Videos

U.S. Marines and Sailors with 1st Marine Division, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, 1st Marine Logistics Group and Expeditionary Strike Group 3 conduct Dawn Blitz and Steel Knight (DB/SK) 21 across Southern California, Nov. 30 - Dec. 18, 2020. Exercise DB/SK 21 provides effective and intense training in an expeditionary environment to ensure 1st Marine Division remains lethal, combat-ready, interoperable, and deployable on short notice. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Sahara Luna)

U.S. Marines and Sailors from 1st Marine Logistics Group conduct ship-to-shore operations as part of Dawn Blitz/Steel Knight 21 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 7, 2020. The Marines participated in Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear courses as well as a gas chamber during the exercise. The U.S. Marines and Sailors from 1st MLG participated in DB/SK-21 as an essential element of the execution of 1st Marine Division Operations within the Marine Air Ground Task Force and to increase the I Marine Expeditionary Force logistical readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Kevin N. Seidensticker)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Cameron Summers, a combat engineer with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, discusses breaching obstacles during exercise Steel Knight/Dawn Blitz (SK/DB) 21 at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 10, 2020. Exercise SK/DB 21 will test 1st Marine Division’s ability to facilitate Marine Air-Ground Task Force operations afloat and ashore to sustain its capabilities as a full-spectrum force in readiness against a capable peer or near-peer adversary. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Courtney G. White)

U.S. Marines with 1st Maintenance Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, participate in Exercise Dawn Blitz /Steel Knight 21 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 1, 2020 through Dec. 14, 2020. Exercise Dawn Blitz /Steel Knight 21 is an essential element of the execution of 1st Marine Divisions operations within the Marine Air Ground Task Force and to increase I Marine Expeditionary Force logistical readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Joel E. Rivera-Camacho)

U.S. Marines with Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division participate in a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Defense response during Steel Knight/Dawn Blitz (SK/DB) 21 on Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, Dec. 7, 2020. SK/DB 21 affords 1st Marine Division the opportunity to showcase its readiness within the education, planning, and execution continuum. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Roxanna Ortiz)

U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Andrew D. Letsch, a platoon commander with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, discusses 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment’s participation in exercise Steel Knight/Dawn Blitz (SK/DB) 21 at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 7, 2020. Exercise SK/DB 21 will test 1st Marine Division’s ability to facilitate Marine Air-Ground Task Force operations afloat and ashore to sustain its capabilities as a full-spectrum force in readiness against a capable peer or near-peer adversary. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Courtney G. White)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Blake Lane, an assault amphibious vehicle (AAV) crewmember with 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 1st Marine Division, discusses establishing a defensive position during exercise Steel Knight/Dawn Blitz (SK/DB) 21 at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 6, 2020. Exercise SK/DB 21 will test 1st Marine Division’s ability to facilitate Marine Air-Ground Task Force operations afloat and ashore to sustain its capabilities as a full-spectrum force in readiness against a capable peer or near-peer adversary. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Courtney G. White)