Videos

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Carlos A. Ruiz, the 20th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps visits Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., on April 24, 2025. During this trip, Sgt. Maj. Ruiz mentored new Marines, observed depot staff and hosted a symposium for senior leadership of Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island and Eastern Recruiting Region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Jordy Morales)

U.S. Marines with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit conduct Amphibious Squadron 8 (PHIBRON 8), 22nd MEU Integration (PMINT) exercise, while underway in the Atlantic Ocean, April 1-14, 2025. PMINT is the 22nd MEU’s first opportunity in their pre-deployment training program to fully integrate with PHIBRON 8 while at sea, allowing Marines and Sailors to train together as an ARG/MEU team. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Tanner Bernat)

U.S. Marines and Sailors with Combat Logistics Battalion 6, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, provide logistical support to 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, during a Field Evaluation Exercise in Mountain Training Exercise 2-25 at the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center, Bridgeport, California, March 20 - 23, 2025. MTX 2-25 is designed to prepare units to strengthen expeditionary warfare tactics and build confidence in their abilities to operate in a cold weather, high-altitude, mountainous environment. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Javier Santillan) Contains music from Adobe Stock: https://stock.adobe.com/search/audio?k=508722093

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Southeast Asia, I Marine Expeditionary Force, conduct a a humanitarian aid and disaster relief mission and Exercises Sama Sama, KAMANDAG 8, Keris MAREX, Valiant Mark 24 and 25, Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training Malaysia and Brunei, and Cobra Gold throughout various countries in Southeast Asia. MRF-SEA traveled to the Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Thailand and Singapore throughout the deployment. MRF-SEA is a rotational unit derived from elements of I MEF executing a U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific operational model that involves training events and exchanges with partner military subject matter experts, promotes security goals with allied and partner nations, and ensures a persistent I MEF stand-in presence west of the international date line. Valiant Mark 25 is the 27th iteration of the exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Shaina Jupiter)

Recruits with November Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, complete the Inventory Combat Fitness Test on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., April 22, 2025. The Inventory CFT measures the recruits capabilities in advance of the scored CFT later on in the training cycle. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. William Horsley)

This video was created using Adobe Premiere Pro 21 to announce the beginning of Exercise Balikatan 25. U.S. Marines with 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, will be taking part in the 40th iteration of Exercise Balikatan alongside the Armed Forces of the Philippines from April 21 - May 9, 2025. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military designed to strengthen our ironclad alliance, improve our capable combined force, and demonstrate our commitment to regional security and stability. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Iyer Ramakrishna) This video contains music from a USMC enterprise licensed asset from Adobe Stock: TENSE SINISTER TRAILER (AURORA ALERT) performed by FineTuneMusic/stock.adobe.com.

U.S. Marines with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, set up a water purification system in support of Kaiju Rain 25 at the Ie Shima Training Facility, Okinawa, Japan, April 19, 2025. Exercise Kaiju Rain 25 enhances III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group’s ability to conduct command and control, employ sensor capabilities and integrate multi-domain operations to enable III MEF, the joint force, and allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region. The video contains music from a USMC enterprise licensed asset from Adobe Stock: Ride The Wave performed by Fatima Mhedden/stock.adobe.com (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Ramon Cardoza)

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 25.3 and Armed Forces of the Philippines service members participate in Marine Exercise 2025 near Cotabato City, Mindanao, Philippines, March 31-April 11, 2025. MAREX 2025 is a bilateral exercise between the U.S. Marine Corps and the Philippine Marine Corps designed to further enhance relationships, interoperability, and combined arms capabilities in a realistic training environment. MRF-D is an annual six-month rotational deployment to enhance interoperability with the Australian Defense Force and allies and partners and provide a forward-postured crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Ezekieljay Correa)

At Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command (MAGTFTC), Marines undergo some of the most realistic and demanding live-fire training exercises in the world, honing their skills in combined arms, maneuver warfare, and multi-domain operations to prepare for modern, high-intensity conflict. Supported by expert planners and evaluators from Service Level Training Division and Tactical, each training evolution—ranging from night assaults at Range 400 to large-scale force-on-force warfighting exercises—builds combat readiness, adaptability, and lethal precision for future battlefields. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt Makayla Elizalde and Pfc Dominic Spence)

The video emphasizes Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command’s (MAGTFTC) commitment to replicating the increasingly complex operational environment through a blend of live, virtual, and constructive training powered by cutting-edge technologies like 5G, Artificial Intelligence, and advanced simulation systems. With initiatives like the Marine Corps Tactical Instrumentation System and the upcoming Warfighting Center, MAGTFTC ensures Marines build the adaptability, decision-making, and lethality needed for the future fight. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Makayla Elizalde and Pfc Dominic Spence)

Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command (MAGTFTC) serves as the cornerstone of Marine Corps readiness, combining innovation, realistic multi-domain training, and expert instruction to prepare Marines for current and future conflicts. Through programs like Service Level Training Exercise-Program and Fleet Support Program, MAGTFTC ensures Marines are equipped with the leadership, adaptability, and lethality needed to dominate on any battlefield. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Makayla Elizalde and Pfc Dominic Spence)

U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 25.3 maneuver into Balikatan 25 on April 22, 2025. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. military, designed to strengthen the alliance, improve our capable combined force, and demonstrate our commitment to regional security and stability. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Brian A. Stippey)

U.S. Navy nurses alongside Navy corpsmen with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 25.3, conduct enroute care drills at Royal Australian Air Force Base Darwin, Australia, April 17, 2025. This drill demonstrates a rapid, light and agile expeditionary medical capability consisting of two-member enroute care teams, trained to provide rapid damage control, resuscitative care, and enroute critical care. MRF-D 25.3 is part of 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 Video by Sgt. Brian A. Stippey)

Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. Dakota Meyer participates in a workout alongside the Secretary of Defense, The Honorable Pete Hegseth, Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, Sergeant Major. of the Marine Corps, Sgt. Maj. Carlos A. Ruiz on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall on April 17, 2025. Sgt. Meyer is the only recipient to currently serve in the U.S. Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps video by John Martinez)