Force Design 2030 details Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. David Berger’s vision for maintaining the relevance of the Corps in the new age of great power competition. Developed to enable the Marine Corps to adapt and outmaneuver its adversaries, Force Design 2030 outlines the commandant’s goals and blueprint for ensuring America maintains its competitive edge. Critical to this effort is one of the Marine Corps’ latest and most advanced systems yet—the Ground/Air Task-Oriented Radar, managed by Program Executive Officer Land Systems’ G/ATOR program office...
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Japanese government officials and U.S. Marines came together for discussion and information sessions during the Artillery Relocation Training Program and Tilt Rotor Rotary Wing Annual Planning Conference at Marine Corps Base Camp Butler, June 22-23. Officials included representation from the Japanese Ministry of Defense, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Okinawa Defense Bureau, U.S. Forces Japan and III Marine Expeditionary Force. In addition to open discussions, the officials observed displays of the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, the M777 howitzer, and the MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft...
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Marines with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing begin Exercise Summer Fury 21 with a long-range maritime strike off the coast of Washington. Summer Fury is the largest Marine aviation exercise on the West Coast, and provides 3rd MAW opportunity to improve warfighter readiness in support of a Marine Expeditionary Force maritime campaign.
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In June, more than 40 local teens congregated within Quantico Middle/High School at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, for the 10th installment of the Marine Corps Systems Command Summer Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Camp. The weeklong camp fostered a creative environment that enabled local teens to experience hands-on STEM activities inspired by NASA. Students learned to code, constructed robots, built telescopes, programmed drones to fly and even created a solar hot dog oven.
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