DVIDS – Images – KAMANDAG 8: Philippine Marines of 15th MEU complete amphibious assault on Apurawan [Image 7 of 7]

U.S. Marines from Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Filipino Marines from 61st Reconnaissance Company, Force Reconnaissance Group, maneuver toward a target during an amphibious assault as part of Exercise KAMANDAG 8 in Apurawan, Palawan Province, Philippines, Oct. 16, 2024. KAMANDAG is an annual exercise between the Philippine Marine Corps and the U.S. Marine Corps aimed at enhancing the defense and humanitarian capabilities of the Philippine Armed Forces by providing valuable training in combined operations with foreign militaries in the Philippines improve promotion of a free and open Indo-Pacific. This year marks the eighth year of the exercise and includes participants from the French Armed Forces, the Royal Thai Marine Corps and the Indonesian Marine Corps; including the continued participation of the Australian Armed Forces, the British Armed Forces, the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force and the Republic of Korea Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Luis Agostini)