Videos

U.S. Marines and Civil Service Mariners prove the capabilities of the USNS City of Bismarck (T-EPF-9) during exercise Bougainville III at Kamuela, Hawaii Feb. 14-15, 2024. Bougainville III is a 3d LCT live-fire exercise focused on decentralized operations to prepare the battalion to command and control forces from dispersed locations. MSC exists to support the joint warfighter across the full spectrum of military operations, in peace and war. The Marines are with 3d Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division and the Civil Service Mariners are with the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Kallahan Morris)

Chris Peberdy, a senior trainer and wildlife consultant with Crocodile Safety Australia, teaches U.S. Sailors with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 23 about venomous snake handling in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia, April 24, 2023. The course was designed to teach Navy medical personal how to handle potentially dangerous wildlife during MRF-D 23 exercises. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Gabriel Antwiler)

April 9, 2022 marks the 80th anniversary since the forced transfer of more than 80,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war during WWII, infamously known as the Bataan Death March. For most, it is a distant memory kept alive by textbooks. For DPAA personnel it’s more than just a memory. It’s a daily commitment to our fallen comrades as we work with the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial to find and recover the more than 3,200 unidentified service members lost during the war in the Pacific and the Bataan Death March. (U.S. Department of Defense video by Tech. Sgt. Rusty Frank, Staff Sgt. James Thompson and Cpl. Zachary Beatty

U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 112, operating out of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, and Navy squadrons aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson, participated in a joint maritime strike rehearsal off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 19, 2021. U.S. Forces routinely train and rehearse joint maritime mission sets in order to maintain readiness to carry out a wide range of operational tasks in a region characterized by vast oceans, seas, and waterways. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Jackson Ricker)

U.S. Sailors with 1st Medical Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group establish a forward resuscitation surgical team on Camp Pendleton, Calif., July 15, 2020. This training prepares the sailors to be able to provide forward resuscitation care and enhance capabilities in distributed maritime operations.

U.S. Marines and Sailors with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, inspect the hulls of naval range support vessels at the Port of Naha, Okinawa, Japan, June 9, 2020. Diving in support of naval range support vessels provides Marines the opportunity to work closely with U.S. naval personnel and enhances integration between the Marine Corps and U.S. Navy. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Josue Marquez)

U.S. Navy Lt. Vincent Vaughn demonstrates the process of doing a filling on Hospitalman Devin Simmons acting as a patient on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan May 13, 2020. Vaughn, a native of Arlington, Virginia, is a dental officer with 3rd Dental Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group. Simmons, a native of Sherman, Texas, is a hospital corpsmen with 3rd Dental Bn., 3rd MLG. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Jamin M. Powell)

Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 conducts hoist training with 1st Special Forces Group-Airborne, U.S. Army, off the coast of Kin Blue Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 5, 2019. This training was conducted to increase efficiency while conducting hoist and rescue missions over the open water. The ability to successfully rescue stranded individuals from the water with tiltrotor aircraft provides additional life-saving response options, strengthens readiness and increases joint interoperability between 1st Marine Aircraft Wing and 1st Special Force Group-Airborne. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Ryan Persinger)

Maj. Gen. Thomas D. Weidley, Sgt. Maj. Michael J. Pritchard and CMDCM Curtis Blunt give Marines and Sailors of 1st Marine Aircraft Wing for the upcoming holiday breaks. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Ryan Persinger)