U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 24.3, establish high frequency radio communications during a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief exercise at the Air Transport Wing, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, May 4, 2024.
The HADR exercise is conducted in coordination with the Papua New Guinea Defence Force and U.S. Embassy in Port Moresby, with a focus on projecting select role II medical, logistics, and Marine Air Ground Task Force command and control capabilities off-continent, to validate HADR training and readiness. Boyd is a native of Utah.

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U.S. Marines assigned to Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and Philippine Marines assigned to 33rd Marine Company, Marine Battalion Landing Team 3, conduct an airfield during an airfield seizure security mission as part of Exercise Balikatan 24 in San Vicente, Philippines, May 1, 2024.
BK 24 is an annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the U.S. military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences.
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While the HIMARS crew gets ready to fire, 18th Field Artillery Brigade Joint Fire Support Specialists establish an observation post to accurately identify targets using Lightweight Laser Designator Rangefinder (LLDR). During this routine training, a U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Sensor Operator joined the team to cross-train capabilities of JFOs on the ground and gain insight into the capabilities of the MQ-9 Reaper aircraft.

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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Alejandro Martinez, right, a squad leader with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment (Reinforced), Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 24.3, observes Marines fire M4 carbines as part of a Combat Marksmanship Program live-fire deck shoot aboard the HMAS Adelaide (L01) during the Wet and Dry Exercise Rehearsal, in the Arafura Sea

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Soldiers from 100th Infantry Battalion roleplay as OPFOR during a simulated engagement as part of the JPMRC-X exercise at Fort Magsaysay, Philippines, June 7, 2024
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Recon Marines armed with the M27 Reconnaissance Weapons Kit (RWK), a 10.4" barreled upper variant of the traditional 16.5" M27.
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U.S. Sailors with Combat Logistics Battalion 5 (Reinforced), Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 24.3, provide aid to simulated casualty U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Ian Cruz, a rifleman with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment (Reinforced), MRF-D 24.3, during Exercise Southern Jackaroo 24 at Townsville Field Training Area, Queensland, Australia, May 30, 2024.

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Members of MRF-D 24.3 deployed to TFTA to participate in Exercise Southern Jackaroo 24, a multilateral combined arms exercise held with capabilities and personnel from the Australian Army, U.S. Army and Marine Corps, Papua New Guinea Defence Force, and the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force to increase interoperability with Allies and partners. Cruz is a native of Puerto Rico.
 
U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1/8, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit Special Operations Capable and Latvian National Guard soldiers with 4th Brigade, 44th Infantry Battalion, conduct bilateral military operations in urban terrain (MOUT) training during Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 24.

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BALTOPS 24 is the premier maritime-focused exercise in the Baltic Region. The exercise, led by U.S. Naval forces Europe-Africa and executed by Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO, provides a unique training opportunity to strengthen combined response capabilities critical to preserving freedom of navigation and security in the Baltic Sea.
 
US 25th Infantry Division soldiers and the 2nd Battalion Royal Brunei Land Forces conduct a jungle field training exercise together during Pahlawan Warrior 24, June 23-25, in Tutong, Brunei.
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A pair of inert air-launched Standard Missile 6s (SM-6) on a U.S. Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet from VFA-192 at Inouye International for RIMPAC 2024. July 2024
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Soldiers with Alpha battery, 3rd Battalion, 29th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, fire a M109A6 Paladin SPH in support of joint training exercise Eager Lion. 27th August, 2019, Jordan
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During Desert Storm we still had the M109A2. Our breech kept falling apart and we had to weld parts together if I remember correctly. These came out a few years later. Sigh.
 

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