U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jace Torres simulates riggings cratering charges during Stand-in Force Exercise 24 at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, Dec. 3, 2023. 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. Gonzalez, a native of Plainfield, New Jersey, is a combat engineer with 2d Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment. 2/7 is forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marine Regiment, 3d Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program.