Combat Development & Integration

Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory I Futures Directorate played a pivotal role in Exercise Steel Knight 2024, leveraging the annual training event to test advanced technologies and experimental concepts aimed at modernizing the force and enhancing joint interoperability.

"Leathernecks with the 3rd Littoral Anti-Air Battalion, 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment in Hawaii received the Marine Air Defense Integrated System, or MADIS, as the newly formed unit positions itself to counter threats in the Indo-Pacific region" -Military Times

Marines in the service’s newest fighting formation will field a more rugged and capable mobile command vehicle on one of its newest ground vehicles in January. . . an initial purchase of 18 mobile command vehicles, or MCVs, will be delivered to Marine littoral regiments’ medium-range missile firing units between January and July of next year. . . -Military Times

The United States Marine Corps has published a new Concept for Logistics. The publication outlines how the Marine Corps plans to address the challenge of supplying Marines in distributed operations throughout the globe. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/gc5pYbbm (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Michael Bartman)

"The Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Training Squadron, or VMUT 2, Marine Aircraft Group 14, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing conducted the unit’s first Reaper flight on Nov. 21, according to a release." Military Times

"The Marine Corps recently conducted its first live-fire training with a full detachment of helicopters operating from a sea-base ship near Okinawa, showcasing the flexibility of its expeditionary advanced base operations concept." -Stars and Stripes

"...the NMESIS is designed to boost the Marine Corps’ anti-ship capabilities, particularly for potential conflicts in the Pacific theater, where Marine units would be expected to deploy to several islands throughout the ocean. It’s the first time the anti-ship missile system, which has been in testing for several years, is entering the field. The NMESIS will be operated by the 3d Marine Littoral Regiment’s Medium-Range Missile Battery, based out of Oahu in Hawaii. 3d Marine Littoral Regiment officially took custody of the weapon earlier this week." Task & Purpose

"Before returning home, Boxer and elements of the MEU joined in disaster relief assistance in October after Typhoon Krathon struck the remote Philippine island of Batan." -U.S. Naval Institute

"The crew of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4), along with Marines from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), returned home after a busy deployment across the Pacific." -The Aviationist

"Marines conducted a complex at-sea readiness rehearsal for combat with the service’s new amphibious combat vehicle for the first time while their comrades worked on coastal defense training with partners in the Philippines." -Military Times