U.S. Marines with 3d Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, conduct Range 400, a company-level combined arms training event, during Marine Littoral Regiment Training Exercise (MLR-TE) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Feb. 9, 2023. MLR-TE is a large-scale, service-level exercise designed to train, develop, and … [Read more...]

The high-speed transport vessel USNS Guam (T-HST 1) departs Naha Military Port, Okinawa, Japan, March 3, 2023. The USNS Guam will transport the Marines to the Republic of Korea for exercise Freedom Shield 23. Freedom Shield is a defense-oriented exercise designed to strengthen the ROK-U.S. Alliance, enhance our combined defense posture, and strengthen security and stability on … [Read more...]

MARCH 14, 2023 - For the first time in over two decades, Marine Barracks Washington is touring the Pacific Northwest. The barracks’ two-week tour included performances in Alaska, Oregon and Washington. This unit consists of The Silent Drill Platoon, The Commandant’s Own Drum & Bugle Corps and the official Marine Corps Color Guard. Marines of The Silent Drill … [Read more...]

MARCH 13, 2023 - The Marine Corps established the Marine Corps Software Factory to create a world-class Marine-led software development capability on March 10, 2023. The future operating environment will require Marines to scope and implement software-based solutions at the edges of the battlefield without connectivity or assistance from centralized or contracted … [Read more...]

Lt. Gen. David G. Bellon, commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South, and Marine Forces Reserve, right, and Master Sgt. Sergio Macias, theater security cooperation branch chief, left, welcome Brig. Gen. Jorge Federico Torres Mora, commandant of the Colombian Marine Corps, at Marine Corps Support Facility New Orleans, Feb. 28, 2023. Torres, and the Colombian delegation, … [Read more...]