Videos

MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, California - April is the Month of the Military Child, highlighting the important role that children play in the armed forces community. Take the time during this month and the rest of the year to give thanks to families and children of service members. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Robert Alejandre)

U.S. Marines and Sailors with Task Force Koa Moana 16-4 intergrated with His Majesty's Armed Forces during a weapon familiarization range in Taliai, Tonga, Oct. 6, 2016. The Koa Moana exercise seeks to enhance senior military leader engagements between allied and partner nations in the Pacific with a collective interest in military-to-military relations and to discuss key aspect of military operations, capability development and interoperability in the South Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps Combat Camera motion imagery by Lance Cpl. Quavaungh S. Pointer)

U.S. Marine Capt. Sean McCool visits the USN Commander Willie McCool Gawed Kalinga Village in the Philippines, named after his father, William C. McCool, for the first time, April 29. Gawed Development Foundation, a Philippine-based poverty alleviation and nation-building movement. McCool's grandmother, Atilana Rambayon, donated her land to the foundation that provided 21 homes to families in need. McCool, from Anacortes, Washington, is a combat engineer with Combat Assault Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, in the Philippines for Exercise Balikatan 2015. Balikatan is a annual interoperability exercise with the U.S. military and the Armed Forces f the Philippines.

Marines with 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, and Soldiers with the Australian Defence Force marched in a parade to honor the Centenary of Australian and New Zealand Army Corps Day, April 25, Darwin, Australia. Australians and Marines honored those who served and died in all wars and peace keeping operations since, by participating in the parade. ANZAC Day is a memorial to all service personnel who have been involved in or affected by the acts of war. U.S. military and ADF have fought together in every significant conflict over the past century, including World Wars I and II, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Angel Serna/Released)

Soldiers with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF) and U.S. Marines with the 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (1st ANGLICO) participate in Combined Arms Staff Training (CAST) during Exercise Iron Fist 15 (IF 15), aboard Camp Pendleton, California, February 3, 2015. IF 15 is an annual bilateral training exercise the U.S Marines and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, designed to increase interoperability and enhance military-to-military relations. IF 2015 marks the 10th year of the exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps Motion Imagery by Sergeant James D. Pauly IV/RELEASED)