ALT A U.S. Navy Sailor assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 5, marshals Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) 90, attached to ACU 5, during an in-stream onload at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 8, 2026. The in-stream onload transported personnel and equipment to Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) as part of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s embarkation process for RIMPAC 2026. Thirty-one nations, 36 surface ships, 5 submarines, 15 national land forces, more than 206 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC in and around the Hawaiian Islands, June 24 to July 31. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2026 is the 30th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kenneth Twaddell)

ALT U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Juan Peragine, left, an attack drone operator with 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, currently forward deployed with 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program, operates the Neros Archer during a live-fire range on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, May 28, 2026. The range was conducted to familiarize Marines from 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion on the Neros Archer drone. Peragine is a native of Florida. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joaquin Dela Torre)

ALT U.S. Navy landing craft, air cushion (LCAC) 10, attached to Assault Craft Unit 5, prepares to take on personnel and equipment assigned to 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I Marine Expeditionary Force, during an in-stream onload at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 8, 2026. The in-stream onload transported personnel and equipment to Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) as part of the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s embarkation process for RIMPAC 2026. Thirty-one nations, 36 surface ships, 5 submarines, 15 national land forces, more than 206 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC in and around the Hawaiian Islands, June 24 to July 31. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world’s oceans. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kenneth Twaddell)

ALT A Neros Archer attack drone impacts a target on a live-fire range on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, May 28, 2026. The range was conducted to familiarize U.S. Marines from 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion on the Neros Archer drone. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joaquin Dela Torre)

ALT U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Juan Peragine, left, an attack drone operator with 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, currently forward deployed with 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program, operates the Neros Archer during a live-fire range on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, May 28, 2026. The range was conducted to familiarize Marines from 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion on the Neros Archer drone. Peragine is a native of Florida. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joaquin Dela Torre)

ALT U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Nicholas Harrison, a platoon sergeant with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, currently forward deployed with 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program, teaches a class on setting up the Neros Archer during a live-fire range on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, May 28, 2026. The range was conducted to familiarize Marines from 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion on the Neros Archer drone. Harrison is a native of Virginia. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joaquin Dela Torre)

ALT A Neros Archer attack drone impacts a target on a live-fire range on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, May 28, 2026. The range was conducted to familiarize U.S. Marines from 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, and 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion on the Neros Archer drone. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joaquin Dela Torre)