U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 373, Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, and Sailors with Assault Craft Unit 5, Naval Beach Group 1, embark a landing craft, air cushion after conducting expeditionary aviation node operations in support of exercise Steel Knight 25 on San Clemente Island, California, Dec. 13, 2025. The SCI node enabled 3rd MAW to sustain distributed aviation operations by extending aviation reach and enabling rapid, repeatable, forward sustainment across multiple distributed locations. 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...
Taken: 12.13.2025 | Video by Lance Cpl. Samantha Devine