U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, board an MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 161, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, during a vertical assault course at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Nov. 19, 2025. Expeditionary Operations Training Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, conducts vertical assault and raid training that develops advanced tactical skills and helps maintain readiness for future deployments. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Mary R. Jenni)
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Axel Uy, a career planner assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, is interviewed about ongoing foreign disaster relief operations being conducted by Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military personnel around the Catanduanes region atClark Air Base, Philippines, Nov. 16, 2025. Uy is a native of the Philippines and moved to the United States with his family in 2015. At the request of the Government of the Philippines, the U.S. military is working alongside the Armed Forces of the Philippines to provide foreign disaster relief support to communities affected by consecutive Typhoons Kalmaegi (Tino) and Fung-Wong (Uwan), which caused extensive...