Marines hosted integrated base defense planning Jan. 27–28 on Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida, leveraging regional partnerships to improve the ability to respond to a crisis within the United States.
“We can’t treat resilience as an inside-the-fence problem,” said U.S. Marine Corps Col. David Merles, commanding officer of Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island. “Planning alongside our regional partners highlights the dependencies required to sustain power projection in Northeast Florida.”
Federal, state, local, military and private-sector organizations with roles in force protection, emergency management and critical infrastructure participated. Discussions focused on likely threat scenarios, staffing...
01.29.2026 | JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, US |
Story by Dustin Senger
