WATCH: Kenyan Marine Commandos With US Marine Raiders

Under the hard sun of the Kenyan bush, U.S. Marine Raiders and Kenyan Marine Commandos moved through a series of realistic training scenarios designed to sharpen combat skills and tighten coordination between the two forces.

The Joint Combined Exchange Training program, held Jan. 23 through Feb. 5, 2026, pushed through field exercises built around communication, movement, and small-unit readiness in unforgiving terrain. Before stepping off, commandos gathered in the scrub for a final mission brief, reviewing the plan before moving into the field alongside their American counterparts.

(Clip from U.S. Air Force video by Staff Sgt. Trenton Jancze)