Videos

Marines with 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division and Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 169, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, conduct an in-aircraft, first person view unmanned aircraft system integration with an airborne UH-1Y Venom at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, May 13, 2026.  The collaborative exercise allowed Marines to determine the feasibility of using FPV UAS from an aircraft and evaluate how to best integrate them to increase combat capabilities and lethality. This exercise aligns with the Secretary of War’s drone dominance memo by executing his direction for operational units to experiment with drones at echelon. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Staff Sergeant Fatima Delgadillo and Sgt. Symira Bostic)

U.S. Marines with I Marine Expeditionary Force and small unmanned aircraft system industry professionals conduct a fiber-optic first-person view sUAS evaluation event at Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 27-29, 2026. I MEF, in partnership with Defense Innovation Unit, evaluated fiber-optic drones for use in signal-degraded environments. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Kelani Franklin)

U.S. Marines employ tactics to counter unmanned aerial systems during a training course at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 9, 2026. The three-week course teaches Marines how to tactically employ C-UAS, offensively and defensively, in a live-fire environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Diego Berumen) (This video contains music from a USMC enterprise license asset from Adobe Stock: Extreme Measures by Frequently Asked Music/Stock.adobe.com)

U.S. Marines with 1st Marine Division train to integrate small unmanned aerial systems and mortars at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 29-31, 2024. The purpose of sUAS and mortar integration training is to increase the accuracy and lethality of indirect fire assets organic to an infantry battalion. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Logan Courtright)(This video contains music from a USMC enterprise licensed asset from Adobe Stock: White Rooftops composed by FormatX/stock.adobe.com)

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Harrison Zhu, an unmanned aerial system commander with Aviation Combat Element, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, discusses his role workign with U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers and B-2 Spirit Stealth Bombers in the Northern Territory, Australia Aug. 20, 2020. The combined training allowed both Marines and Australian Defence Force members to learn how to communicate effectively to be ready to work together to contribute to regional security. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Alexandria Nowell)

U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Trevor Ellingson, an unmanned aircraft systems operator with Air Combat Element, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, discusses training at Nackeroo Airfield, Bradshaw Field Training Area, Northern Territory, Australia, Aug. 11, 2020. Ellingson is a native of Gurley, Ala. During the training, the ACE made history by conducting spoke operations with the RQ-21A Blackjack for the first time ever on Australian soil. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Harrison Rakhshani)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Joseph Manzie, a squad leader and combat engineer with Logistics Combat Element, Marine Rotational Force - Darwin, performs field environment training on Robertson Barracks, NT, Australia, July 14, 2020. Manzie is a Chicago, Ill. native. The Marines trained in a variety of scenarios including both security and reconnaissance patrols, as well as defensive tactics. Training was aided by the use of Small Unmanned Areal Systems, or drones. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Sarah Marshall)

U.S. Marines and Sailors with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Native Fury 18 execute Exercise Native Fury in the United Arab Emirates, Jan. 21-Feb 9. Exercise NF18 is a Joint Chiefs of Staff directed, U.S. Central Command sponsored, I Marine Expeditionary Force executed maritime prepositioning force exercise conducted in the Marine Corps Forces Central Command area of responsibility. Native Fury is designed to train Marines and Sailors in crisis response through MPF operations and aims to increase proficiency, expand levels of cooperation, enhance maritime capabilities, and promote long-term regional stability and interoperability between international partners. NF18 is executed at various training sites throughout the U.A.E., to include: Fujairah Naval Base, Minhad Air Base, and Jebel Ali Port. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Devan K. Gowans and Cpl. Christopher D. Thompson)

Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. (July 13, 2016)—Marines with 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment test equipment provided by the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory, July 08, 2016. Twenty-six nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 30 to Aug. 4, in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2016 is the 25th exercise in the series that began in 1971.

Marines with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, train using remote quadcoptors during exercise Rim of the Pacific, aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., June 22, 2016. The Marines received instruction on how to operate remote controlled quadcoptors for a new reconnaissance method. The quadcoptors will allow Marines to obtain data on terrain and objectives as well as avoid needing to send troops into dangerous situations. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by Lance Cpl. Nathaniel S. McAllister/Released)