KAMANDAG 9: MRF-D 25.3 and PMC conduct a counter-landing live-fire defense

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Holdon Loveless, a joint terminal attack controller with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 25.3, I Marine Expeditionary Force Forward, and a Philippine Marine with 3rd Brigade, conduct fires deconfliction on radios for a counter-landing live-fire during KAMANDAG 9 at Quezon, Palawan, Philippines, June 4, 2025.

KAMANDAG 9: MRF-D 25.3 an...

U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Anita Ramos/Released 250604-M-LQ016-1026.JPG

Jun 10, 2025

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Holdon Loveless, a joint terminal attack controller with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 25.3, I Marine Expeditionary Force Forward, and a Philippine Marine with 3rd Brigade, conduct fires deconfliction on radios for a counter-landing live-fire during KAMANDAG 9 at Quezon, Palawan, Philippines, June 4, 2025. KAMANDAG is an annual Philippine Marine Corps and U.S. Marine Corps-led exercise aimed at enhancing the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ defense and humanitarian capabilities by providing valuable training in combined operations with foreign militaries in the advancement of a Free and Open Indo-Pacific. 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 photo by Cpl. Anita Ramos)

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