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CORAL SEA 06.29.2025 Photo by Lance Cpl. Trevor BishopWilliams 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit
U.S. Marines with Baker Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct ship-to-shore movement, utilizing the Enhanced Combat Rubber Reconnaissance Craft, in the Coral Sea, June 29, 2025. Marines conducted the ship to shore movement in order to improve amphibious raid capabilities and sustain small boat skills. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the USS America Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th Fleet area of operations, the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region.
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U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Briseida Villasenor
U.S. Marines move through a river during the Jungle Leaders Course 2-25 at the Jungle Warfare Training Center, Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, May 19, 2025. The Jungle Leaders Course is a five-week program designed to teach Marines how to navigate, survive and fight in a jungle environment.
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U.S. Navy photo illustration by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kenneth Melseth)
CORAL SEA (July 1, 2025) Three U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fly by the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) while conducting flight operations in the Coral Sea, July 1. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region.
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FORT BLISS, TEXAS, UNITED STATES 06.28.2025, Photo by David Poe Fort Bliss Public Affairs OfficeFireworks light the night over Fort Bliss, Texas, during the FMWR Pop Goes the Fort Independence Day celebration, June 28, 2025. The annual event, hosted by Team Bliss and Fort Bliss Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation, featured performances by pop icon Sugar Ray and offered a spectacular close to the festivities for service members and their families.
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Two divers utilize a dual frame Seacraft diver propulsion vehicle (DPV) during operations at sea. The DPV can be used as a linear tow or can quickly be decoupled to transform into a vehicle for each of these divers based on mission requirements. (courtesy photo)
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (29, May 2025): For the military diver, the unforgiving depths can be a perilous arena. Since August 1, 1882, U.S. Navy sailors have executed essential underwater operations around the globe, from special operations and reconnaissance to ship repair and force protection. Yet these military divers are also at the forefront of subsea and seabed warfare, wielding cutting-edge technology to enhance their safety and expand their capabilities. And for more than 75 years—with May being the Month of the Military Diver—one place has been synonymous with this mission: Panama City, Fla. – the Home of Military Diving.
Read more: BENEATH THE SURFACE: HOW PANAMA CITY KEEPS MILITARY DIVERS ON THE CUTTING EDGE