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Video by Cpl. Migel Reynosa
B-Roll: Steel Knight 23.2: 2nd Bn., 5th Marines seizes airfield
1st Marine Division
Dec. 2, 2023 | 4:04
U.S. Marines with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, and Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 164, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, participate in a simulated airfield seizure during a mission rehearsal exercise as part of Exercise Steel Knight 23.2 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, and Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 2, 2023. Steel Knight maintains and sharpens I Marine Expeditionary Force as America’s expeditionary force in readiness – organized, trained and equipped to respond to any crisis, anytime, anywhere. This exercise will certify 5th Marines to be forward-postured in Australia as Marine Rotational Force - Darwin, a six-month deployment during which Marines train with Australian allies and facilitate rapid response to crises and contingencies. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Migel A. Reynosa)
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