 The U.S. Marines with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, unload LAV 25 Light Armored Vehicles. From a U.S. Navy landing craft, Air Cushion with Assault Craft Unit 5. On to Red Beach during, Steel Knight 23.2. At Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, November 30, 2023. Steel Knight is a three-phase exercise. Designed to train 1st Marine Expeditionary Force and the planning. Deployment and command and control of a joint force against a peer or near-peer adversary combat force. And enhance existing, live fire and maneuver capabilities of the Marine Air Ground Task Force.