Marine Corps Cpl. Jeffery Byers, a rifleman with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment (Reinforced), Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 23, checks the back-blast area of a simulated M3E1 ...

MANILA — A contingent of Marines from a relatively new rotational force will lead U.S. forces during multinational coastal defense drills starting Thursday in the Philippines, according to the unit’s ...