U.S. Marines with Littoral Combat Force-24, and U.S. Coast Guardsmen with Maritime Security Response Team East, conduct a Maritime Interdiction Operation Full Mission Profile rehearsal aboard San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS San Antonio (LPD 17) while underway in the Caribbean Sea, July 18, 2026. U.S. military forces are deployed to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility in support of Operation SOUTHERN SPEAR, 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. Marines, Sailors and civilians with II Marine Expeditionary Force, Expeditionary Operations Training Group, pose for a group photograph during the EOTG change of charge ceremony at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, July 31, 2026. The change of charge ceremony represents the relinquishment of duties from one command master chief to another. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ethan Claassen)
