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U.S. Marines, Sailors, and Airmen from all across the joint force transport simulated casualties as part of a joint mass casualty training event involving U.S. Marines, Sailors and Airmen during exercise Steel Knight 25 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 6- 10, 2025. Steel Knight is an annual combined arms live-fire exercise involving the major subordinate commands of I MEF and the U.S. Navy’s Expeditionary Strike Group 3. The evolution demonstrates how integrated medical, aviation, and logistics capabilities enable the Marine Air-Ground Task Force to rapidly triage, treat, and evacuate casualties in distributed and contested environments. Steel Knight is an annual exercise that strengthens the Navy-Marine Corps team's ability to respond forward, integrate across domains, and sustain MAGTF readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Isabella Thompson) (This video contains music from a USMC enterprise licensed asset from Adobe Stock: Hard-Aggressive-Dubstep-Metal_AdobeStock_1555243178, composed by Alexey Anisimov)

U.S. Marines assigned to Tango Battery, 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division load an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System during Exercise Steel Knight 25 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 7, 2025. Steel Knight is an annual exercise that strengthens the Navy-Marine Corps team's ability to respond forward, integrate across domains, and sustain Marine Air-Ground Task Force readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Anita Ramos) (This video contains music from a USMC enterprise licensed asset from Adobe Stock: Cinematic Horror Background Mysterious Music composed by: ChillSound /stock.adobe.com)

U.S. Marines assigned to Tango Battery, 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division fire an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System during Exercise Steel Knight 25 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 7, 2025. Steel Knight is an annual exercise that strengthens the Navy-Marine Corps team's ability to respond forward, integrate across domains, and sustain Marine Air-Ground Task Force readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Anita Ramos) (This video contains music from a USMC enterprise licensed asset from Adobe Stock: Cinematic Horror Background Mysterious Music composed by: ChillSound /stock.adobe.com)

U.S. Marines with 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, unload amphibious combat vehicles from a U.S. Navy landing craft, air cushion with Assault Craft Unit 5 onto Red Beach during Exercise Steel Knight 25 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 6, 2025. Steel Knight is an annual exercise that strengthens the Navy-Marine Corps team's ability to respond forward, integrate across domains, and sustain Marine Air-Ground Task Force readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Keegan Jones)

U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 372, Marine Air Control Group 38, and Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 11, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, operate a forward arming and refueling point that armed and refueled four F-35B Lightning II assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 311 during exercise Steel Knight 25 at Sacramento Mather Airport, California, Dec. 9, 2025. The forward node at Mather enabled aircraft to arm and refuel before launching a simulated Maritime Strike, demonstrating 3rd MAW’s ability to sustain fixed-wing operations from distributed locations. Steel Knight is an annual exercise that strengthens the Navy-Marine Corps team’s ability to respond forward, integrate across domains, and sustain Marine Air-Ground Task Force readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Brian A. Stippey)(This video contains music from a USMC enterprise licensed asset from Adobe Stock: Positive Hip-Hop Trap (loop) composed by AlexZaversa/Jamendo)

U.S. Marines with 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, conduct terminal guidance for air delivered munitions fired by AH-1Z Viper helicopters assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 267, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, during exercise Steel Knight 25 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 4, 2025. The integration of H-1 attack helicopters with 11th Marines, demonstrates 3rd MAW’s ability to deliver responsive, precision fires in support of the Marines on the ground across the battlespace. Steel Knight is an annual exercise that strengthens the Navy-Marine Corps team's ability to respond forward, integrate across domains, and sustain Marine Air-Ground Task Force readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Brian A. Stippey)

Kelly McKeague, the director of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency and Dr. John Byrd, the scientific analysis director of DPAA gives remarks at the Daniel K. Inouye DPAA Center of Excellence on Dec. 4, 2025. DPAA made a record breaking 231 identifications in fiscal year 2025. The mission of DPAA is to provide the fullest possible accounting for U.S. service members missing from past conflicts to their families and the nation. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Stephen Holland)

U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, demonstrate capabilities in the Indo-Pacific, Dec. 2, 2025. The 31st MEU’s F-35Bs provide a true multi-domain capability—linking air, land, and sea capabilities across the Indo-Pacific. The F-35B gives a commander a clearer understanding of the battlespace, enabling faster decision-making and long-range, precision options. Whether supporting Marines ashore, enhancing naval operations at sea, or strengthening joint interoperability, the F-35B expands the MEU’s ability to fight distributed and remain dominant. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Alora Finigan)

U.S. Marines and Sailors with I Marine Expeditionary Force are set to participate in Exercise Steel Knight 25 at various installations and training locations spread across California and Arizona, Dec. 1-Dec. 14, 2025. Steel Knight is an annual exercise that strengthens the Navy-Marine Corps team's ability to respond forward, integrate across domains, and sustain Marine Air-Ground Task Force readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Jaye Townsend) (This video contains music from a USMC enterprise licensed asset from Adobe Stock: Run Down the Clock composed by Brad Stones/stock.adobe.com)