an 8-week training exercise meant to train service members on Jungle war-fighting tactics and survival skills.