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Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command and Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center

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U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Joseph Admiraal, a Nebraska native, low altitude air defense officer with Tactical Training and Exercise Control Group, Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, uses a Man-Portable Aircraft Survivability Trainer during a Ground Threat Reaction Exercise as part of Service Level Training Exercise 4-25 at Training Area Lead Mountain, MCAGCC, Twentynine Palms, California, July 18, 2025. The GTR equips Marines with the skills to identify, respond to, and neutralize ground-based threats in dynamic environments to enhance operational readiness, in the face of evolving dangers. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Micah Thompson)

Neutralizing the Threat

U.S. Marines with Tactical Training and Exercise Control Group, Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, oversee training during platoon attacks as part of Service Level Training Exercise 4-25, at Range 410A, MCAGCC, Twentynine Palms, California, July 16, 2025. SLTE 4-25 is designed to be a challenging, realistic training environment that produces combat-ready forces capable of operating as an integrated Marine Air Ground Task Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jozef Majewski)

Platoon Attacks

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, maneuver through a breach site during company attacks as part of Integrated Training Exercise 4-25 at Range 400, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, June 25, 2025. Through realistic scenarios and decentralized decision-making, ITX provides Marines the venue to enhance their lethality by empowering leaders at every level to adapt, communicate, and execute in dynamic environments. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Lance Cpl. Gracelyn Hanson)

Through the Breach

A U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper, assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 367, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, lands to refuel during a Forward Arming and Refueling Point as part of Service Level Training Exercise 4-25 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Aug. 6, 2025. MCAGCC serves as the Marine Corps’ premier training venue for service-level exercises by providing realistic multi-domain environments to prepare forces for success in future conflicts. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Dominic Spence)

Viper Refueling

U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, provide security during an Adversary Force Exercise at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, August 8, 2025.  AFX creates a credible, realistic threat for the exercise forces participating in Service Level Training Exercise 4-25 to engage against during the upcoming Marine Air Ground Task Force Warfighting Exercise in a force-on-force, unscripted wargame. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jozef P. Majewski)

Adversary Force Exercise

U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, conduct company attacks as part of Service Level Training Exercise 4-25 at Range 400.

Night Attack

Marines with HMH 361 conduct MRADR lift

Heavy Lift

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Oster Owens, a firefighter, with Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting, Marine Wing Support Squadron 472, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing halts a P-19R Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting truck during a simulated aircraft fire-fighting drill at Integrated Training Exercise 3-25, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, June 17, 2025. ITX is a critical Marine Air-Ground Task Force exercise for the Marine Forces Reserve’s training cycle, confirming unit readiness through live-fire and combined-arm integration. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Edward Spears)

Fire Drill

Marines with Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) 25 participate in wargaming during Integrated Training Exercise 3-25 (ITX 3-25), Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, June 7th, 2025. This wargame is an exercise in the formal Marine Corps Planning Process, which includes problem framing, Course of Action (COA) development, and COA completion. Wargaming helps Marines identify weaknesses and points of friction; these lessons are used to refine plans and implement them again with improvements. ITX is a critical Marine Air-Ground Task Force exercise for the Marine Forces Reserve’s training cycle, confirming unit readiness through live-fire and combined arms integration. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Edward Spears)

Marines Conduct Wargames

U.S. Marines with 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, prepare for training at the Battle Simulation Center.

Battling with Brainwaves

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Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command (MAGTFTC): Conducts advanced individual and collective combined arms and maneuver training, manages the Commandant’s Service Level Training Program (SLTP) to enhance the combat readiness of the Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF), and Service’s responsibilities to National Security.

Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC): Supports MAGTFTC through logistics and service support activities and provides a standard of excellence in infrastructure to ensure the readiness of the tenant and resident commands aboard the Combat Center and Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center.

       

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