A U.S. Marine with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, attached to Marine Rotational Force - Southeast Asia, fires an M240B machine gun during Keris Marine Exercise (MAREX) 2024 on Galang Island, Batam, Indonesia, Nov. 8, 2024.

Keris MAREX 24: Mortar Systems, Machine gun range
U.S. Marines assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Sailors assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4), and embarked tigers observe an MV-22B Osprey attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165 (Reinforced), 15th MEU, dispense flares during an air power demonstration as part of a Tiger Cruise aboard Boxer in the Pacific Ocean Nov. 16, 2024.

Air Power Demonstration During Tiger Cruise
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro (WMSL 755) crews interdict a vessel suspected of smuggling drugs in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean, October 2024.

Coast Guard Cutter Munro interdicts suspected drug smuggling vessel in the Eastern Pacific Ocean
U.S. Marines attached to Marine Rotational Force-Southeast Asia, Philippine Marines with 4th Marine Brigade, members of the Philippine Bureau of Fire Protection, and service members of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, conduct small boat practical application during KAMANDAG 8 at Camp Cape Bojeador, Burgos, Philippines, Oct. 16, 2024.

USS George Washington Conducts Flight Operations
U.S. Air Force Airmen, all loadmasters from Team McChord, lower a ramp down between the Antarctic ice and the ramp of a C-17 Globemaster III, at Phoenix Airfield, Antarctica, Oct. 20, 2024.

Antarctic Airlift: Christchurch gateway to Antarctica
A U.S. Marine assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) fast ropes from a MH-60S Knighthawk Helicopter assigned to the “Wildcards” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 during an air power demonstration rehearsal as the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) steams in the Pacific Ocean, Nov. 10, 2024.

Boxer, 15th MEU conduct Air Power Demonstration Rehearsal
At sea, during trilateral exercise Freedom Edge, U.S. Rear Admiral Gregory D. Newkirk, Republic of Korean Rear Admiral Hur Sung-jae, Japanese Rear Admiral Takashi Matsui and U.S. Vice Admiral Fred Kacher stand together aboard USS George Washington (CVN 73).

Trilateral sea commanders meet during exercise Freedom Edge
U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, attached to Marine Rotational Force - Southeast Asia, fire an M240B machine gun during Keris Marine Exercise (MAREX) 2024 on Galang Island, Batam, Indonesia, Nov. 8, 2024.

Keris MAREX 24: Mortar Systems, Machine gun range
Freedom Edge demonstrates a new era of trilateral cooperation to ensure peace and stability in the Korean Peninsula and the Indo-Pacific. George Washington is 7th Fleet’s premier forward-deployed aircraft carrier, a long-standing symbol of the United States’ commitment to maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific region, while operating alongside Allies and partners across the U.S. Navy’s largest numbered fleet.

Japan-ROK-U.S conduct second Exercise Freedom Edge
MH-60S Seahawk, attached to the Golden Falcons of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 12, lands on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) while underway in the Pacific Ocean, Nov. 9, 2024.

USS George Washington Conducts Flight Operations
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