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Video by Cpl. Grant Schirmer
B-Roll: 1st Bn., 5th Marines depart Pendleton for distributed operations during Steel Knight 25
1st Marine Division
Dec. 7, 2025 | 3:35
U.S. Marines with Apache Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, travel to Sacramento Mather Airport from Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, during Exercise Steel Knight 25, Dec. 7, 2025. This exercise will certify 5th Marines for Marine Rotational Force–Darwin, a six-month forward deployment in Australia that strengthens combined interoperability with the Australian Defence Force and provides rapid crisis-response options for the joint force across the Indo-Pacific. Steel Knight is an annual exercise that strengthens the Navy-Marine Corps team’s ability to respond forward, integrate across domains, and sustain Marine Air-Ground Task Force readiness. (U.S Marine Corps video by Cpl. Grant Schirmer)
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