241009-N-UA460-1404 VISAKHAPATNAM, India (Oct. 9, 2024) Senior leaders from the Indian Navy, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), Royal Australian Navy and U.S. Navy answer questions from media during the opening ceremony for Exercise Malabar 2024 on board Indian Navy Submarine Base Virbahu in Visakhapatnam, India, Oct. 9, 2024. Malabar 24 is a combined field training exercise with the Royal Australian Navy, Indian Navy, JMSDF and U.S. Navy participants. The exercise is designed to support achievement of strategic objectives by strengthening partnerships in the Indo-Pacific and promoting interoperability in the conduct of complex warfighting operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Greg Johnson)

India hosts Australia, Japan and U.S. forces in Exercise Malabar 2024
241009-M-LO557-1375 LAOAG CITY, Philippines (Oct. 9, 2024) U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165 (Reinforced), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, arrive at Laoag International Airport during foreign disaster relief operations in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, Philippines, Oct. 9, 2024. The U.S. Department of Defense is supporting the Republic of the Philippines at the request of the Government of the Philippines providing foreign disaster relief in the aftermath of Typhoon Krathon (Julian) in Northern Luzon. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Amelia Kang)

15th MEU Continues Foreign Disaster Relief Operations in Laoag, Philippines
241002-M-KK895-1097 OKINAWA, Japan (Oct. 2, 2024) U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Marc Galecia holds security during Exercise Samurai 24.2 at the Central Training Area, Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 2, 2024. Samurai Exercises are designed to train Marines from non-infantry marine occupational specialty backgrounds on the fundamentals of the command operations center defense. Galecia is an inventory management specialist assigned to Headquarters Battalion, 3d Marine Division. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Cara Castañeda)

MARFORPAC conducts urban terrain training during Exercise Samurai 24.2
241008-M-LO557-1286 BASCO, Philippines (Oct. 8, 2024) U.S. Marines assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Philippine Airmen move pallets of relief supplies after unloading an MV-22B Osprey attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165 (Reinforced), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, during foreign disaster relief operations at Basco Airport in Basco, Batanes Province, Philippines, Oct. 8, 2024. The U.S. Department of Defense is supporting the Republic of the Philippines at the request of the Government of the Philippines providing foreign disaster relief in the aftermath of Typhoon Krathon (Julian) in Northern Luzon. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Amelia Kang)

15th MEU MV-22B Ospreys Transport Relief Supplies Following Typhoon in Philippines
241009-N-PC065-1903 PAJU, South Korea (Oct. 9, 2024) Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, tours the Korean Joint Security Area within the Demilitarized Zone, during an overseas trip to the Republic of Korea, Oct. 9, 2024. The trip reaffirms the U.S.-ROK alliance remains the cornerstone of peace and security in Northeast Asia and the Korean Peninsula. USINDOPACOM is committed to enhancing stability in the Indo-Pacific region by promoting security cooperation, encouraging peaceful development, responding to contingencies, deterring aggression and, when necessary, fighting to win. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class John D. Bellino)

CDRUSINDOPACOM visits Korean Demilitarized Zone
241006-M-DC769-2323 LAOAG CITY, Philippines (Oct. 6, 2024) U.S. Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, combat off-load a U.S. Marine Corps KC-130J Super Hercules from VMGR-152, 1st MAW, at Laoag International Airport in support of humanitarian assistance operations in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, Philippines, Oct. 6, 2024. The U.S. Department of Defense is supporting the Republic of the Philippines at the request of the Government of the Philippines in the aftermath of Typhoon Krathon (Julian) in Northern Luzon. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Shaina Jupiter)

Marines receive supplies in Laoag to Support Relief Efforts Alongside Philippine Allies
240902-F-KE770-1204 VIETNAM (Sept. 2, 2024) Local workers wash equipment prior to storage during a DPAA recovery mission to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Sept. 2, 2024. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency investigative and recovery teams work closely with local workers in order to excavate sites in hopes to recover unaccounted personnel from past conflicts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ricardo Sandoval)

DPAA recovery team investigates site in Vietnam
A U.S. Air Force HH-60W Jolly Green II assigned to the 33rd Rescue Squadron land at Kadena Air Base, Japan, on Sept. 23, 2024.

721st CRS train MRA concepts on Kadena HH-60Ws
U.S. Sailors assigned to the expeditionary sea base USS Miguel Keith (ESB 5) remove chains from a UH-1Y Venom attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165 (Reinforced), 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, before flight operations while underway in the Philippine Sea, Sept. 28, 2024.

VMM-165 (Rein.) Trains in Okinawa, Conducts Flight Operations Aboard USS Miguel Keith
Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Aircraft Handling) 3rd Class Airman Kareem Crump, from Chicago, assigned to air department’s flight deck crash and salvage division, directs an F/A-18F Super Hornet, attached to the Diamondbacks of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 102, on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) while underway in the Pacific Ocean, Oct. 2, 2024.

USS George Washington Conducts Flight Operations
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