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Senior leaders gathered for PALS 2026 to strengthen relationships, share expertise, and advance cooperation.
The 12th annual Pacific Amphibious Leaders Symposium 2026 wraps up with a closing ceremony in Honolulu, Hawaii, June 18, 2026.
U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, hosts the 12th annual Pacific Amphibious Leaders Symposium 2026 in Honolulu, Hawaii, June 16-18, 2026.
U.S. Marines and Sailors assigned to Task Force Ashland, I Marine Expeditionary Force, participate in an amphibious assault, non-combatant evacuation...
The 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) has officially formed as a complete Marine Air-Ground Task Force with the addition of its major subordinate...
Members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade and the 3rd Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment, trained...
The 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit has officially formed as a complete Marine Air-Ground Task Force with the addition of its major subordinate...
U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific has played a vital role in major conflicts throughout the Pacific theater and remains the Corps’ largest...
A "Stand-in Force" is a forward deployed, agile and lethal force designed to counter potential threats and deter aggression. U.S. Marine Corps Chief...
Pacific Marines are a ready, forward-deployed force, working with allies and partners to ensure a free and open Indo-Pacific.
U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific (MARFORPAC) is executing two major combined exercises across the First Island Chain this month, highlighting the utility of its "Two MEFs Abreast" strategy through the simultaneous conduct of Exercise Resolute Dragon 26 in Japan and Exercise KAMANDAG 10 in the Philippines.
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PHILIPPINES — In a significant milestone for 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, U.S. Marines with 3rd Littoral Combat Team conducted a live-fire range employing armed first-person view-controlled systems in the Philippines during Exercise KAMANDAG 10, June 14-15, 2026. Coordinated alongside marines with the Philippine Marine Corps, the training evolution at Fort Magsaysay successfully demonstrated emergent attack drone concepts in a challenging jungle environment.
U.S. Marines with 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, alongside Philippine marines with 4th Marine Brigade, Philippine Marine Corps, successfully transported personnel, sustainment supplies and advanced coastal defense systems aboard Philippine vessels during bilateral littoral mobility training in Northern Luzon, June 21-22, 2026, in support of the Philippine-led exercise, KAMANDAG 10. The training enhanced the ability of U.S. and Philippine forces to move and sustain personnel and equipment across complex maritime terrain while strengthening interoperability and combined readiness.