U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Daniel Shipley, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe and Africa, meets with Nigerian Navy Rear Adm. Olusegun Soyemi in Rabat, Morocco, July 21, 2026. Shipley and Soyemi met during African Maritime Forces Summit 2026 to build their relationship and discuss the complexities of maritime security. Co-hosted by the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces, U.S. Naval Forces Africa, and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe and Africa, AMFS 2026 brings together international partners to address shared security challenges under the theme "Innovation and Partnership to Strengthen Maritime Security." (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Kedrick Schumacher)
SKRUNDA, LATVIA – A Marine's civilian past is actively shaping how units prepare for modern deployments. On June 6, 2026, U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Noah Brill, an assistant operations officer with 2nd Marine Logistics Group joined an annual Department of War force protection research project targeting ticks to provide force health protection guidance to units before deploying.
BABADAG TRAINING AREA, Romania -- U.S. Marines with 4th Assault Amphibian Battalion, 4th Marine Division, conducted the final operational employment of the assault amphibious vehicle in the U.S. Marine Corps during exercise Sea Breeze 26 at Babadag Training Area, Romania, June 14, 2026.
BABADAG TRAINING AREA, Romania (June 14, 2026) — The first time U.S. Marine Corps Master Sgt. Daniel Porter saw an assault amphibious vehicle, he felt the ground shake.
He was a young Marine, fresh to the schoolhouse, when one of the hulking tracked vehicles rolled past him on the pavement. The rumble moved up through his boots and into his chest. He knew then, without much deliberation, that he had found his home.
That was 22 years ago....
The U.S. Marine Corps has employed a new and highly-specialized intelligence and cyber warfare unit during Norway’s Cold Response exercise, which has recently been pulled under the umbrella of NATO’s Arctic Sentry activities.
