06 May 2026 Balikatan 2026: MRF‑D 26, joint, allied forces simulate maritime security on Balabac Island BALABAC ISLAND, Philippines — U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 26, a now-certified Special‑Purpose Marine Air‑Ground Task Force assigned to rotational deployments in the South Pacific, participated in a live-fire assault to secure and hold Balabac Airfield in a demonstration of...
27 April 2026 Balikatan 2026: U.S. Marines with MRF-D 26 conduct counter-landing live-fire exercise APORAWAN, Philippines — U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin participated in a combined counter-landing live-fire exercise alongside service members from the Armed Forces of the Philippines, Australia Defence Force and New Zealand Defence Force, April 27, 2026...
30 December 2025 Ready, Engaged, Lethal: I Marine Expeditionary Force Year in Review MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — From the littorals of the Indo-Pacific to the familiar training grounds of Southern California, 2025 was a year defined by action for I Marine Expeditionary Force. As America’s crisis response force, the Marines and Sailors of I MEF consistently...
12 December 2025 U.S. Marines Across III MEF Participate in the First Attack Drone Competition on Okinawa CAMP SCHWAB, OKINAWA, Japan — In 1910, Marines from the First Brigade fired the first official Marine Corps Division Matches in Maquinaya, Philippines...
02 December 2025 Ropes and Radios: 7th Communication Battalion Marines test endurance and connectivity in jungles of Okinawa OKINAWA, Japan — Marines with 7th Communication Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, completed a weeklong field communications exercise at the Jungle Warfare Training Center, strengthening their ability to install, operate and maintain tactical networks in austere terrain...