Videos

U.S. Marine Capt. Robert Hopman, company commander of Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, conducts an on-camera interview prior to an open-water transit on a landing craft, air cushion attached to Assault Craft Unit 5 to the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) during Quarterly Underway Amphibious Readiness Training 25.3 from Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, 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 Staff Sgt. Dylan Chagnon and Sgt. Patrick Katz)

Dawn Blitz is a multinational training exercise designed to enhance Expeditionary Strike Group Three and 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade’s ability to conduct sea-based operations, amphibious landings, and command and control capabilities alongside Japan, Mexico, and New Zealand.

Marines and Sailors with Expeditionary Strike Group 3 and 1st Marine Expeditionary Brigade employed the latest technologies and operational techniques to accomplish joint exercise Pacific Horizon 2015 aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Oct. 20-28, 2014. PH15 is a scenario-driven, simulation supported crisis response exercise designed to improve 1st MEB's and ESG-3's interoperability and strengthen Navy-Marine Corps relationships by conducting an in-stream Maritime Prepositioning Force offload of equipment, by providing host country civil-military security assistance, and by conducting infrastructure restoration support. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Angel Serna/Released)

Voice-over news package about LCACs and ACU-5's support of Exercise Steel Knight. Interview: Chief Petty Officer Sean Turner, Craftmaster, 34, Worcester, Mass. ACU-5. Unit: Assault Craft Unit-5; 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division. Videographer: Sgt. Ned Johnson; Lance Cpl. Joseph Scanlan. Reporter: Sgt. Ned Johnson. Location: Camp Pendleton, Calif. Also available in High Definition.

Chief Petty Officer Sean Turner, a craftmaster with ACU-5, talks about the Landing Craft, Air-Cushioned and the unit's participation in Exercise Steel Knight 2013. Turner is 34 and from Worcester, Mass. Unit: Assault Craft Unit 5. Videographer: Lance Cpl. Joseph Scanlan. Location: Camp Pendleton, Calif. Also available in High Definition.