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A Marine with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment throws an M69 training grenade at a grenade range during a deployment for training exercise at Fort A.P. Hill, V.A., Dec. 1, 2017. The range consisted of the Marines reacting to enemy contact, buddy rushing, using M69 training grenades and M67 fragmentation grenades. The Marines are conducting the DFT to maintain proficiency at the squad, platoon, company, and battalion-level of warfighting in preparation for an upcoming deployment to Japan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ashley McLaughlin) - A Marine with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment throws an M69 training grenade at a grenade range during a deployment for training exercise at Fort A.P. Hill, V.A., Dec. 1, 2017. The range consisted of the Marines reacting to enemy contact, buddy rushing, using M69 training grenades and M67 fragmentation grenades. The Marines are conducting the DFT to maintain proficiency at the squad, platoon, company, and battalion-level of warfighting in preparation for an upcoming deployment to Japan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ashley McLaughlin)

A Marine with 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment advances down range during a battalion exercise at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 10, 2015. The battalion-wide exercise reinforced basic infantry skills and brought junior Marines up to optimal operability across the companies. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez/Released) - A Marine with 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment advances down range during a battalion exercise at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 10, 2015. The battalion-wide exercise reinforced basic infantry skills and brought junior Marines up to optimal operability across the companies. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez/Released)

Lance Cpl. Morgan Canady-Town, a machine gunner with Combined Anti-Armor Team Platoon, Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, operates a simulated FGM-148 Javelin during a simulated anti-armor exercise at Camp Lejeune, N.C., August 8, 2015. For machine gunners, the exercise served as cross-training to familiarize non-missile men with missile systems. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez/Released) - Lance Cpl. Morgan Canady-Town, a machine gunner with Combined Anti-Armor Team Platoon, Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, operates a simulated FGM-148 Javelin during a simulated anti-armor exercise at Camp Lejeune, N.C., August 8, 2015. For machine gunners, the exercise served as cross-training to familiarize non-missile men with missile systems. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Paul S. Martinez/Released)

Corporal Tanner Pollock, a squad leader with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, and Fort Wayne, Ind. native, holds security while Lance Cpl. Ryan Zerites, a combat engineer with 2nd CEB, and Greensboro, N.C. native, calls in a 9-line medical evacuation request during Military Operations in Urban Terrain, or MOUT, training aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., April 8, 2015. The training included Marines going out in squad sized elements to attack an objective being held by Marines in the defensive position after the squad leaders built terrain models and informed their Marines on avenues of approach and objectives. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Krista James/Released) - Corporal Tanner Pollock, a squad leader with 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, and Fort Wayne, Ind. native, holds security while Lance Cpl. Ryan Zerites, a combat engineer with 2nd CEB, and Greensboro, N.C. native, calls in a 9-line medical evacuation request during Military Operations in Urban Terrain, or MOUT, training aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., April 8, 2015. The training included Marines going out in squad sized elements to attack an objective being held by Marines in the defensive position after the squad leaders built terrain models and informed their Marines on avenues of approach and objectives. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Krista James/Released)

A Marine with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, loads his gear onto a 7-ton truck aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 19, 2013. Third Bn., 6th Marines recently conducted an activation and personnel movement drill for II Marine Expeditionary Force and executed a movement to Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point to test how quickly the unit can mobilize if a crisis occurs. - A Marine with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, loads his gear onto a 7-ton truck aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 19, 2013. Third Bn., 6th Marines recently conducted an activation and personnel movement drill for II Marine Expeditionary Force and executed a movement to Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point to test how quickly the unit can mobilize if a crisis occurs.

General James F. Amos, Commandant of the Marine Corps, presents the Sgt. Maj. Wilber Bestwick Award to Staff Sgt. Jon E. Osborn, the acting first sergeant of Delta Co., 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, and Montgomery, Texas native, for his contributions to the unit’s combat readiness, Sept. 26, 2013. Since 2011, Osborn has worked tirelessly to keep his unit combat ready. He has previously served as a platoon sergeant, acting platoon commander, operations chief and the unit’s master gunner, and he has served with 2nd LAR for a total of seven years. Named for the first Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, the award is given to an enlisted Marine in a ground combat element of the operating forces who has made an outstanding contribution to increased combat readiness within the organization. - General James F. Amos, Commandant of the Marine Corps, presents the Sgt. Maj. Wilber Bestwick Award to Staff Sgt. Jon E. Osborn, the acting first sergeant of Delta Co., 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, and Montgomery, Texas native, for his contributions to the unit’s combat readiness, Sept. 26, 2013. Since 2011, Osborn has worked tirelessly to keep his unit combat ready. He has previously served as a platoon sergeant, acting platoon commander, operations chief and the unit’s master gunner, and he has served with 2nd LAR for a total of seven years. Named for the first Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, the award is given to an enlisted Marine in a ground combat element of the operating forces who has made an outstanding contribution to increased combat readiness within the organization.