The hungriest beast of all article series on TFB is our Photo Of The Day. It consumes hundreds of images every month, and it has been doing so for over 9 years. Sometimes these images find themselves, and sometimes we have to dig them out, but we hope they give you a diverse experience from the world of firearms. Today we have the U.S. Marine Corps during the Stand-in Force Exercise 24 at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, 2023.

(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Michael Taggart)

SIFEX 24 is a division-level exercise involving all elements of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force focused on strengthening multi-domain awareness, maneuver, and fires across a distributed maritime environment. This exercise serves as a rehearsal for rapidly projecting combat power in defense of allies and partners in the region. Forehand, a native of Wellington, Florida, is an antitank missile gunner with 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment. 2/2 is forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marine Regiment, 3d Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Blake Butler sights in with a command launch unit for a Javelin shoulder-fired anti-tank missile.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Logan Engle provides security.

(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Michael Taggart)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Blake Butler sights in with a command launch unit for a Javelin shoulder-fired anti-tank missile.

U.S. Marines with 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment engage adversary forces during Stand-in Force Exercise 24.

A U.S. Marine with 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment engages adversary forces.

Images and captions: U.S. Marine Corps, photo by Cpl. Michael Taggart.