A role player acts as a protestor during a simulated embassy reinforcement conducted by U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, as part of Exercise Steel Knight 25 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 5, 2025. This exercise will certify 5th Marines for Marine Rotational Force–Darwin, a six-month forward deployment in Australia that strengthens combined interoperability with the Australian Defence Force and provides rapid crisis-response options for the joint force across the Indo-Pacific. Steel Knight is an annual exercise that strengthens the Navy-Marine Corps team’s ability to respond forward, integrate across domains, and sustain Marine Air-Ground Task Force readiness. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kyle Chan)
| Date Taken: | 12.05.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 12.06.2025 14:18 |
| Photo ID: | 9424612 |
| VIRIN: | 251205-M-MO098-7073 |
| Resolution: | 6378x4254 |
| Size: | 2.79 MB |
| Location: | CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA, US |
| Web Views: | 32 |
| Downloads: | 3 |
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