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DC 21.1 is a command and control exercise conducted in a simulated deployed environment designed to enhance the interoperability between II Marine Expeditionary Force command element staff and its higher, adjacent, and subordinate command headquarters including, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (2nd MAW), 2nd Marine Division (2nd MARDIV), 2nd Marine Logistics Group (2nd MLG) and II Marine...
The 38th Commandant’s Planning Guidance and Force Design 2030 identified the requirement for a better trained entry-level infantry Marine. Schools of Infantry East and West will execute a pilot 14-week Infantry Marine Course designed to refine and expand the skills of infantry Marines. The increase in training time and repetitions will help close the current gap in enlisted versus officer...
U.S. Marines with the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force - Crisis Response - Central Command participated in the exercise Falcon Claw III in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Falcon Claw III is a subject matter expert exchange that enhances interoperability and strengthens military-to-military relationships between U.S. and Saudi Arabian forces.
Exercise INVINCIBLE SENTRY is a recurring exercise conducted by U.S. Central Command to evaluate command and control (C2) processes between USCENTCOM and its subordinate commands, in coordination with various U.S. Government agencies, and this year, with the Government of Qatar. It is designed to validate crisis-response planning and strengthen staff proficiency and execution in critical...
Exercise NEXUS DAWN is a readiness exercise designed to test the ability of certain Air Force Reserve and California Air National Guard units to generate, employ and sustain air operations in a simulated contested, degraded and operationally-limited environment.
Joint Warfighting Assessment 2021 is the Army’s largest annual live, multinational experiment, focused on Multi-Domain Operations (MDO). JWAs focus on refining concepts, capabilities and formations through Soldier and leader feedback at live experiments. JWA 21 features live and constructive elements and will take place in Hawaii, Colorado and Washington from 17 June to 25 June 2021. Joint...
BOSTON – USS Constitution named one of their 24-pound long guns “Perfectus,” honoring the Navy’s first female chief petty officer on Sunday, March 21 during a Facebook Live presentation.
Loretta Perfectus Walsh enlisted in the Navy on March 17, 1917 as part of the Naval Reserve Act of 1916 and was sworn in as the Navy’s first Chief Petty Officer on March 21, 1917.
“Loretta...
