U.S. Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer 2 Damion Patterson, intelligence operations and fusion officer for Marine Rotational Force-Southeast Asia, speaks to the Philippine Marines during an intelligence subject matter expert exchange as part of Exercise Sama Sama 2024 at Fort Bonifacio, Manila, Philippines, Oct. 10, 2024. Sama Sama is a bilateral exercise hosted by the Philippines and the United States, with participants from Australia, Canada, France, and Japan, designed to promote regional security cooperation, maintain and strengthen maritime partnerships, and enhance maritime interoperability. MRF-SEA is a rotational unit executing a Marine Corps Forces Pacific operational model that involves training events and exchanges with partner military subject matter experts, promotes security goals with Allied and partner nations, and ensures a persistent I Marine Expeditionary Force presence west of the International Date Line. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tyler Wilson)