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U.S. Marines with 3d Intelligence Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, set up equipment and employ sensors during meteorological oceanographic field training at Kin Blue, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 17-19, 2025. The training involved deploying radars and weather balloons to scan the Okinawa shoreline, assessing the effects of weather on III Marine Expeditionary Force operations and enhancing the platoon’s proficiency in providing critical environmental data to support commanders’ decision-making processes in the Indo-Pacific (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Ramon Cardoza) (The video contains audio from a USMC enterprise licensed asset from Adobe Stock: Soft Chillout Soul by Elonix/stock.adobe.com)

U.S. Marines assigned to Battlespace Surveillance Company, 1st Intelligence Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, conduct a field training exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 18-24, 2025. BSC is conducting a FEX to enhance sensing and combat capabilities while sustaining and developing qualifications. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Peyton Kahle)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Nicholas Connally, meteorology and oceanography (METOC) analyst forecaster, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, provides information about his military occupational specialty at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, South Carolina, Sept. 22, 2023. METOC analyst forecasters track and record weather patterns for the area, warn personnel of inclement weather, and instruct them on how to best prepare for approaching weather. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Andrew Herwig)

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Justin Lindstrom, a ground intelligence officer with 3rd Intelligence Battalion, III MEF Information Group, explains the importance of intelligence for Battlespace Surveillance Company Field Exercise, on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 13, 2021. Lindstrom is a Dallas, Texas native. Both METOC Platoon and Ground Sensor Platoon Marines utilized the exercise to evaluate training requirements and conducted force on force training evolutions. BSCFEX enabled III MIG Marines to remain an asset to III Marine Expeditionary Force by maintaining their readiness and lethality while being forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Sarah Marshall)

U.S. Marine Corps video created to highlight the different aspects in the military occupational specialty field Meteorology and Oceanography . (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Joseoh )

Meteorological and Oceanography Marines with Marine Air Control Squadron 1, Detachment Bravo, spearhead the first training iteration of Exercise Black Stratus 1-19 at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, on August 7th, 2019. This exercise was done to teach Meteorological and Oceanography Marines stationed along the west coast how to operate the new AN/TMQ-56 METMF(R) NEXGEN tactical meteorological support system. Marine Corps video by Pfc. Victor Mackson.

As we kick off lightning safety week, Chief Warrant Officer 5 Tony Bieren, the East Coast regional meteorology and oceanography director, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, explains the dangers of lightning during thunderstorms, how to avoid being struck by lightning and where to look for thunderstorm conditions and notifications. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Christian J. Lopez)

Cpl. Cecilia Gutierrez describes the intelligence and prudence that a meteorology and oceanography analyst forecaster has to have to keep Marines safe Aug. 8 on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan. METOC Marines are compatible with all units but those with MCAS Futenma forecast specifically for pilots and crews; they take everything into account from prevailing visibility and wind direction to thermal columns and storms. Gutierrez, a Lancaster, California, native, is a METOC analyst forecaster, with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, MCAS Futenma, Marine Corps Installations Pacific.

Chief Warrant Officer 4 Tony Bieren, a regional meteorology and oceanography officer, discusses how weather science benefits the Marines assigned to 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing units at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., July 27, 2017. Service members assigned to Meteorology and Oceanography, or “METOC,” track and record weather patterns for the area, warn personnel of inclement weather, and instruct them on how to best prepare for approaching weather. Bieren is assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, MCAS Cherry Point. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by Pfc. Skyler Pumphret/ Released)

More than a dozen Marines with 2nd Intelligence Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force left their base of operations at Camp Lejeune, N.C., to test their recently developed underwater survey techniques off the coast of California July 14-17, 2014. The unit pioneered a hydrographic survey program less than two years ago, and started deploying their techniques to various training sites during the last six months. The program now allows them the conduct detailed examinations of the terrain below the waves, which is a unique capability in the Marine Corps. Survey personnel collect detailed scans of the ocean floor and river environments to provide Marine operations with an accurate picture of operational environments. Their mission to California allowed them to test their new techniques far away from their base of support as a way to proof the program’s viability in deployed environments. Interviews: Lance Cpl. Rob Govitz, geospatial intelligence analyst, Lapeer, Mich. Staff Sgt. Daniel Weybright, hydro survey team chief, Middlefield, Conn.

More than a dozen Marines with 2nd Intelligence Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force left their base of operations at Camp Lejeune, N.C., to test their recently developed underwater survey techniques off the coast of California July 14-17, 2014. The unit pioneered a hydrographic survey program less than two years ago, and started deploying their techniques to various training sites during the last six months. The program now allows them the conduct detailed examinations of the terrain below the waves, which is a unique capability in the Marine Corps. Survey personnel collect detailed scans of the ocean floor and river environments to provide Marine operations with an accurate picture of operational environments. Their mission to California allowed them to test their new techniques far away from their base of support as a way to proof the program’s viability in deployed environments. Interviews: Lance Cpl. Rob Govitz, geospatial intelligence analyst, Lapeer, Mich. Staff Sgt. Daniel Weybright, hydro survey team chief, Middlefield, Conn.

Marine meteorological and oceanographic analyst forecasters with the Marine Corps Installations West Regional Meteorological and Oceanographic Center provide timely and accurate weather predictions for operations occurring in the West Coast.