III MEF VIDEOS

U.S. Marines and Sailors with 3rd Littoral Combat Team, 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, and Philippine Marines with 63rd Force Reconnaissance Company, Force Reconnaissance Group, participate in patrolling training events at the 63rd FRC headquarters in Tadao, Philippines, May 20-25, 2024. 63rd FRC hosted the 3rd LCT scout platoon for a five-day subject matter expert exchange, with both units working together to improve tactical medical care, jungle survival, and patrolling. The event was part of the Archipelagic Coastal Defense Continuum, a series of bilateral exchanges and training opportunities between U.S. Marines and Philippine Marines aimed at bolstering the Philippine Marine Corps’ Coastal Defense strategy while supporting the modernization efforts of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Jacqueline C. Parsons) This video contains music from a USMC enterprise-licensed asset from Adobe Stock: It Moves performed by ClickAudio/stock.adobe.com, and Future Depression performed by ClickAudio/stock.adobe.com. This video product was created on June 1, 2024.

U.S. Marines with 3D Reconnaissance Battalion, and 3D Battalion, 3D Marine Regiment, 3D Marine Division, participate in a pre-sniper qualification course on Okinawa, Japan from Jan. 27 to Feb. 5, 2021. The pre-sniper course is designed to prepare, instruct, and evaluate the Marines identified to attend the scout sniper Basic Course. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Kallahan Morris)

U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, currently assigned to 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division under the Unit Deployment Program, participate in a Scout Sniper Screener on Exercise Fuji Viper, at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, June 7, 2019. The screener tested the Marines physical and mental limits through rigorous training. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Esgar Rojas)

U.S. Marines with Weapons Co., 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment and members of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force performed unknown distance sniper fires, Aug. 17, 2017, during exercise Northern Viper, as explained by Sgt. William Stock. Training like this enhanced the service members joint-capabilities and allowed them to share different techniques and tactics, which is crucial to the alliance with our Pacific allies. Sgt. William Stock, 1/3's Scout Sniper chief, is a native of Laporte, Minnesota. (U.S. Marine Corps motion imagery by Lance Cpl. Jared Siniscalchi)

U.S. Marine and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force scout snipers take you behind the rifle during exercise Forest Light at Somagahara, Japan, March 10, 2017. Forest Light is one of various bi-lateral training opportunities conducted by JGSDF and deployed U.S. Marine forces to demonstrate both countries' enduring commitment to peace, stability, and security across the region. The Marines are with Company G, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Isaac Ibarra)

Scout Snipers, Reconnaissance Marines, Infantry Marines, Drill instructors, Dog handlers, military working dogs, Machine Gunners and Technical Engineers are all shown in this moto-style video.

Marines with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, III Marine Expeditionary Force, undergo the scout sniper physical assessment test on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, April 29, 2016. This was the last event for the scout sniper screener.

Young Brent Paquito Malano III attends the Clark Air Base static display, in the same uniform as his father Maj. Paquito Malano Jr. a Philippine pilot for the FA-50 fighter jet. Brent ran to all the aircraft hoping to get to fly like his father, according to his mother Ma. Bernadette Malano.

U.S. Marines, Sailors and Soldiers participating in Balikatan 16, volunteer at Maruglo Elementary School, at Crow Valley, Philippines, April 7, 2016. The service members learned about the Philippine culture from the school children. Bilateral training between U.S. and Philippine forces increases our combined ability to respond quickly and work together effectively to provide relief and assistance in the event of natural disasters and other crises that threaten public safety and health across the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

Marines with 1st Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment board MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft Mar. 10 at Camp Hansen to maneuver towards Ie Shima Training Facility to take over three target objectives during a long range raid training exercise.