U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. John Apillanes, a food service specialist with Combat Logistics Battalion 5, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, prepares food for force sustainment operations during Exercise Steel Knight 23.2 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 5, 2023. Steel Knight is a three-phase exercise designed to train I Marine Expeditionary Force in the planning, deployment and command and control of a joint force against a peer or near-peer adversary combat force and enhance existing live-fire and maneuver capabilities of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Anabel Abreu Rodriguez)