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U.S. Navy Aviation Boatswains’ Mate (Handling) Chief Petty Officer Naval Francisco assigned to Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4), signals a U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II attached to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 122, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, to take off during deck landing qualifications in the Pacific Ocean, March 28, 2026. The 11th MEU is currently underway aboard the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations demonstrating the United States’ long-term commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Oliver Nisbet)

U.S. Navy Aviation Boatswains’ Mate (Handling) Chief Petty Officer Naval Francisco assigned to Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4), signals a U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II attached to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 122, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, to take off during deck landing qualifications in the Pacific Ocean, March 28, 2026. The 11th MEU is currently underway aboard the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations demonstrating the United States’ long-term commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Oliver Nisbet)

Photo by Cpl. Oliver Nisbet

Australian Army soldiers with Gunnery Wing, School of Armor, conduct post-mission checks on their LAV-25 Light Armored Vehicle during the final phase of the Bushmaster 26 Competition at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 27, 2026. The 2026 Bushmaster Competition, hosted by 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, is a multi-event challenge hosted annually by the U.S. Marine Corps Light Armored Reconnaissance community that evaluates LAV-25 crews, including ally partners, on tactical proficiency, marksmanship, physical endurance, and reconnaissance skills. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Sawyer Carleton)

Australian Army soldiers with Gunnery Wing, School of Armor, conduct post-mission checks on their LAV-25 Light Armored Vehicle during the final phase of the Bushmaster 26 Competition at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 27, 2026. The 2026 Bushmaster Competition, hosted by 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 4th Marine Division, is a multi-event challenge hosted annually by the U.S. Marine Corps Light Armored Reconnaissance community that evaluates LAV-25 crews, including ally partners, on tactical proficiency, marksmanship, physical endurance, and reconnaissance skills. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Sawyer Carleton)

Photo by Cpl. Sawyer Carleton

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Alexander Marquez, a crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, observes flight operations from the back of an MV-22B Osprey in support of a deployment readiness air confidence operation conducted at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 24, 2026. DRACOs enable Marines to enhance combat readiness through aviation movement rehearsals, training, and sustainment, ensuring forces remain prepared to deploy and operate in support of Marine Air-Ground Task Force operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kristin Louise Long)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Alexander Marquez, a crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, observes flight operations from the back of an MV-22B Osprey in support of a deployment readiness air confidence operation conducted at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 24, 2026. DRACOs enable Marines to enhance combat readiness through aviation movement rehearsals, training, and sustainment, ensuring forces remain prepared to deploy and operate in support of Marine Air-Ground Task Force operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kristin Louise Long)

Photo by Sgt. Kristin Louise Long

U.S. Marines with 9th Communication Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, conduct a tactical combat casualty care training during a deployment readiness air confidence operation at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 24, 2026. DRACOs enable Marines to enhance combat readiness through aviation movement rehearsals, training, and sustainment, ensuring forces remain prepared to deploy and operate in support of Marine Air-Ground Task Force operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kristin Louise Long)

U.S. Marines with 9th Communication Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, conduct a tactical combat casualty care training during a deployment readiness air confidence operation at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 24, 2026. DRACOs enable Marines to enhance combat readiness through aviation movement rehearsals, training, and sustainment, ensuring forces remain prepared to deploy and operate in support of Marine Air-Ground Task Force operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kristin Louise Long)

Photo by Sgt. Kristin Louise Long

U.S. Marines with 9th Communication Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, disembark an MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 164, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing in support of a deployment readiness air confidence operation conducted at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 24, 2026. DRACOs enable Marines to enhance combat readiness through aviation movement rehearsals, training, and sustainment, ensuring forces remain prepared to deploy and operate in support of Marine Air-Ground Task Force operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kristin Louise Long)

U.S. Marines with 9th Communication Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, disembark an MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 164, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing in support of a deployment readiness air confidence operation conducted at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 24, 2026. DRACOs enable Marines to enhance combat readiness through aviation movement rehearsals, training, and sustainment, ensuring forces remain prepared to deploy and operate in support of Marine Air-Ground Task Force operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kristin Louise Long)

Photo by Sgt. Kristin Louise Long

U.S. Marines with 9th Communication Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, board an MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 164, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, during a deployment readiness air confidence operation at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 23, 2026. DRACOs enable Marines to enhance combat readiness through aviation movement rehearsals, ensuring forces remain prepared to deploy and operate in support of Marine Air-Ground Task Force operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kristin Louise Long)

U.S. Marines with 9th Communication Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, board an MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 164, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, during a deployment readiness air confidence operation at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 23, 2026. DRACOs enable Marines to enhance combat readiness through aviation movement rehearsals, ensuring forces remain prepared to deploy and operate in support of Marine Air-Ground Task Force operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kristin Louise Long)

Photo by Sgt. Kristin Louise Long

A U.S. Marine with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, writes down a simulated casualty’s information during the annual 1st MARDIV squad competition at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 19, 2026. The 1st MARDIV squad competition is a four-day event that evaluates a Marine rifle squad’s infantry skills, fitness, toughness, and small unit tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Vincent Needham)

A U.S. Marine with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, writes down a simulated casualty’s information during the annual 1st MARDIV squad competition at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 19, 2026. The 1st MARDIV squad competition is a four-day event that evaluates a Marine rifle squad’s infantry skills, fitness, toughness, and small unit tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Vincent Needham)

Photo by Sgt. Vincent Needham

A U.S. Marine with 1st Marine Division holds security during the annual 1st MARDIV squad competition at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 18, 2026. The 1st MARDIV squad competition is a four-day event that evaluates a Marine rifle squad’s infantry skills, fitness, toughness, and small unit tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Vincent Needham)

A U.S. Marine with 1st Marine Division holds security during the annual 1st MARDIV squad competition at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 18, 2026. The 1st MARDIV squad competition is a four-day event that evaluates a Marine rifle squad’s infantry skills, fitness, toughness, and small unit tactics. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Vincent Needham)

Photo by Sgt. Vincent Needham

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Alena Glumova, a landing support specialist with 1st Distribution Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, fires an M1014 shotgun during a counter-small unmanned aerial systems shotgun range at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 18, 2026. The range provided realistic training in countering low-altitude sUAS threats highlighting the necessity to continually adapt to rapidly evolving technologies. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Mhecaela Watts)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Alena Glumova, a landing support specialist with 1st Distribution Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, fires an M1014 shotgun during a counter-small unmanned aerial systems shotgun range at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 18, 2026. The range provided realistic training in countering low-altitude sUAS threats highlighting the necessity to continually adapt to rapidly evolving technologies. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Mhecaela Watts)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Mhecaela Watts

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Julio Gutierrezmaldonado, a ground electronics transmission systems maintainer with Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, stands by before firing an M1014 shotgun during a counter-small unmanned aerial systems shotgun range at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 18, 2026. The range provided realistic training in countering low-altitude sUAS threats highlighting the necessity to continually adapt to rapidly evolving technologies. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Mhecaela Watts)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Julio Gutierrezmaldonado, a ground electronics transmission systems maintainer with Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, stands by before firing an M1014 shotgun during a counter-small unmanned aerial systems shotgun range at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 18, 2026. The range provided realistic training in countering low-altitude sUAS threats highlighting the necessity to continually adapt to rapidly evolving technologies. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Mhecaela Watts)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Mhecaela Watts

Ammunition for a GAU-21 .50 caliber machine gun sits in chamber before a live-fire exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 19, 2026. HMLA-367 executed a joint live-fire exercise alongside joint terminal attack controller assets to refine combat proficiency, strengthen coordination, and enhance operational readiness and lethality. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Anamile Arce)

Ammunition for a GAU-21 .50 caliber machine gun sits in chamber before a live-fire exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 19, 2026. HMLA-367 executed a joint live-fire exercise alongside joint terminal attack controller assets to refine combat proficiency, strengthen coordination, and enhance operational readiness and lethality. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Anamile Arce)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Anamile Arce

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Chase Colbath, a crew chief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367 (HMLA-367), Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, surveys the horizon from a UH-1Y Venom at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 18, 2026. HMLA-367 executed a joint live fire exercise alongside joint terminal attack controller assets to refine combat proficiency, strengthen coordination, and enhance operational readiness and lethality. Cobalth is a native of Florida. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Khalil Brown)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Chase Colbath, a crew chief with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367 (HMLA-367), Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, surveys the horizon from a UH-1Y Venom at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 18, 2026. HMLA-367 executed a joint live fire exercise alongside joint terminal attack controller assets to refine combat proficiency, strengthen coordination, and enhance operational readiness and lethality. Cobalth is a native of Florida. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Khalil Brown)

Photo by Sgt. Khalil Brown

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ean Gibson, a ground electronics telecommunications and information technology systems maintainer, with Combat Logistics Battalion 13, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, fires an M1014 shotgun during a counter-small unmanned aerial systems shotgun range at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 18, 2026. The range provided realistic training in countering low-altitude sUAS threats highlighting the necessity to continually adapt to rapidly evolving technologies. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Mhecaela Watts)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Ean Gibson, a ground electronics telecommunications and information technology systems maintainer, with Combat Logistics Battalion 13, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, fires an M1014 shotgun during a counter-small unmanned aerial systems shotgun range at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 18, 2026. The range provided realistic training in countering low-altitude sUAS threats highlighting the necessity to continually adapt to rapidly evolving technologies. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Mhecaela Watts)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Mhecaela Watts

U.S. Marines assigned to I Marine Expeditionary Force and Philippine contractors onload a Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement onto a Philippine barge in Cagayan de Oro, Philippines, March 17, 2026. The prepositioning of equipment in support of Exercise Balikatan 26 demonstrates how Maritime Prepositioning Force processes operationalize distributed sustainment by conducting offload, distribution, and regeneration of equipment through afloat platforms, ashore nodes, and transportation networks to distribute equipment across multiple locations. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen our ironclad alliance, improve our capable combined force, and demonstrate our commitment to regional security and stability.  (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Madison M. Luciano)

U.S. Marines assigned to I Marine Expeditionary Force and Philippine contractors onload a Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement onto a Philippine barge in Cagayan de Oro, Philippines, March 17, 2026. The prepositioning of equipment in support of Exercise Balikatan 26 demonstrates how Maritime Prepositioning Force processes operationalize distributed sustainment by conducting offload, distribution, and regeneration of equipment through afloat platforms, ashore nodes, and transportation networks to distribute equipment across multiple locations. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen our ironclad alliance, improve our capable combined force, and demonstrate our commitment to regional security and stability.  (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Madison M. Luciano)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Madison Luciano

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Duvan Renderos, a rifleman assigned to Battlespace Surveillance Company, 1st Intelligence Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group and California native, conducts a dry run prior to live-fire training during a BSC field exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 10, 2026. The BSC field exercise refines the ability to conduct maritime sensing in a degraded environment and core mission essential tasks in preparation for future operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Peyton Kahle)

U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Duvan Renderos, a rifleman assigned to Battlespace Surveillance Company, 1st Intelligence Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group and California native, conducts a dry run prior to live-fire training during a BSC field exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 10, 2026. The BSC field exercise refines the ability to conduct maritime sensing in a degraded environment and core mission essential tasks in preparation for future operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Peyton Kahle)

Photo by Sgt. Peyton Kahle

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. McDavid Charleston, left, and Cpl. Clayton Peters, both assigned to Battlespace Surveillance Company, 1st Intelligence Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group establishes a maritime sensing command operations center during a BSC field exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 09, 2026. The BSC field exercise refines the ability to conduct maritime sensing in a degraded environment and core mission essential tasks in preparation for future operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Peyton Kahle)

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. McDavid Charleston, left, and Cpl. Clayton Peters, both assigned to Battlespace Surveillance Company, 1st Intelligence Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group establishes a maritime sensing command operations center during a BSC field exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 09, 2026. The BSC field exercise refines the ability to conduct maritime sensing in a degraded environment and core mission essential tasks in preparation for future operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Peyton Kahle)

Photo by Sgt. Peyton Kahle

A Royal Thai reconnaissance marine conducts a high-altitude, low-opening parachute operation during a combined arms live-fire range part of Exercise Cobra Gold 2026 at Ban Chan Khrem, Khao Khitchakut district, Thailand, March 6, 2026. Cobra Gold is the Indo-Pacific’s largest annual military exercise in mainland Asia, co-hosted by the U.S. and Thailand. The exercise brings together participants from multiple nations for military training and humanitarian projects that strengthen regional partnerships and demonstrate U.S. commitment to Indo-Pacific security. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Brian Knowles)

A Royal Thai reconnaissance marine conducts a high-altitude, low-opening parachute operation during a combined arms live-fire range part of Exercise Cobra Gold 2026 at Ban Chan Khrem, Khao Khitchakut district, Thailand, March 6, 2026. Cobra Gold is the Indo-Pacific’s largest annual military exercise in mainland Asia, co-hosted by the U.S. and Thailand. The exercise brings together participants from multiple nations for military training and humanitarian projects that strengthen regional partnerships and demonstrate U.S. commitment to Indo-Pacific security. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Brian Knowles)

Photo by Sgt. Brian Knowles

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Kayson Gudmundson, a ground electronic transmission systems maintainer assigned to Task Force Ashland, I Marine Expeditionary Force, fires an M4 carbine during a combined arms live-fire range as part of Exercise Cobra Gold 2026 at Ban Chan Khrem, Khao Khitchakut district, Thailand, March 6, 2026. Cobra Gold is the Indo-Pacific’s largest annual military exercise in mainland Asia, co-hosted by the U.S. and Thailand. The exercise brings together participants from multiple nations for military training and humanitarian projects that strengthen regional partnerships and demonstrate U.S. commitment to Indo-Pacific security. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kenneth Twaddell)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Kayson Gudmundson, a ground electronic transmission systems maintainer assigned to Task Force Ashland, I Marine Expeditionary Force, fires an M4 carbine during a combined arms live-fire range as part of Exercise Cobra Gold 2026 at Ban Chan Khrem, Khao Khitchakut district, Thailand, March 6, 2026. Cobra Gold is the Indo-Pacific’s largest annual military exercise in mainland Asia, co-hosted by the U.S. and Thailand. The exercise brings together participants from multiple nations for military training and humanitarian projects that strengthen regional partnerships and demonstrate U.S. commitment to Indo-Pacific security. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kenneth Twaddell)

Photo by Cpl. Kenneth Twaddell

A U.S. Marine with Marine Wing Communications Squadron 38, Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, performs weapons techniques during a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program competition at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, March 6, 2026. The competition aimed to build unit cohesion, enhance combat readiness, strengthen personal discipline, and foster warrior ethos. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nikolas Mascroft)

A U.S. Marine with Marine Wing Communications Squadron 38, Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, performs weapons techniques during a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program competition at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, March 6, 2026. The competition aimed to build unit cohesion, enhance combat readiness, strengthen personal discipline, and foster warrior ethos. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nikolas Mascroft)

Photo by Cpl. Nikolas Mascroft

U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Communications Squadron 38, Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, ground fight during a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program competition at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, March 6, 2026. The competition aimed to build unit cohesion, enhance combat readiness, strengthen personal discipline, and foster warrior ethos. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nikolas Mascroft)

U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Communications Squadron 38, Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, ground fight during a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program competition at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, March 6, 2026. The competition aimed to build unit cohesion, enhance combat readiness, strengthen personal discipline, and foster warrior ethos. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nikolas Mascroft)

Photo by Cpl. Nikolas Mascroft

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