ALT U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Osvaldo Floresmateo, a North Carolina native and combat engineer, assigned to Bravo Company, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, performs a horizontal hoist while participating in patient packing and litter tending training at Naval Support Facility Indian Head Stump Neck Annex, Maryland, Oct. 15, 2026. Patient packing and litter tending training gives Marines the opportunity to test gear capabilities and practice how to safely secure, immobilize, and transport an injured person out of hazardous or hard-to-reach environments. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Amy Espinoza)\n\n

ALT U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jesus Guevarasalazar, a logistics specialist with Combat Logistics Battalion 4, Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, provides simulated covering fire during Military Operations in Urban Environment training as part of GATOREX 27.1 on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 14, 2026. GATOREX is a semiannual 3rd MLG-led exercise that simulates logistical operations focused on resource management and coordination in support of III Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Anakin Smith)

ALT U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Luis Ramirez-Varela, a motor vehicle operator with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, provides simulated covering fire during Military Operations in Urban Environment training as part of GATOREX 27.1 on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 14, 2026. GATOREX is a semiannual 3rd MLG-led exercise that simulates logistical operations focused on resource management and coordination in support of III Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Anakin Smith)

ALT U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Caleb Kates, an explosive ordinance disposal technician with Charlie Section, Littoral Explosive Ordinance Neutralization, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, retrieves a Remotely Operated Vehicle, Autonomous Underwater Vehicle hybrid during bathymetric survey training as a part of GATOREX 27.1 at Naha Military Port, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 15, 2026. GATOREX is a semiannual 3rd MLG-led exercise that simulates logistical operations focused on resource management and coordination in support of III Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Marcus Henson)

ALT A Remotely Operated Vehicle, Autonomous Underwater Vehicle hybrid performs depth readings during 9th Engineer Support Battalion bathymetric survey training as a part of GATOREX 27.1 at Naha Military Port, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 15, 2026. GATOREX is a semiannual 3rd MLG-led exercise that simulates logistical operations focused on resource management and coordination in support of III Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Marcus Henson)

ALT U.S. Marine Raiders assigned to Marine Forces Special Operations Command hold security during a Combined Arms Live-Fire Exercise (CALFEX) as part of exercise Red Flag in Alaska, Aug. 27, 2026. Red Flag\u202Fis one of the United States Air Force\u2019s most advanced and realistic aerial combat training programs providing\u202Frealistic, high stakes combat training enhancing\u202Fjoint and coalition interoperability and preparing forces for the\u202Ffull spectrum of modern warfare, under live adversary forces and conditions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Andrew Skiver)

ALT A Joint Terminal Attack Controller with U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command conducts certification training at an undisclosed location on July 30, 2026. This exercise provides an opportunity for dynamic close coordination of live-fire close air support while ensuring MARSOC JTACs remain prepared to integrate precision fires with the joint force in support of special operations missions across the full spectrum of conflict. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Andrew Skiver)

ALT U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Matthew Hobbs, a squad leader with Echo Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, poses for a photo during a raid leaders course at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 9, 2026. Raid leaders course allows small-unit leaders to better enhance their skills and knowledge of close-quarters battle tactics to better teach their own Marines in urban environments. Hobbs is a native of Utah. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Journey Fisher)

ALT A U.S. Marine with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, throws a chem-light during a simulated raid as part of raid leaders course at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 7, 2026. Raid leaders course allows small-unit leaders to better enhance their skills and knowledge of close-quarters battle tactics to better teach their own Marines in urban environments. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Journey Fisher)

ALT A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) prepares to land during foreign humanitarian assistance as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course 1-27 at Kiwanis Park, Yuma, Arizona, Oct. 5, 2026. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by MAWTS-1 which emphasizes operational integration of the seven functions of Marine aviation in support of the Marine Air Ground Task Force, Joint and Coalition Forces. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jacsive Betancourt-Nava)

ALT U.S. Marine Corps active and retired servicemembers and members of the Polish Armed Forces participate in the second annual International Scientific Wargaming Conference in Wroclaw, Poland, Sept. 17, 2026. The conference brought together military leaders and international wargaming experts to advance innovation in professional military education, leader development, and future warfare.

ALT U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Gabriel Medici, a maintenance management specialist with II Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion, II MEF Information Group, II MEF, performs a self-rescue dive during a water survival qualification at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Oct. 9, 2026. The Marine Corps Water Survival Program qualification has been revised to better support mission readiness, ensuring every Marine has the confidence to survive and operate in aquatic environments for amphibious operations or rescues. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kyle Baskin)\n\n

ALT A U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper helicopter, attached to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 367, flies off the flight deck of Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Canberra (LCS 30) while conducting Navy-Marine Corps integration in White Beach Naval Facility, Oct. 6, 2026. Canberra, assigned to Expeditionary Strike Group 7 / Task Force 76, is conducting a routine port visit in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet, is the U.S. Navy\u2019s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Danilo Reynoso)