U.S. Marines with Echo Battery, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a live fire defense of the amphibious taskforce drill aboard San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) in the South China Sea, June 13, 2026. The 11th MEU, embarked aboard the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, is a persistent, combat credible force contributing to deterrence and crisis response in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet, the U.S. Navy's largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners to preserve a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Avery Wayland)
| Date Taken: | 06.13.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 06.24.2026 11:41 |
| Category: | Video Productions |
| Video ID: | 1011860 |
| VIRIN: | 260613-M-TI498-1001 |
| Filename: | DOD_111790611 |
| Length: | 00:00:25 |
| Location: | SOUTH CHINA SEA |
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