A VXE30 Stalker Unmanned Aerial System conducts an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance mission during the Maritime Key Terrain Security Operation as a part of Exercise KAMANDAG 9 in the Babuyan Island chain, Philippines, May 28, 2025. The MKTSO involved elements of 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, 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)
Date Taken: | 05.28.2025 |
Date Posted: | 05.31.2025 04:07 |
Photo ID: | 9069849 |
VIRIN: | 250528-M-DT244-1020 |
Resolution: | 3722x2481 |
Size: | 982.56 KB |
Location: | BABUYAN ISLANDS, PH |
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