Pacific Marines Stories

3d LAAB's Inaugural MADIS Live-Fire - A Marine Air Defense Integrated System Mk 1 fires upon a small unmanned aircraft system during a training exercise at Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, Jan. 25, 2025. A key component of the Marine Corps’ Force Design initiative, the mobile MADIS increases 3d Marine Littoral Regiment’s tactical flexibility by extending the range of the airspace which 3d MLR is able to sense and defend without support from the Joint Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jacqueline C. Parsons)

Philippine Marines with Marine Battalion Landing Teams 8 and 10 teach U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Logan Evans, an infantry rifleman with 3d Littoral Combat Team, Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, how to use winding vines as twine during a jungle shelter class during KAMANDAG 7 at Paredes Air Station, Philippines, Nov. 10, 2023. KAMANDAG is an annual Philippine Marine Corps and U.S. Marine Corps-led exercise aimed at improving multinational readiness, relationships, and mutual capabilities in the advancement of a Free and Open Indo-Pacific. This year marks the seventh iteration of this exercise and includes participants from Japan, the Republic of Korea, and observers from the United Kingdom. Evans is a native of Huntley, Ill. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jacqueline C. Parsons) - Philippine Marines with Marine Battalion Landing Teams 8 and 10 teach U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Logan Evans, an infantry rifleman with 3d Littoral Combat Team, Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, how to use winding vines as twine during a jungle shelter class during KAMANDAG 7 at Paredes Air Station, Philippines, Nov. 10, 2023. KAMANDAG is an annual Philippine Marine Corps and U.S. Marine Corps-led exercise aimed at improving multinational readiness, relationships, and mutual capabilities in the advancement of a Free and Open Indo-Pacific. This year marks the seventh iteration of this exercise and includes participants from Japan, the Republic of Korea, and observers from the United Kingdom. Evans is a native of Huntley, Ill. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jacqueline C. Parsons)