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    KAMANDAG 9: 3d LCT inserts into Babuyan Islands for MKTSO [Image 8 of 8]

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    KAMANDAG 9: 3d LCT inserts into Babuyan Islands for MKTSO

    BABUYAN ISLANDS, PHILIPPINES

    05.27.2025

    Photo by Cpl. Iyer Ramakrishna 

    3d Marine Division     

    U.S. Marines with 3d Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, load cargo into an MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 364, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3d Marine Air Wing, during the Maritime Key Terrain Security Operation as a part of Exercise KAMANDAG 9 in the Philippines, May 27, 2025. The MKTSO involved elements of 3d MLR, U.S. Soldiers with 1st Multi-Domain Task Force, and Philippine Marines with Marine Battalion Landing Team 10 inserting via air and sea into various islands in the Batanes and Babuyan Island chains in order to rehearse securing and defending key maritime terrain with the Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System, Marine Air Defense Integrated System, and High Mobility Rocket Artillery System. KAMANDAG 9 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. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Iyer Ramakrishna)

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    Date Taken: 05.27.2025
    Date Posted: 05.28.2025 20:43
    Photo ID: 9066096
    VIRIN: 250527-M-DT244-1051
    Resolution: 5088x3392
    Size: 2.65 MB
    Location: BABUYAN ISLANDS, PH

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