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U.S. Marine Corps Col. Matthew Tracy, G-3 Operations assistant chief of staff, III Marine Expeditionary Force, speaks about exercises following Exercise Keen Sword 23 and how they impact III MEF's lethality and readiness across the first island chain on Okinawa, Japan, Dec 28. 2022. III MEF, as part of the Stand-in Force, continues to prepare for any threat that may come its way. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Francesca Landis)

U.S. Marines with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion and 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, participate in Technical Concept Experiment 22.2 on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Sept. 26-29, 2022. TCE, which is sponsored by the U.S. Navy’s Office of Naval Research, brought together Marines and contractors to experiment with new and emerging technologies to enable Marine forces to operate effectively in distributed and expeditionary advanced base operations. (Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Jaye Townsend)

U.S. Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461 perform external lifts and fire GAU-21 .50-caliber machine guns from CH-53K King Stallions at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Aug. 4 - 24, 2022. This was the first time the Marine Corps deployed the King Stallion in an exercise. HMH-461 is a subordinate unit of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, the aviation combat element of II Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Adam Henke) The music within this video production is copyright material used under license with De Wolfe Music USA, Inc. contract dated 1 May 2022.

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Jonathan Pickup, intelligence lead with Tactical Training and Exercise Control Group, Headquarters Battalion, Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, and Capt. Christopher Teska, company commander with Company B, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, speak on the Marine Corps renewed focus on Reconnaissance/Counter-Reconnaissance (RXR), Aug.12, 2022. RXR training hones Marines' capability to operate forward within an adversary’s weapons engagement zone to provide integrated deterrence by providing commanders options to fight for information across all domains, hold adversarial targets at risk, and provide critical links for naval and joint fires. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Shane T. Beaubien, Lance Cpl. Luis Aguilar, Lance Cpl. Andrew Bray, and Lance Cpl. Joshua Sechser)

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Christopher H. Payne, a mountain warfare instructor, "Red Hat", with Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center (MCMWTC) Bridgeport, Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command, explains the journey of becoming an instructor and the unique training opportunities MCMWTC provides to both U.S. and partner nation service members, at MCMWTC Bridgeport, California, Feb. 22, 2022. Resting high in the Sierra Nevada, the instructors of the MCMWTC shape the future of warfighters on the ground with the guidance of the Commandant's Force Design 2030 (U.S. Marine Corps video directed and edited by Cpl. Shane T. Beaubien, cinematography by Cpl. Therese Edwards, Lance Cpl. Andrew Bray, and Lance Cpl. Joshua Sechser)

New and emerging threats have changed how the Marine Corps is organized, trained, equipped and employed. Force Design 2030 is a concept, introduced in 2019, for a single, integrated force that supports joint operations in forward maritime campaigns. This video discusses 2022 updates to Force Design 2030. (U.S. Marine Corps Video created by SSgt John Martinez.)

The Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. David H. Berger’s Force Design 2030 lays out the need for modernization through technology. With the threat environment ever changing, III MEF is using new training and upgraded technologies to support the successful completion of current and future missions throughout the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Francesca Landis)

U.S. Marines with 3d Marines redesignate to become the 3d Marine Littoral Regiment aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii, March 3, 2022. The 3d Marine Littoral Regiment will serve as a key enabler for joint, allied, and partnered forces, will integrate with naval forces, and will enable multi-domain maneuver and fires within contested spaces. The transition of 3d Marines to 3d MLR is in accordance with Force Design 2030 and one of the first major steps to facilitating a shift as the Marine Corps divests in legacy capabilities and builds a force that is optimized for operations envisioned within the Commandant’s Planning Guidance. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Jacob Wilson)

U.S. Marines with 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division conduct Jungle Warfare Exercise 22 in Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 14-18, 2022. JWX 22 is a large-scale field training exercise focused on leveraging the integrated capabilities of joint and allied partners to strengthen all-domain awareness, maneuver, and fires across a distributed maritime environment. JWX 22 was supported by elements of III Marine Expeditionary Force, U.S. 7th Fleet, U.S. Air Force 18th Wing, U.S. Army 1st Special Forces Group, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Hassanen Attabi)