U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Paul Zacarias, the embarkation chief assigned to 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, secures cargo to a pallet during the 15th MEU’s strategic mobility exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, May 6, 2025. The STRATMOBEX from May 5-7 tested 15th MEU key personnel and the unit’s logistical capability to rapidly deploy equipment and cargo globally in support of crisis response and contingency operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kenneth Twaddell)
U.S. Marines assigned to the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), I Marine Expeditionary Force, engage targets during a live fire table 3-6 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 14, 2025. The course of fire training served to properly train and evaluate Marines on tables 3-6 evolutions, required annually by the Marine Corps Combat Marksmanship Program. The combat marksmanship ranges test the Marines in a variety of scenarios including unknown distance drills and day and night shoots, increasing the Marines weapons handling and marksmanship proficiency. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Kenneth Twaddell)
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif -- Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I Marine Expeditionary Force, conducted staff training as part of Command Post Exercise I at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, April 21-24, 2025.
CPX I provided the 15th MEU’s Command Element an opportunity to assess its capabilities in a series of scenario-driven training events after establishing a command and control node. Since new personnel have joined the 15th MEU in recent months, CPX I will serve as a baseline and foundation for additional future training events to strengthen and improve the unit’s staff functions.
The unit approached CPX I training with a “crawl, walk, run” method, said Master Gunnery Sgt. Joshua Morris, the 15th MEU operations...
