Marine Corps

US Marine Raiders and Green Berets hold exercise RAVEN to test and refine predeployment MARSOC unit readiness

A U.S. Marine Corps High Mobility Artillery Rocket System with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, III Marine Expeditionary Force, exits a hide before a simulated fire mission while training at Ie Shima Training Facility, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 21, 2022.

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242 conducts a short take off from Ie Shima, Japan, Oct. 18, 2022.

The three most important things the Marine Corps does for the Nation are make Marines, win the Nation’s battles, and develop quality citizens.

U.S. Marines and Sailors with 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, in support of U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South, participated in a bilateral jungle training event in Manaus, Brazil, Sept. 19-29, 2022.

U.S. Marine Corps and Royal Thai Armed Forces Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians train EOD students at Ta Mor Roi Training area during Humanitarian Mine Action EOD Level 3 in Surin Province, Thailand, Jul. 27, 2022.

U.S. Marines with command element 5th Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force Darwin (MRF-D) 22, completed their six-month rotation in Australia.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Aaron Lucas, a CH-53E Super Stallion crew chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 464, discusses the role of a crew chief at an undisclosed location, Oct. 13, 2022.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Manny, the depot mascot for Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) San Diego, attends the U.S. Navy’s 247th birthday cake cutting ceremony aboard MCRD San Diego, Oct. 13, 2022.

During Exercise KAMANDAG in Palawan, Philippines, Marines with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit Command Element had the opportunity to improve their martial arts skills and belt up in the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program while deployed. For one Marine, it was his passion for teaching that drove him to mentor Marines in MCMAP on his off hours, in addition to supporting the11th MEU’s mission on deployment.

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Stephen Meiners, an aircraft electronic systems technician and Sgt. Ernest Brunelle, a fixed wing aircraft safety equipment mechanic, both with Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533, are awarded an incentive flight at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Sept. 30, 2022.

A U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18D Hornet aircraft with Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533, takes off from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, during an incentive flight, Sept. 30, 2022.