Story by Staff Sgt. Marcela Diazdeleon | 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit | 09.01.2022
U.S. Marines assigned to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit and soldiers from the Finnish Navy trained together during Exercise KLAARA in Finland on Aug. 18, 2022. This not only allowed Marines to practice their skills, but showed how partners navigate and operate throughout challenging waters. The Finnish Navy provided the Jehu-class landing craft during the exercise to facilitate the......
Story by Matt Gonzales | Marine Corps Systems Command | 01.27.2022
Each year, Marine Corps Systems Command acquires a range of ground-based innovations designed to meet the warfighter’s needs. This includes infantry weapons, fire support technologies, communication gear, intelligence systems and much more....
Story by Capt. Thomas deVries | Marine Rotational Force - Darwin | 08.16.2021
Bradshaw Field Training Area, NT, Australia - On Aug. 10, 2021, at the notional “Bradshaw Island,” a simulated enemy target meets its end in a unique demonstration of combined, expeditionary, precision-strike operations between the United States Marine Corps and Australian Defence Force in Exercise Loobye. The simulation, known as “Exercise Loobye,” sees a High Mobility Artillery......
Story by Capt. Nicholas Royer | 3d Marine Division | 03.18.2021
During March 2021, U.S. Marines in Japan and Hawaii teamed up with joint partners to execute networked Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO) spanning five separate islands in a complex display of modern littoral warfare. Exercises Castaway 21.1 in Japan and Spartan Fury 21.1 in Hawaii demonstrated the ability of the Marine Corps to integrate with the joint force to seize and defend key......
Story by 2nd Lt. Kevin Stapleton | 2nd Marine Logistics Group | 10.16.2020
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – 2nd Marine Logistics Group reactivated 2nd Landing Support Battalion in accordance with the 38th Commandant’s Planning Guidance and force design restructuring in an activation ceremony here on October 16, 2020....