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    KAMANDAG 9: 3d LCT conducts notional fire mission with NMESIS during MKTSO [Image 1 of 8]

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    KAMANDAG 9: 3d LCT conducts notional fire mission with NMESIS during MKTSO

    PHILIPPINES

    05.27.2025

    Photo by Cpl. Malia Sparks 

    3d Marine Division     

    U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Louis Mendoza, a native of Florida and a field artillery cannoneer with 3d Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, prepares the Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System for a notional fire mission 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 and Philippine Marines with Marine Battalion Landing Team 10 inserting into various islands in the Batanes and Babuyan Island chains in order to rehearse securing and defending key maritime terrain with the NMESIS. 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. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Malia Sparks)

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    Date Taken: 05.27.2025
    Date Posted: 06.02.2025 02:06
    Photo ID: 9076587
    VIRIN: 250527-M-MI096-2010
    Resolution: 4864x3243
    Size: 5.32 MB
    Location: PH

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