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U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 15, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, participate in a joint service color guard during an Independence Day ceremony hosted by the U.S. Embassy in Palau during Koa Moana 25, July 14, 2025. Koa Moana 25 is an annual partnership in the Indo-Pacific region that strengthens established relationships, bolsters theater security cooperation, and enhances the resilience of our allies and partners through community outreach, medical and civic assistance, infrastructure improvement projects, and key leader exchanges. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ryan Ramsammy)

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jaden Flores, a landing support specialist and Nebraska native with Combat Logistics Battalion 15, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, promotes to his current rank during Koa Moana 25 in Palau, July 4, 2025. Koa Moana 2025 is an annual partnership in the Indo-Pacific region that strengthens established relationships, bolsters theater security cooperation, and enhances the resilience of our allies and partners through community outreach, medical and civic assistance, infrastructure improvement projects, and key leader exchanges. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ryan Ramsammy)

A U.S. Marine Corps High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, with Quebec Battery, 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, prepares to launch a M28A1, reduced range practice rocket, in support of exercise Valiant Shield 2022 on Angaur, Palau, June 8, 2022. This is the first time the Marine Corps employed a HIMARS on the Island of Angaur. The High Mobility Artillery Rocket System rapid infiltration, or HI-RAIN, was possible due to improvements made to the Angaur Airstrip during Task Force Koa Moana in 2020. Exercises such as Valiant Shield allows the Indo-Pacific Command Joint Forces the opportunity to integrate forces from all branches of service to conduct precise, lethal, and overwhelming multi-axis, multi-domain effects that demonstrate the strength and versatility of the Joint Force and our commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Sarah Stegall)

Marines and Sailors with Task Force Koa Moana 20, I Marine Expeditionary Force, conducted engagements in the Republic of Palau from July through September of 2020. Koa Moana, meaning “ocean warrior,” is designed to strengthen and enhance relationships between the U.S. and partner nations/states in the Indo-Pacific region, improve interoperability with local security establishments, and serve as a Humanitarian Assistance Survey Team afloat in support of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command’s strategic and operational objectives. Task Force Koa Moana 20 provides a unique opportunity to enhance relationships in the Republic of Palau. TFKM 20 remained COVID-19 free during the duration of the deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps motion imagery by Sgt. Stephanie Cervantes)

U.S. Marines and Sailors with Task Force Koa Moana work with the Republic of Palau to build trusses over generators at the airport in Airai, Palau. The construction was part of the Task Force's multilateral engagements designed to strengthen and enhance relationships among the United States partner nations in the Indo-Pacific and South Pacific regions and the Marine Corps' goals to build relationships that promote 21st-century security interests, prepare to respond effectively and maintain a flexible and effective U. S. force in readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl Jocelyn Ontiveros)