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Marine Forces Reserve Band, on tour from New Orleans, will be in the Fitchburg area on Tuesday, June 12, at the Dukakis Performing Arts Center, Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School, 1050 Westminster St., Fitchburg.
The mission of Marine Forces Reserve (MFR) is to augment and reinforce active Marine forces in time of war, national emergency, or contingency operations; provide personnel and operational tempo relief for the active forces in peacetime; and offer service to the community.
"We were able to mobilize quickly and efficiently," said Lieutenant General Dennis McCarthy, Commander, Marine Forces Reserve. "One reason for this is Marine Corps Reserve units do not plan for or require post-mobilization training.
McCarthy seeks to prepare Marine Forces Reserve for future action, which "will require strong recruiting, retention, and training programs, and providing the modern equipment needed for the next battles in the global war on terrorism."
Overall, Marine Forces Reserve successfully augmented and reinforced the active component of our Corps."
New capabilities will be added to Marine Forces Reserve, including an intelligence support battalion, two security battalions, and an augmentation command element for 3d Marine Expeditionary Force.
The road ahead for Marine Forces Reserve will build on a tradition of training, mobilizing, and deploying personnel and units to augment and reinforce the active force.