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U.S. Marine Corps civil affairs team with 3rd Civil Affairs Group, Force Headquarters Group, and 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, participate in KAMANDAG 8 at Batanes and Itabyat, Philippines, Oct. 14-21, 2024. KAMANDAG is an annual Philippine 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. This year marks the eighth iteration of this exercise and includes participants from the French Armed Forces, Royal Thai Marine Corps, and Indonesian Marine Corps; including continued participation from the Australian Defense Force, British Armed Forces, Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, and Republic of Korea Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Bridgette Rodriguez)

U.S. Marines with 4th Civil Affairs Group, Marine Forces Reserve, participate in exercise CENTAM Guardian Phase II and give light on the role of Civil Affairs during natural disasters at San Jose, Costa Rica, June 3-14, 2024. Civil affairs assessments consist of collecting data on areas effected by humanitarian aid or disaster relief in order to pass accurate information on to the proper organizations. Exercise CENTAM Guardian 24 Phase II, an annual, multinational exercise designed to build humanitarian assistance/disaster response functional capacity, 3-14 June, is taking place in various locations throughout Costa Rica. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Colton K. Garrett)

U.S. Marines with 1st Civil Affairs Group, I Marine Expeditionary Force, participate in a field exercise at Camp Pendleton, California, Feb.1-2, 2024. 1st CAG participated in an annual field training exercise, which covered doctrinal civil affairs core tasks in preparation for Balikatan 24. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Dean Gurule)