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U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Southeast Asia, I Marine Expeditionary Force, participate Excercise Sama Sama 23 in Manila, Philippines, Oct. 2 to 13, 2023. Sama Sama is a multilateral excercise including forces from the Philippines, United States, Australia, France, Japan, Canada and the United Kingdom designed to promote regional security cooperation, enhance maritime interoperability and maintain and strengthen maritime partnerships. MRF-SEA is a Marine Corps Forces Pacific operational model which involves planned exchanges with subject matter experts, promotes security goals with Allies and partners, and positions I MEF forces west of the International Date Line. (U.S. Marine Corps video Cpl. Dean Gurule)

U.S. Marines with 3d Battalion, 12th Marines execute Artillery Relocation Training Program 23.1 at Ojojihara Maneuver Area, Miyagi, Japan, from May 23 to May 30, 2023. ARTP provides Marines the opportunity to rehearse live-fire operations across a range of climates and conditions, providing lethal combat ready forces in the Indo-Pacific. The Marines are currently deployed with 3d Battalion, 12th Marines, 3d Marine Division. (U.S. Marine Corps video edited by Cpl. Israel Sheber)

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Michael Blua, an aircraft maintenance officer, and Lt. Zachary S. Buker, an adjutant officer, both with 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, speak about their experiences with the Marine Enlisted Commissioning Program (MECEP) on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, May 18, 2023. The MECEP program gives the opportunity for enlisted Marines to transition to the commissioned ranks and advance their career, the selection process for these programs is extremely competitive and requires a process of indoctrination completely different from the enlisted mindset. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by Lance Cpl. Tahlia Rivera)

U.S. Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, participate in various training events and live-fire ranges during exercise Bushido Strike 23 on U.S. Army Garrison Casey, Gyeonggi, South Korea, Feb. 16, 2023. III MSB concluded Bushido Strike 23, which comprises training events including a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation in South Korea to validate its mission essential tasks of providing combat service support, security and administrative services to III Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Cesar Ronaldo Alarcon)