Videos

U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct Fast Rope Masters Sustainment Training from MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft and UH-1Y Venom helicopters at Landing Zones Starling and Peacock, Okinawa, Japan, May 13–14, 2025. The training, conducted under the supervision of the III Marine Expeditionary Force Expeditionary Operations Training Group, serves as a critical bridge between the Fast Rope Master Course and operational readiness, enabling Marines to maintain insertion proficiency and instructor-level sustainment. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Diego Garcia)

U.S. Marine Corps amphibious combat vehicles attached to 3rd Assault Amphibious Battalion, 1st Marine Division, conduct nighttime qualifications aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) during Quarterly Underway Amphibious Readiness Training 25.3 while underway in the Pacific Ocean, May 30, 2025. QUART is a joint training exercise designed to develop and sustain essential amphibious readiness skills for effective operations in maritime environments while reinforcing the Navy-Marine Corps partnership. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Kenneth Twaddell)

U.S. Marines and Sailors throughout I Marine Expeditionary Force and Marine Corps Installations – West initiate Operation Ironclad, June 2, 2025. Operation Ironclad is a deliberate effort to suppress complacency and strengthen discipline across the largest Marine Air-Ground Task Force in the Marine Corps, ensuring readiness for competition and conflict with a near-peer adversary. By reinforcing core competencies, holding leaders accountable, and demanding the highest standards, the operation aims to build a more precise, professional, and combat-ready force. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Max Arellano)

U.S. Marines with 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group conduct chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear training on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, May 22, 2025. The training sustains Marines’ ability and confidence to operate in an environment with CBRN threats. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Ramon Cardoza) The video contains a USMC enterprise licensed asset: Tenacity performed by Album Rose/stock.adobe.com

U.S. Marine Corps amphibious combat vehicles with 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, embark on the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) during Quarterly Underway Amphibious Readiness Training 25.3 near Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, May 28, 2025. QUART is a joint training exercise designed to develop and sustain essential amphibious readiness skills for effective operations in maritime environments while reinforcing the Navy-Marine Corps partnership. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Kenneth Twaddell)

U.S. Marines with 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, conduct the Close Air Support Exercise event as a part of Exercise Balikatan 25 at Colonel Ernesto Rabina Air Base, Philippines, May 8, 2025. The CAS Exercise included participation from U.S. Marines with 3d MLR and F/A-18C Hornets assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 323, U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to 14th Fighter Squadron USAF, Philippine Air Force A-29B Super Tucanos assigned to 15th Strike Wing and Combat Air Controllers with 710th Special Operations Wing, and U.S. Navy MH-60 Seahawks and F/A018E/F Super Hornets assigned to Carrier Air Wing 17. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen our ironclad alliance, improve our capable combined force, and demonstrate our commitment to regional security and stability. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Jonathan Beauchamp)

U.S. Marines with I Marine Expeditionary Force conduct operations as part of previous iterations of KAMANDAG in multiple locations throughout the Philippine region. KAMANDAG is an annual Philippine Marine Corps and U.S. Marine Corps-led exercise aimed at enhancing the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ defense and humanitarian capabilities by providing valuable training in combined operations with foreign militaries in the advancement of a Free and Open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Anita Ramos)

U.S. Marines with I Marine Expeditionary Force conduct operations as part of previous iterations of KAMANDAG in multiple locations throughout the Philippine region. KAMANDAG is an annual Philippine Marine Corps and U.S. Marine Corps-led exercise aimed at enhancing the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ defense and humanitarian capabilities by providing valuable training in combined operations with foreign militaries in the advancement of a Free and Open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Anita Ramos)

Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 25.3 showcases the MAGTF’s capabilities from March 20 to May 18, 2025, across the Indo-Pacific. MRF-D 25.3 is part of an annual six-month rotational deployment to enhance interoperability with the Australian Defence Force and Allies and partners and provide a forward-postured crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Brian A. Stippey) (Music sourced by Universal Production Music)