U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, fire an M240 L machine gun range during exercise TRADEWINDS 24 (TW24) at Paragon Army Base, Barbados, May 10, 2024. TW24 is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored, regionally oriented annual exercise and is part of the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s Large Scale Global Exercise 24, a series of all-domain military exercises executed alongside Allies and partners around the globe. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Gabriel Durand)