Marine Rotational Force - Southeast Asia (MRF-SEA), is a Marine Corps Forces Pacific operational model which involves planned exchanges with subject matter experts, promotes security goals with Allies and Partners, and positions I Marine Expeditionary Force forces west of the International Date Line.
This feature page highlights Maritime Defense Exercise-Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (MDX-ARDB). MDX-ARDB is the first time the 31st Marine expeditionary Unit (MEU) and Amphibious Squadron (COMPHIBRON) 11 will partner with the ARDB and Mine Warfare Fleet, coming together to bilaterally rehearse tactically at Combined Arms Training Center (CATC) Camp Fuji and also training at Numazu...
Marines and Sailors from II Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) and Expeditionary Strike Group 2 conduct Maritime Prepositioning Force Exercise (MPFEX) 20, which focuses on sustaining proficiency in planning and executing maritime prepositioning operations. II MEF Forward will command and control the exercise from to Naval Support Activity Naples, Italy. MPFEX 20 provides an opportunity for II...
Sama Sama is a bilateral maritime exercise between U.S. and
Philippine naval forces and is designed to strengthen cooperation and
interoperability between the nations' armed forces.
Marlin Shield 16 is a USNORTHCOM and Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) exercise based on terrorist activity moving through the Bahamas toward the United States. Marlin Shield aims for the U.S. and RBDF to actively practice interoperability and bilateral operations through maritime and land-based training at remote locations throughout the Bahamas.
The Mississippi National Guard (MSNG) will host MARLINSPIKE 2015 on Wednesday, April 1, an interagency exercise designed for an integrated response to a maritime weapons of mass destruction threat.
Participants include Civil Support Teams from the Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana Army National Guard, the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, Jackson County Emergency Management...
U.S.Lt. Col. George Mattar, a Citadel alumni and former Joint Communications Support Element (JCSE) commander, was killed on Jan. 13, 1982 when his flight, Florida Airlines No. 90, crashed into the waters of the Potomac River. Aboard this flight were 74 passengers, of which only six survived. Also killed were Maj. Ralph Herman, JCSE's Chief of Operations, and Sergeant Major James Dixon. In...
Max Thunder is a Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff sponsored, U.S. Pacific Command-directed, bi-annual exercise designed to enhance the combat readiness of U.S. and Republic of Korea Air Forces and supporting forces through combined and joint combat training. The exercise is part of a continuous exercise schedule, strengthening the U.S.-ROK alliance and is not related to any real-world...
