Photo Of The Day and above you see Indian Marine Commando Force (MARCOS) operators looking for concealment during a combat beach reconnaissance training event. A quick look and you almost think they’re using Pulse rifles from the future. At a second look, it rather looks like they have duct-taped floating material to make their AKs float. Something tells me they lost a few AKs before this…

Here’s a zoomed-in version, so you can study the details – for your next boating accident.

Zoomed-in version of the feature image. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Patrick Katz)

Anyway, these Indian Marine Commando Forces are participating in Exercise Tiger TRIUMPH in Visakhapatnam, India, in March 2024.

Below: MARCOS operators emerge from the water during a combat beach reconnaissance training event.

U.S. Marines assigned to Reconnaissance Company, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, patrol towards a tree line during a combat beach reconnaissance training event while participating in Exercise Tiger TRIUMPH in Visakhapatnam, India. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Patrick Katz)

Below: A U.S. Marine assigned to Reconnaissance Company, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, right, moves towards a tree line for concealment alongside Indian Marine Commando Force (MARCOS) operators.

Tiger TRIUMPH is a U.S.-India tri-service amphibious exercise focused on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief readiness and interoperability. Tiger TRIUMPH enables U.S. and Indian Armed Forces to improve interoperability and bilateral, joint, and service readiness in the Indian Ocean region and beyond to better achieve mutual regional security objectives.

Source: U.S. Marine Corps, photo by Sgt. Patrick Katz.