NOVEMBER 21, 2022 – Aligned with its Campaign Plan 2030 strategic themes, “relevant, ready and responsive,” Marine Forces Reserve (MFR) is pursuing the rapid acquisition of small expeditionary watercraft to provide capacity and platforms in support of Service-level Force Design 2030 experimentation efforts. By partnering with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and leveraging … [Read more...]

Firefighters with Marine Corps Installations Pacific Fire and Emergency Services participate in embankment rope training on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 28, 2022. The firefighters utilized roping techniques to rescue and provide care to a simulated victim located at the bottom of a steep embankment. MCIPAC F&ES is a regional fire department that operates eight fire … [Read more...]

NOVEMBER 10, 2022 – On Nov. 10, the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) salutes the U.S. Marines on the 247th anniversary of their establishment by the Continental Congress in 1775. Throughout its history, the commissary benefit has gained the admiration and gratitude of Marines and their families, said Marine Sgt. Maj. Michael R. Saucedo, senior enlisted advisor to the DeCA … [Read more...]

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Shane Cooke, left, an engineer equipment operator, and Lance Cpl. Ryan Yazzie, a combat engineer, both with Task Force Koa Moana 22, I Marine Expeditionary Force, set up targets during construction of the Joint Range Complex in Ngatpang, Republic of Palau, July 5, 2022. The Joint Range Complex will provide the U.S. military and Palauan law … [Read more...]

NOVEMBER 7, 2022 - Marine Corps Systems Command recently launched the Technical Management and Analysis Directorate – or TMAD – in a drive to modernize the Marine Corps Enterprise Network, or MCEN. The MCEN is an interconnected “network-of-networks” that links service personnel, architecture, processes, physical and logical topology, and cyber operations. In line with the … [Read more...]