U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 162 transport Marines with Company C, 1st Battalion 25th Marines, 4th Marine Division, during Atlantic Alliance 2025 at Pickerel Pond, Maine, July 10, 2025. Atlantic Alliance 2025 (AA25) is the premier East Coast naval integration exercise, featuring over 25 U.S. Navy and Marine Corps units alongside Dutch naval forces and British Royal Commandos. Spanning from North Carolina to Maine, AA25 will showcase a range of dynamic events including force integration, air assault operations, bilateral reconnaissance, naval strait transits, amphibious assault training, and a simulated war-at-sea exercise. The exercise took place along the East Coast of the United States, spanning from North Carolina to Maine, and involved over 8,500 personnel.
AA25 is the largest amphibious exercise in the Western Atlantic in more than a decade and focused on advanced training in amphibious operations, littoral warfare, and all-domain integration. Participating forces conducted amphibious and air demonstrations, naval manoeuvres, simulated strait transits, and expeditionary advanced base operations. The exercise aimed to validate joint and coalition concepts in a contested maritime environment while improving command-and-control coordination between U.S. and Allied forces. Units operated together from sea to shore, reinforcing the capability to respond as a cohesive force across the Euro-Atlantic region.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Orlanys Diaz Figueroa)
