Videos

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 25.3 maneuver into Balikatan 25 on April 22, 2025. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military, designed to strengthen the alliance, improve our capable combined force, and demonstrate our commitment to regional security and stability. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Brian A. Stippey)

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 25.3 and Armed Forces of the Philippines service members participate in Marine Exercise 2025 near Cotabato City, Mindanao, Philippines, March 31-April 11, 2025. MAREX 2025 is a bilateral exercise between the U.S. Marine Corps and the Philippine Marine Corps designed to further enhance relationships, interoperability, and combined arms capabilities in a realistic training environment. MRF-D is an annual six-month rotational deployment to enhance interoperability with the Australian Defense Force and allies and partners and provide a forward-postured crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Ezekieljay Correa)

U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Ospreys assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 363 (reinforced), Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 25.3, arrive in Darwin, Australia, April 7, 2025. MRF-D is 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 Cpl. Keegan Jones)   

U.S. Marines with I Marine Expeditionary Force conduct operations as part of previous iterations of Marine Rotational Force – Darwin in multiple locations throughout the Indo-Pacific region. MRF-D is an annual six-month rotational deployment to enhance interoperability with the Australian Defense Force and allies and partners and provide a forward-postured crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Anita Ramos) (This video contains music from a USMC enterprise licensed asset from Adobe Stock: Drumline Advertising Action Beat composed by Future Vision/FineTune Music/stock.adobe.com)

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 25.3 play a friendly game of soccer with the senior men’s team of the Mindil Aces Football Club during a sporting event held in Darwin, Australia, March 29, 2025. The Club is one of the largest single code sporting clubs in Darwin that provides a welcoming, family-oriented environment for all to enjoy playing association football within the community. MRF-D is 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 Cpl. Keegan Jones)

U.S. Marines and Sailors with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 25.3 and Australian Defence Force soldiers, sailors, participate in various sporting events with students during a training event held by the Clontarf Foundation in Darwin, Australia, March 28, 2025. The Clontarf Foundation exists to improve the education, discipline, life skills, self-esteem, and employment prospects of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men and equip them with the necessary tools to succeed in society. MRF-D is 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)

U.S. Marines with I Marine Expeditionary Force conduct operations as part of previous iterations of Marine Rotational Force – Darwin in multiple locations throughout the Indo-Pacific region. MRF-D is an annual six-month rotational deployment to enhance interoperability with the Australian Defense Force and allies and partners and provide a forward-postured crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Anita Ramos) (This video contains music from a USMC enterprise licensed asset from Adobe Stock: Drumline Advertising Action Beat composed by Future Vision/FineTune Music/stock.adobe.com)

America's Vanguard Force The final installment of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit's journey as a force in readiness, completing their 2024 deployment with the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group. After compositing in June 2023, the 15th MEU deployed to the U.S. 3rd and 7th Fleet areas of operation, completing exercises and operations across the Indo-Pacific. The 15th MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force comprising a command element; a ground combat element, Battalion Landing Team 1/5; a logistics combat element, Combat Logistics Battalion 15; and an aviation combat element, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165 (Reinforced) and Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 225. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Capt. Brian Tuthill, 1st Lt. Robbie Nanna, Gunnery Sgt. Donald Holbert, Gunnery Sgt. Antonio Campbell, Sgt. Patrick Katz, Sgt. Aidan Hekker, Sgt. Amelia Kang, Cpl. Luis Agostini, Cpl. Joseph Helms, Cpl. Peyton Kahle, and Lance Cpl. Kenneth Twaddell)

The trailer for America's Vanguard Force, the culminating video for the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit's 2024 deployment to the Indo-Pacific Region. The 15th MEU comprises a command element; a ground combat element, Battalion Landing Team 1/5; a logistics combat element, Combat Logistics Battalion 15; and an aviation combat element, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165 (Reinforced) and Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 225. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Gunnery Sgt. Donald Holbert) This video is exported in a 16x9 aspect ratio.

The trailer for America's Vanguard Force, the culminating video for the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit's 2024 deployment to the Indo-Pacific Region. The 15th MEU comprises a command element; a ground combat element, Battalion Landing Team 1/5; a logistics combat element, Combat Logistics Battalion 15; and an aviation combat element, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165 (Reinforced) and Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 225. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Gunnery Sgt. Donald Holbert) This video is exported in a 9x16 aspect ratio.