U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Eric Mull, a naval aircrewman with Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 41, puts on a wetsuit during a maritime tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel course at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, May 5, 2025. The Amphibious Raids Branch, Expeditionary Operations Training Group, conducted the waterborne TRAP operation to develop and standardize procedures for hoist operations in a maritime environment while utilizing the MV-22 Osprey and U.S. Navy rescue swimmers. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jordan Searls)
U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 25.3, Philippine Marines with 3rd Marine Brigade, Philippine Marine Corps, and Australian Army Soldiers with 5th/7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment participate in a counter-landing live-fire event during Exercise Balikatan 25 at Rizal, Palawan, Philippines April 28, 2025. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the U.S. and Philippine armed forces designed to strengthen the alliance, showcase the capable combined force, and demonstrate the commitment to regional security and stability. (This video contains music from a USMC enterprise licensed asset from De Wolfe Music: Into the Void composed by Martin Jackson...
PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines — U.S. Marines from 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin (MRF-D) 25.3 Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF), Australian Army Soldiers with the 5th/7th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment (5/7 RAR), Australian Defence Force (ADF), and Philippine Marines from the 3rd Marine Brigade, Philippine Marine Corps (PMC), executed a high-tempo, trilateral simulated airfield insertion...
