MEFEX is a MEF-level exercise conducted to deploy the MEF with its MSCs in an expeditionary environment, train the I MHG Staff as an operational command, and strengthen subordinate units by maximizing training opportunities. I MEF has not coordinated a command-level exercise of this capacity since 2003.
Marines with 1st Civil Affairs Group, Force Headquarters Group, Marine Corps Forces Reserve assisted the Marines of I Marine Expeditionary Force during I MEF Exercise 2015 as a bridge between the civilian and the military’s operational mission aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 18.
When the commanding general is in the command operation center and needs to know the activity of the units in the field, he turns to his computer. That computer and the network that supports it are provided by data network specialists. In order to keep information flowing, data network specialists set up one of these networks for I Marine Expeditionary Force Exercise 2015, a MEF-level exercise that evaluates training and readiness to deploy...
Marines, Sailors and Soldiers are set to conduct the first MEF-level exercise in over a decade which simulates the deployment of over 50,000 U.S. military members Feb. 19-23 at training locations in the San Diego region.