U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 13, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, conduct a live-fire, crew-served weapons range during a Field Evaluation Exercise on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 16, 2025. The FEX reinforced the Marines’ deployment capabilities and unit readiness through the conduct of distributed operations and specific military occupational specialty training. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Savannah Norris) This video contains music from a USMC enterprise licensed asset from Adobe Stock

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, attached to Marine Rotational Force-Southeast Asia, alongside Singapore Guardsmen with 3rd Battalion Singapore Guards, 7th Singapore Infantry Brigade, conduct Valiant Mark 25 at Bedok Camp, Murai Urban Training Facility and SAFTI City Training Facility, Singapore, March 17-26, 2025. SAFTI City, the premier urban training facility in Southeast Asia, is one of the largest and most technologically advanced facilities of its kind in the world. U.S. Marines with MRF-SEA was the first foreign partner force to train at the facility during Valiant Mark 25. Valiant Mark is an annual, bilateral training exercise designed to enhance interoperability, build mutual defense capabilities, and strengthen military-to-military relationships between the U.S. Marine Corps and Singapore Armed Forces. MRF-SEA is a rotational unit derived from elements of I MEF executing a U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific operational model that involves training events and exchanges with partner military subject matter experts, promotes security goals with allied and partner nations, and ensures a persistent I MEF stand-in presence west of the international date line. Valiant Mark 25 is the 27th iteration of the exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Shaina Jupiter)

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Southeast Asia, I Marine Expeditionary Force, alongside Singapore Guardsman with 3rd Battalion Singapore Guards, 7th Singapore Infantry Brigade, share information during Valiant Mark 2025, Singapore, March 26, 2025. Valiant Mark is an annual, bilateral training exercise designed to enhance interoperability, build mutual defense capabilities, and strengthen military-to-military relationships between the U.S. Marine Corps and Singapore Armed Forces. MRF-SEA is a rotational unit derived from elements of I MEF executing a U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific operational model that involves training events and exchanges with partner military subject matter experts, promotes security goals with allied and partner nations, and ensures a persistent I MEF stand-in presence west of the international date line. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Christian Tofteroo)

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, attached to Marine Rotational Force-Southeast Asia, alongside Singapore Guardsmen with 3rd Singapore Guards, 7th Singapore Infantry Brigade, demonstrate military operations in urban terrain and conduct a blank-fire raid rehearsal during Valiant Mark 25 at Murai Urban Training Facility, Singapore, March 19, 2025. Valiant Mark is an annual, bilateral training exercise designed to enhance interoperability, build mutual defense capabilities, and strengthen military-to-military relationships between the U.S. Marine Corps and Singapore Armed Forces. MRF-SEA is a rotational unit derived from elements of I MEF executing a U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific operational model that involves training events and exchanges with partner military subject matter experts, promotes security goals with allied and partner nations, and ensures a persistent I MEF stand-in presence west of the international date line. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Tyler Wilson and Cpl. Logan A. Courtright)

U.S. Marines attached to Joint Task Force Civil Support participate in cleanup efforts after the Las Angeles wildfires in Altadena, California, Feb. 22, 2025. At the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) deployed approximately 170 active-duty personnel to assist Environmental Protection Agency led teams with cleanup of wildfire hazardous waste from the Eaton and Palisades fires in California. U.S. Army North, U.S. Northern Command’s Joint Force Land Component Command, is overseeing the military’s support to federal and state efforts while JTF-CS is providing on-the-ground command and control of active-duty personnel. Work to remove the hazardous materials is phase 1 of the federal cleanup response to ensure the safety of the residents by preventing these materials from being released into the environment. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Christian McGinnis) This video contains music from the USMC enterprise licensed asset from Adobe Stock.

U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, is the largest operational command in the Marine Corps. It is comprised of a headquarters element based out of Camp H.M. Smith, Hawaii as well as two-thirds of the Marine Corps’ active-duty combat forces, I Marine Expeditionary Force and III Marine Expeditionary Force, collectively known as the “Pacific Marines.” These Marines serve as the Nation’s expeditionary force-in-readiness in the Indo-Pacific, forward positioned and actively employed throughout the vast maritime region. Every day, Pacific Marines execute two important roles – as “stand-in” forces and crisis response forces, both tailor built for diverse security challenges. They are naval in nature, experts in the littorals, and operate across all domains – sea, land, air, space, and cyber. They work daily with the joint force and like-minded allies and partners to deter aggression, strengthen stability, and if the Nation calls, to fight and win. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Indio Woods)

This motion graphic was created to highlight I Marine Expeditionary Force’s unit structure. Stationed out of Camp Pendleton, California, I MEF is one of U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific subordinate commands that provides the Marine Corps a globally responsive, expeditionary and fully scalable Marine Air-Ground Task Force capable of generating, deploying and employing ready forces and formations for crisis response, forward presence, major combat operations and campaigns. (This graphic was created using Adobe After Effects and Adobe Photoshop) (U.S. Marine Corps Motion Graphic by Lance Cpl. Hailey Riddle-Chan)

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Southeast Asia, I Marine Expeditionary Force, alongside Singapore Guardsman with 3rd Battalion Singapore Guards, 7th Singapore Infantry Brigade, conduct planning, amphibious operations, logistics, intelligence, fires, and anti-armor subject matter expert exchanges in preparation for Valiant Mark 2025 during Valiant Mark 2024, on Bedok and Pasir Laba Camp, Singapore, Dec. 9-13, 2024. Valiant Mark is an annual, bilateral training exercise conducted between the Singapore Armed Forces and I MEF, designed to enhance interoperability, improve combined arms and amphibious warfighting skills, and strengthen military-to-military relationships. MRF-SEA is a rotational unit derived from elements of I MEF executing a U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific operational model that involves training events and exchanges with partner military subject matter experts, promotes security goals with Allied and partner nations, and ensures a persistent I MEF stand-in presence west of the International Date Line. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Shaina Jupiter)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Shaina Jupiter interviews U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, attached to Marine Rotational Force-Southeast Asia, and a Singapore Guardsman for “Meet Your MRF-SEA” at Bedok Camp, Singapore, Dec. 11, 2024. “Meet Your MRF-SEA” is a social media product highlighting service members a part of Marine Rotational Force-Southeast Asia. MRF-SEA is a rotational unit derived from elements of I Marine Expeditionary Force executing a U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific operational model that involves training events and exchanges with partner military subject matter experts, promotes security goals with Allied and partner nations, and ensures a persistent I MEF presence west of the International Date Line. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Shaina Jupiter)

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 11, 1st Marine Logistics Group set-up an evacuation control center as part of a non-combatant evacuation operation on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 29, 2024. During the scenario, Marines and Sailors of CLB-11 worked with the Department of State to process and evacuate American citizens to a safe haven after a deteriorating security situation overseas. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Casandra Marrero)

U.S. Marines with I Marine Expeditionary Force (Forward), Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, and Philippine Marines conduct pugil stick bouts during a Marine Corps Martial Arts Program demonstration for Marine Aviation Support Activity 24 on Fort Bonifacio, Manila, Philippines, June 10, 2024. MCMAP training combines hand-to-hand and close-quarters combat techniques with warrior ethos studies and physical training. MASA is an annual Philippine-U.S. military exercise focused on mutual defense, strengthening relationships, and rehearsing emerging aviation concepts. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Christian Tofteroo) This video contains music from a USMC enterprise licensed asset from Adobe Stock: Leviathan Cinematic Action performed by Jamendo/stock/adobe.com

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Dana Beesley, Sgt. Shaina Jupiter and Cpl. Christian Tofteroo interview U.S.and Philippine Marines for “Marines of MASA” at Fort Bonifacio, Philippines, June 7, 2024. “Marines of MASA” is a social media product highlighting service members' thoughts of the exercise and their time in the Philippines for Marine Aviation Support Activity 24. MASA is an annual Philippine-U.S. military exercise focused on mutual defense, strengthening relationships, and rehearsing emerging aviation concepts. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Christian Tofteroo)

A video of selected clips of 1st Marine Logistics Group produced on Camp Pendleton, California, April 16, 2024. The video describes how 1st MLG will establish and strengthen relationships with allied, joint force, and partner stakeholders and provide capabilities in support of I Marine Expeditionary Force operational requirements. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Emeline Swyers and Cpl. Savannah Norris)

U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 371, Marine Air Control Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing offload ordinance and refuel CH-53E Super Stallion aircraft with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 361, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd MAW, and F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211, MAG-13, 3rd MAW at a forward arming and refueling point in support of Exercise Steel Knight 23.2 at Inyokern Airfield, California, Dec. 2, 2023. A FARP is designed to provide refueling and rearming to rotary or fixed-wing assets enhancing reach and capacity of air operations in forward environments. Steel Knight 23.2 is a three-phase exercise designed to train I Marine Expeditionary Force in the planning, deployment and command and control of a joint force against a peer or near-peer adversary combat force and enhance existing live-fire and maneuver capabilities of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Brandon Marrero)

Marine Rotational Force - Southeast Asia (MRF-SEA), is a Marine Corps Forces Pacific operational model which involves planned exchanges with subject matter experts, promotes security goals with Allies and Partners, and positions I Marine Expeditionary Force forces west of the International Date Line. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Ryan Pulliam)