U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Aidan Southall, a squad leader with Apache Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, gives a class on gear set-up during Exercise Steel Knight 25 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 9, 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. Biggs is a native of Indiana. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Grant Schirmer)
| Date Taken: | 12.09.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 12.10.2025 11:26 |
| Photo ID: | 9433617 |
| VIRIN: | 251209-M-AV302-1042 |
| Resolution: | 1920x1080 |
| Size: | 434.32 KB |
| Location: | CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA, US |
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