Story by Staff Sgt. Matt Lyman | Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory | Futures Directorate | 11.27.2017
The Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory/Futures Directorate is tasked, by the Commandant, to identify future challenges and opportunities, develop warfighting concepts, and comprehensively explore options available to the warfighter, in order to inform the combat development process to meet the challenges of the future operating environment....
Story by Ashley Calingo | Marine Corps Systems Command | 10.03.2017
Innovation. Vision. Initiative. Those are the reasons Lt. Col. Marcus Mainz envisioned the Tactical Decision Kit, or TDK. The Marine Corps Rapid Capabilities Office, in collaboration with the Office of Naval Research, developed the TDK which uses technology that allows Marines and Sailors to train virtually on or off duty, and test their decision-making skills from the barracks....
Story by Frances Seybold | Marine Corps Base Quantico | 08.23.2017
By Chavonne Ford Contractor in support of FD/MCWL Wargaming On Aug. 23, Quantico’s Marine Corps Warfighting Lab’s (MCWL) Gaming Division hosted its Annual War Game Day. Miniature war games covering the American Revolution (Battle of the Clouds), WWI (Western Front), WWII (Eastern Front) and Iraq (Raid) were explained and played. A board game (Advanced Squad Leader) covering WWII squad......
Story by Mathuel Browne | Marine Corps Systems Command | 02.08.2017
Infantry Marines will soon receive ultralight off-road vehicles that will improve mission readiness by providing rapid logistics support in the field. Program Executive Officer Land Systems, the Corps’ acquisition arm for major land programs, is expected to deliver 144 Utility Task Vehicles to the regiment-level starting later this month—a mere six months from contract award....
Story by Adele Uphaus-Conner | Marine Corps Base Quantico | 02.11.2016
The Marine Corps of 2035 will fight in megacities in Southeast Asia and the Pacific, deploying from an arid United States that has retreated to a defensive posture and directs little funding to the military....
Story by Cpl. Matthew Callahan | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific | 07.16.2014
U.S. Marines with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, teamed up with Republic of Korea marines and attachments from the New Zealand Army to conduct a simulated assault on opposing forces at the Kahuku Training Area (KTA), Hawaii, on July 11 as part of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise 2014....
Courtesy Story | USS Rushmore (LSD 47) | 07.12.2014
The Marine Corps Warfighting Lab sponsored an Advanced Warfighting Experiment featuring a half-scale Ultra Heavy-lift Amphibious Connector (UHAC) prototype at the Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, July 11....
Story by Sgt. Sarah Anderson | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific | 07.12.2014
The Legged Squad Support System has taken five years in concept developed by Boston Dynamics and $2 million to create. It is now being thrown into the heart of Kahuku Training Area – completely controlled and field tested by five young Marines from India Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment....
