U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 25.3, Philippine Marines with Marine Battalion Landing Team 7, and Australian Army soldiers with 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, conduct a Combined Joint Forcible Entry Operation as part of Exercise Alon in San Vicente, Philippines, Aug. 24, 2025. Exercise Alon is a bilateral amphibious training activity between the Australian Defence Force and the Armed Forces of the Philippines, supported by MRF-D and the Royal Canadian Navy. The exercise focuses on enhancing interoperability and readiness to respond to shared security challenges. MRF-D is an annual six-month rotational deployment to enhance interoperability with the Australian Defence Force and allies and partners and provide a forward postured crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific.
