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U.S. Marines assigned to 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve conduct parachute operations in their dress blue uniforms with help from Santa to delivery toys and raise awareness for the annual U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program, at Camp Shelby, Mississippi, November 10, 2022. (Toys for Tots, a 75-year national charitable program run by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, provides happiness and hope to less fortunate children during each Christmas holiday season. The toys, books, and other gifts collected and distributed by the Marines offer these children recognition and a positive memory for a lifetime. U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. James Stanfield) The music within the following video production is copyright material used under license with HookSounds contract dated 1 Dec 2021.

Marines with 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company, 4th Marine Division conduct airborne operations during an annual training event at Camp Shelby, Miss., Oct. 6-7, 2020. Reservists with 3rd Force Recon display the capabilities airborne operations bring to the fight to maintain proficiency as the nation’s force in readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Conner Downey)

Marines with 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company, 4th Marine Division conduct airborne operations during an annual training event at Camp Shelby, Miss., Oct. 6-7, 2020. Reservists with 3rd Force Recon display the capabilities airborne operations bring to the fight to maintain proficiency as the nation’s force in readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Conner Downey)

Marines with Echo Company, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division participate in a guided training course aboard Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, Calif., July 22-29, 2020. Marines with 4th Recon conducted the modified mountain training exercise at MCMWTC to prepare them for the challenges of operating in a harsh, mountainous environment many of their adversaries are acclimated to. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Conner Downey, cinematography by Sgt. Conner Downey and Lance Cpl. Ryan Schmid)

Marines with 3rd Force Reconnaissance, 4th Marine Division perform a static line jump at Camp Shelby, Miss., on July 23, 2020. These Marines complete this annual training to reinforce their skills, refine their technique, and to maintain unit readiness to go, fight, and win at a moment's notice. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. JVonnta Taylor)

Marines with 3rd Force Reconnaissance, 4th Marine Division, participate in a water survival screening at Camp Shelby, Miss., on July 19, 2020. This training will ultimately prepare them for lengthy and difficult amphibious missions in any clime and place. Marines with Marine Forces Reserve continue to safely train through the ongoing pandemic to remain ready to go, fight, and win at a moment's notice. Produced to inform Marines of the importance of their aquatic skills.(U.S. Marine Corps Video Production by Lance Cpl. Christopher W. England)

A Marine with 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, performs a static line jump at Stennis Space Center in Hancock County, Mississippi, Dec. 14, 2017. Marines with 3rd Force Reconnaissance Company conduct quarterly static line and free fall jumps in order to maintain currency and readiness for deployment.

Marines with 3rd Force Reconnaissance Co., 4th Marine Division, participated in multiple dive operations in Pensacola, Fla., March 22-23, 2017. These exercises are conducted to focus on the deployment of amphibious reconnaissance and surveillance, battle space shaping and initial terminal guidance of follow on forces. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Dallas Johnson)

Members of the Recon and Sniper Foundation aid Louisiana flood victims in Baton Rouge, La., Aug. 12 - 13, 2016. The flood devastated 40,000 residents and destroyed more than 100,00 homes and businesses.

Marines with Charlie Company, 4th Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, participated in numerous simulated combat exercises at Exercise Northern Strike 16. In order to maintain proficiency in all aspects of combat, Reserve Recon Marines must practice exercises like combat parachute insertions. Exercise Northern Strike 16 is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise uniting approximately 5,000 Army, Air Force, Marine, and Special Forces service members from 20 states and three coalition countries during the first three weeks of August 2016 at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center and the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, both located in northern Michigan. The exercise strives to provide accessible, readiness-building opportunities for military units from all service branches to achieve and sustain proficiency in conducting mission command, air, sea, and ground maneuver integration, and the synchronization of fires in a joint, multinational, decisive action environment. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Dallas Johnson/Released)

The Reserve Report is a biweekly newscast featuring news from across Marine Forces Reserve. This episode features information on new promotion requirements for the Reserves and Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North celebrating Easter.

Marine Forces Reserve Band New Orleans and members of 4th Reconnaissance Battalion participated in Fiesta De San Antonio. Bringing the Marine Corps and the community closer together.