U.S. Marines assigned to Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, walk towards a staging area after disembarking a U.S. Navy Landing Craft, Air Cushion 27, attached to Assault Craft Unit 5, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California Oct. 16, 2024. Elements of the 15th MEU embarked aboard amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry … [Read more...]
Marines Participate in Keen Sword 25
OCTOBER 22, 2024 - III Marine Expeditionary Force Marines and Sailors will participate in exercise Keen Sword 25, a joint-bilateral biennial exercise, alongside the Japan Self-Defense Force from October 23 through November 1, 2024, throughout Japan. Keen Sword 25 is a field training exercise designed to enhance U.S.-Japan readiness and interoperability while strengthening … [Read more...]
XQ-58A Shares Tactical Data with F-35Bs
OCTOBER 18, 2024 - The Marine Corps’ XQ-58A Valkyrie completed its latest test flight and first multi- service integration effort during Emerald Flag 2024 at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, this October. Emerald Flag 2024 is a multiservice and multi-domain test event that incorporates new and developing technology while focusing on the efficiency of joint warfare. The effort … [Read more...]
F-35B Successfully Lands on USS Tripoli
OCTOBER 18, 2024 - Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 deployed with the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard the Essex Amphibious Ready Group in 2018, marking the first combat deployment of the F-35B Lightning II. This deployment demonstrated the effectiveness of amphibious forces when the Marine Corps’ fifth generation fighter capabilities were integrated aboard the Navy’s … [Read more...]
Marines Reaffirm Commitment to Regional Security
From left, U.S. Marine Corps Col. Stuart Glenn, commanding officer for Marine Rotational Force-Southeast Asia, Philippine Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Arturo G Rojas, commandant of the Philippine Marine Corps, and Philippine Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Vicente Map Blanco III, director, exercise directorate headquarters, unfurl the KAMANDAG exercise flag during the opening ceremony for … [Read more...]