Marines TV

This U.S. Marine Corps video was created July, 31 2023 in Adobe After Effects to explain the Distributed Aviation Operations warfighting concept for the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, the aviation combat element of II Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Adam Henke and narration by Chief Warrant Officer 2 Bryan Nygaard)(Music licensed from DeWolfe Music)

The Marine Corps is modernizing how it commands and controls its enterprise network. Now a dedicated group will upgrade the Corps’ ability to prevent and counter adversarial cyber-attacks and minimize network disruptions and outages. August 30, 2020, in Quantico, Virginia, the Marine Corps stood up Network Activity - National Capital Region (NCR), the second network focused unit following the model pioneered by the 1st Network Battalion out of Camp Pendleton, California. The network activity will command and control the Marine Corps Enterprise Network (MCEN) within the NCR. “This will realign the workforce and all of its resources; I’m talking about people and money,” said Col. Edward J. Debish, the commanding officer of Marine Corps Cyberspace Operations Group, while speaking to the civilians and Marines of Network Activity NCR during an activation ceremony. The MCEN is the Marine Corps’ communications backbone connecting computers, people, and related devices. The network provides robust, seamless, and secure end‐to‐end communications for all Marines; from the supporting establishment to forward-deployed forces. In total, the Marine Corps is establishing three network battalions and three network activities. The network battalions provide general support to the Marine Expeditionary Forces, while the network activities are assigned to a geographic region and tailored to the supported establishments. In the past, there were seven commanders in eight regions providing command and control of the MCEN. “What this does for the Marine Corps, the big bang for our buck, is it provides unity of command and unity of effort,” said Debish. “We all have one commander now. All the network battalions and activities will work for the commanding officer of the MCCOG and they all report to Maj. Gen. Mathew G. Glavy.” While speaking to the Marines, Debish added, “you are the first network activity to stand up in the Marine Corps. You guys are now plank holders, you guys are the seed that is going to grow into something that is going to allow us to have command and control over the enterprise networks. Patrick Scholes, director of Network Activity - NCR told the Marines “we have a special mission here.” He added, “what we do here supports the warfighter directly.” When the MCEN command and control modernization implementation plan is complete, it will empower commanders to respond faster than ever before.

Marines and Sailors with 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade deployed to Fort Devens, Mass., to serve as the command element for U.S. Northern Command’s COVID-19 response in the northeast United States, from April 10 to May 19, 2020. As the Task Force Northeast command element, 2nd MEB worked in close coordination with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate USNORTHCOM-assigned support in the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont as well as the territories of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. (U.S. Air Force video by Tech. Sgt. Daniel Asselta)

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Jeremy S. Winters, Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) command, control, and communication (C3) department head, discusses the command and control aspect of the Talon Reach Long Range Raid exercise from Twentynine Palms, CA to Fort Hood, TX. Talon Reach is an exercise showcasing the Marine Air Ground Task Force's ability to conduct long-range raids over 1,000 miles and supply various supports across the spectrum of conflict.