KAMANDAG 9 BRoll: VMM-364 Inserts U.S. Marines and Philippine Marines during a simulated airfield seizure

Video by Staff Sgt. Luc Boatman, Lance Cpl. Nan Yang

3rd Marine Aircraft Wing

May 30, 2025 | 3:42

U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 364, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 25.3, and Philippine Marines with 3rd Marine Brigade, conduct a simulated airfield seizure during KAMANDAG 9 at Berong Airstrip, Palawan, Philippines, May 30, 2025. KAMANDAG is an annual Philippine Marine Corps and U.S. Marine Corps-led exercise aimed at enhancing the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ defense and ex capabilities by providing valuable training in combined operations with foreign militaries in the advancement of a Free and Open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Staff Sgt. Luc Boatman and Lance Cpl. Nan Yang with courtesy video from U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Taylor Bussick)