U.S. Marines assigned to Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, 6th Marine Regiment, embarks an Amphibious Combat Vehicle during an amphibious raid rehearsal on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Sept. 16, 2026. U.S. Marines assigned to BLT 1/8 conducted the training to build upon conventional infantry skills and increase their raiding capabilities during the final stages of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit's pre-deployment training. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Matthew Williams)
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 8th Marines, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, employed the Bolt-M autonomous air vehicle during an Organic Precision Fire live-fire event at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Aug. 28. The training provided Marines an opportunity to employ and integrate an emerging Organic Precision Fires-Light capability designed to place precision-strike capabilities at the company level ahead of the MEU’s upcoming deployment.
OPF-L provides infantry formations with a portable loitering munition capability that combines reconnaissance, surveillance and target acquisition with precision strike. Traditionally, infantry battalions have relied on...
SOUDA BAY, Greece – U.S. Marines and Sailors with the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (MEU(SOC)), embarked aboard the ships of the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (BATARG) conducted advanced ARG/MEU readiness sustainment training, Naval Support Activity Souda Bay, Greece, Feb. 16-20, 2024.
