U.S. Marines with 1st Explosive Ordnance Disposal Company, 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group operate and evaluate aquatic technologies at San Clemente Island, California, August 1, 2019. The Rapid Capabilities Office and the Naval Information Warfare Center worked closely with Marines to explore new technologies to improve ship to shore maneuvers. Complementing the Navy’s current capabilities of detecting ordnance, 1st EOD seeks to provide an organic capability of confirming/denying presence of explosive ordnance from very shallow water to the surf zone. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Miah Nielsen)
The Marines in the 1st Marine Logistics Group’s training area tightened down their hoods and pulled on their gloves as they confirmed that they were in Mission-Oriented Protection Posture (MOPP) level 4. This highest level of MOPP entails full body coverage—with boots, pants, jackets, hoods, gloves and gas masks— to protect from possible chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) threats. This was the MOPP level 1st MLG...
