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Video by Cpl. Keegan Jones
KAMANDAG 9: U.S. Marines with 2nd Bn. 1st Marines, MRF-D 25.3, conduct an air insert
Marine Rotational Force - Darwin
May 30, 2025 | 2:27
U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 25.3, I Marine Expeditionary Force Forward, conduct an air insert and follow-on engagement area development before a counter-landing live-fire during KAMANDAG 9 at 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 humanitarian capabilities by providing valuable training in combined operations with foreign militaries in the advancement of a Free and Open Indo-Pacific. MRF-D is an annual six-month rotational deployment to enhance interoperability with the Australian Defence Force and allies and partners and provide a forward postured crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Keegan Jones)
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