TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. (Oct. 28, 2020) Hospitalman Keifer Ralph, a corpsman with Fox Company, 2d Battalion, 1st Marines, attached to 4th Marine Regiment, sets into a defensive position in support of the Battalion Distributed Operations Course during Service Level Training Exercise 1-21 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Oct. 28, 2020. 2d Battalion, 1st Marines, conducted BDOC in preparation for Maneuver Warfare Exercise, demonstrating their technical and tactical proficiency during the regiment’s operations. Ralph is a native of Salinas, California. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Juan Carpanzano)