Marines TV

Since Fiscal Year 2011, Augmented Immersive Team Training (AITT) has been demonstrated as a new way to train infantry Marines. Recently, the Office of Naval Research and Marines demonstrated the new technology at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia.

6th Marine Corps District Enhanced Marketing Vehicle recruiters learn how to properly set up and run Battle Position at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, South Carolina, Feb. 25, 2022. Battle Position is an immersive experience designed for Marine Corps EMV teams to utilize during enhanced area canvasing events in support of recruiting efforts. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Jareka Curtis)

Evolving from the pull-up bar to incorporate more physicality while modernizing with the addition of both augmented and virtual reality elements, Marine Corps Recruiting Command (MCRC) unveiled the future of Enhanced Area Canvassing (EAC) events aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island on September 30, 2020. The future fight requires an agile force, adept with uncertainty and rapid decision making in a multidimensional operating environment. In order to identify the future force, MCRC is embracing emergent technologies across all prospecting efforts to recruit and retain digitally native talent. Immersive, innovative and entertaining, the Battle Position delivers a Marine Corps experience unlike anything seen before.