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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Adam Clyne, an assistant patrol leader with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 25.3, and a Philippine Marine with 3rd Marine Brigade, Philippine Marine Corps, pose for a photo before a counter-landing live-fire rehearsal in support of Exercise Balikatan 25 at Rizal, Palawan, Philippines, April 27, 2025. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the U.S. and Philippine armed forces designed to strengthen the alliance, showcase the capable combined force, and demonstrate the commitment to regional security and stability. Clyne is a native of Minnesota. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Keegan Jones)

Photo by Cpl. Keegan Jones

U.S. Marines with Medium-Range Missile Battery, 3d Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division load a Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System onto a U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules assigned to 39th Airlift Squadron during Exercise Balikatan 25 at Lal-lo, Philippines, April 26, 2025. This marks the inaugural deployment of the newly fielded Marine Corps weapon system to the Philippines and serves as a major milestone for the continuously developing U.S.-Philippines Alliance. 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 Chief Warrant Officer 2 Trent Randolph)

Photo by Chief Warrant Officer 2 Trent Randolph

U.S. Marines with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, clear a hallway during a raid leaders course hosted by Expeditionary Operations Training Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 25, 2025. Instructors with EOTG trained the Marines to help enhance their tactics, techniques, and procedures for raid operations for future deployments. EOTG is a section of the I MEF command element that trains and evaluates deploying Marine units in select individual and collective tasks to prepare them to support geographic combatant commands. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kyle Chan)

Photo by Sgt. Kyle Chan

U.S. Marines with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, maneuver to a door during a raid leaders course hosted by Expeditionary Operations Training Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 24, 2025. Instructors with EOTG trained the Marines to help enhance their tactics, techniques, and procedures for raid operations for future deployments. EOTG is a section of the I MEF command element that trains and evaluates deploying Marine units in select individual and collective tasks to prepare them to support geographic combatant commands. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kyle Chan)

Photo by Sgt. Kyle Chan

A U.S. Marine with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, breaches a door during a raid leaders course hosted by Expeditionary Operations Training Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 24, 2025. EOTG is a section of the I MEF command element that trains and evaluates deploying Marine units in select individual and collective tasks to enhance their tactics, techniques, and procedures. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Atticus Martinez)

Photo by Sgt. Atticus Martinez

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Wilfredo Huitroncampista, a bulk fuel specialist with Marine Wing Support Squadron 373, Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, disassembles a collapsible fuel tank during Tactical Air-Ground Refueling Sysytem New Equipment Training at Marien Air Station Miramar, California, April 24, 2025. The TAGRS, an expeditionary Marine Corps-exclusive asset, is a compact mobile refueling system designed to expand the capabilities of Marine Corps’ Forward Arming and Refueling Points and Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations. TAGRS support refueling operations in forward areas and remote locations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jesus Leyva, a bulk fuel specialist with Marine Wing Support Squadron 372, Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, drives a U.S. Marine Corps Ultra Light Tactical Vehicle assigned to MWSS-372, during Tactical Air-Ground Refueling System New Equipment Training at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, April 23, 2025. The TAGRS, an expeditionary Marine Corps-exclusive asset, is a compact mobile refueling system designed to expand the capabilities of Marine Corps’ Forward Arming and Refueling Points and Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations. TAGRS support refueling operations in forward areas and remote locations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine

A U.S. Marine with Expeditionary Operations Training Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, walks across a catwalk during a raid leaders course hosted by EOTG at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 23, 2025. EOTG is a section of the I MEF command element that trains and evaluates deploying Marine units in select individual and collective tasks to enhance their tactics, techniques, and procedures. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Atticus Martinez)

Photo by Sgt. Atticus Martinez

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Ezra Jackson, a team leader with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, maneuvers into a doorway during a raid leaders course hosted by Expeditionary Operations Training Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 23, 2025. EOTG is a section of the I MEF command element that trains and evaluates deploying Marine units in select individual and collective tasks to enhance their tactics, techniques, and procedures. Jackson is a native of Washington. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Atticus Martinez)

Photo by Sgt. Atticus Martinez

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Ricardo Ramirez, a radio operator assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I Marine Expeditionary Force, operates a multi-mission terminal (MMT) during a command post exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, April 23, 2025. The MMT is a rapidly deployable, software-defined system that provides broadband connectivity across multiple satellite networks, enabling secure communications in support of expeditionary operations. The CPX allowed the 15th MEU to develop best practices for command and control of forces from a shore-based location to test systems, evaluate processes, develop techniques, and validate standard operating procedures. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Patrick Katz)

Photo by Sgt. Patrick Katz

U.S. Marines with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, maneuver into a room during a raid leaders course hosted by Expeditionary Operations Training Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 23, 2025. EOTG is a section of the I MEF command element that trains and evaluates deploying Marine units in select individual and collective tasks to enhance their tactics, techniques, and procedures. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Atticus Martinez)

Photo by Sgt. Atticus Martinez

U.S. Navy Lt. Andrei Lojek, an anesthesiologist with 1st Medical Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, observes as Sailors evaluate a patient during a notional casualty scenario, part of a certification exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 22, 2025. The certification exercise is being conducted to demonstrate the ability to establish Role 2 capabilities through scenario-based training, which include strategies of effective Prolonged Casualty Care in austere environments that support warfighting efforts and increasing readiness as a forward deployable medical asset within I Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Desiree Ruiz)

Photo by Cpl. Desiree Ruiz

U.S. Navy Sailors with 1st Medical Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, carry a patient into a Role 2 care center during a notional casualty scenario, part of a certification exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 22, 2025. The certification exercise is being conducted to demonstrate the ability to establish Role 2 capabilities through scenario-based training, which include strategies of effective Prolonged Casualty Care in austere environments that support warfighting efforts and increasing readiness as a forward deployable medical asset within I Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Desiree Ruiz)

Photo by Cpl. Desiree Ruiz

Leaders with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 25.3, the Australian Defence Force, Philippine Marine Corps, and Royal Marine Commandos gather during a meeting for the start of Exercise Balikatan 25 at 3rd Marine Brigade Headquarters, Palawan, Philippines, April 21, 2025. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between U.S. and Philippine armed forces designed to strengthen the alliance, showcase the capable combined force, and demonstrate the commitment to regional security and stability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Capt. John Fischer)

Photo by Capt. John Fischer

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Jason C. Armas, left, the commanding officer of Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 25.3, speaks with Brig. Gen. Antonio Mangoroban, the commanding officer of 3rd Marine Brigade, Philippine Marine Corps, during a meeting for the start of Exercise Balikatan 25 at 3rd Marine Brigade Headquarters, Palawan, Philippines, April 21, 2025. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between U.S. and Philippine armed forces designed to strengthen the alliance, showcase the capable combined force, and demonstrate the commitment to regional security and stability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Capt. John Fischer)

Photo by Capt. John Fischer

Philippine and U.S. government and military representatives conduct the “crossing of hands” during the opening ceremony to commence Exercise Balikatan 25 at Camp Aguinaldo, Manila, Philippines, April 21, 2025. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the 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. Erica Padgett)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Erica Stanke

Philippine and U.S. government and military representatives conduct the “crossing of hands” during the opening ceremony to commence Exercise Balikatan 25 at Camp Aguinaldo, Manila, Philippines, April 21, 2025. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the 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. Erica Padgett)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Erica Stanke

Armed Force of the Philippines and U.S. military representatives unfurl the Exercise Balikatan flag during the opening ceremony to commence Exercise Balikatan 25 at Camp Aguinaldo, Manila, Philippines, April 21, 2025. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the 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. Erica Padgett)

Photo by Lance Cpl. Erica Stanke

A photo taken of U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Albert Aguilera, a combat engineer with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, at an unknown date while he was undergoing recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California. He enlisted in March 2023 and was promoted to lance corporal in May 2024. Aguilera was a native of Riverside, California. (U.S. Marine Corps courtesy photo)

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A photo taken of U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Marcelino Gamino, a combat engineer with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, at an unknown date while he was undergoing recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California. He enlisted in May 2022 and was promoted to lance corporal in August 2024. His decorations include the National Defense Service Medal and Sea Service Deployment Ribbon. He deployed to Darwin, Australia, with Marine Rotational Force - Darwin in 2024. Gamino was a native of Fresno, California. (U.S. Marine Corps courtesy photo)

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