Story by 1st Lt. Anne Pentaleri | 3d Marine Division | 06.28.2024
LUZON, PHILIPPINES – U.S. Marines with 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, concluded Marine Aviation Support Activity 24, the third of three Philippine-led bilateral exercises with 3rd MLR participation spanning the past three months, on Luzon, Philippines, June 21, 2024. The U.S. Marines’ return to their home station on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, marks the end......
Story by Cpl. Malia Sparks | 3d Marine Division | 06.12.2024
ITBAYAT/NORTHERN LUZON, PHILIPPINES — In addition to enhancing their warfighting capabilities through bilateral military training, U.S. Marines and Sailors with 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, and Philippine Marines with 4th Marine Brigade, strengthened ties through community service and civil engagements during Exercise Balikatan 24, Archipelagic Coastal Defense......
Story by 1st Lt. John Fischer | 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 06.02.2024
FORT BONIFACIO, MANILA, Philippines – Elements of I and III Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) concluded the latest iteration of the Archipelagic Coastal Defense Continuum (ACDC) bilateral training with units from across the Philippine Marine Corps, including the Philippine Coastal Defense Regiment on May 31, 2024. The training took place from the diverse landscapes of Paredes in the north to......
Story by 1st Lt. John Fischer | 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 06.02.2024
FORT BONIFACIO, MANILA, Philippines – Elements of I and III Marine Expeditionary Forces (MEF) concluded the latest iteration of the Archipelagic Coastal Defense Continuum (ACDC) bilateral training with units from across the Philippine Marine Corps, including the Philippine Coastal Defense Regiment on May 31, 2024. The training took place from the diverse landscapes of Paredes in the north to......
Story by Gunnery Sgt. Donald Holbert | 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 05.29.2024
PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines – Elements of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit completed their participation in Archipelagic Coastal Defense Continuum May 24 on the island of Palawan, Philippines....
Story by 1st Lt. Anne Pentaleri | 3d Marine Division | 05.28.2024
LUZON, PHILIPPINES – U.S. Marines with 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, alongside Philippine Marines with 4th Marine Brigade and the Coastal Defense Regiment concluded Littoral Zone Reconnaissance Cobra, ending a week-long bilateral command post training exercise aimed at enhancing interoperability, refining tactics, techniques, and procedures, and supporting combined and......
Story by Sgt. Shaina Jupiter | 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 05.28.2024
After spending 31 years in the Philippines, Jonathan Dumadaug and his cousin immigrated to the United States. There, he made the vow to protect the country he now calls home while also discovering the door of opportunity to work side-by-side with his motherland. He knew the Marine Corps would provide him with the sense of purpose he desired....
Story by Staff Sgt. Dana Beesley | 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 05.16.2024
A Littoral Explosive Ordnance Neutralization integrated product team from 1st Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 7th Engineer Support Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force conducted controlled underwater demolitions using handmade buoyant demolition cord reels, fittingly coined “dog bones,” tied to unexploded torpedo warheads....
