U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Rotational Force-Southeast Asia (MRF-SEA), I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF), and Royal Malaysian Armed Forces service members conduct a staff exercise during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Malaysia 2025 at Lumut Naval Base, in Lumut, Malaysia, Dec. 4-9, 2025. This year marks the 31st iteration of CARAT, a multinational exercise series designed to enhance U.S. and partner navies' abilities to operate together in response to traditional and non-traditional maritime security challenges in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Luis Agostini)
Marines and Sailors of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit came together to honor the 250th birthday of the United States Marine Corps while forward deployed in the Philippines as Marine Rotational Force-Southeast Asia.
