U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Littoral Combat Force-24, conduct a patrol base exercise on Camp Santiago Joint Training Center, Puerto Rico, Sept. 8 - 10, 2026. U.S. military forces are deployed to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility in support of Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere, Department of War-directed operations, and the President's priorities to disrupt illicit drug trafficking, deter malign actors and protect the homeland through continuous presence. (U.S. Marine Corps video)
U.S. reconnaissance Marines with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit run through smoke cover during an urban terrain exercise, as part of Advanced Sniper Course (ASC) at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Sept. 17, 2026. Expeditionary Operations Training Group’s ASC is designed to train personnel in advanced combat marksmanship skills, surveillance, and communications that will support expeditionary operations necessary when forward deployed. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. DeMontae Stovall)
