U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jackson Dake, a Monroe, Washington native, an infantry Marine with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 7th Marine Regiment (REIN), uses a Radio Agile Integrated Device to command a Mission Master unmanned ground vehicle. - U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jackson Dake, a Monroe, Washington native, an infantry Marine with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 7th Marine Regiment (REIN), uses a Radio Agile Integrated Device to command a Mission Master unmanned ground vehicle during Exercise Apollo Shield at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Oct. 17, 2023. The Combat Center provides a training facility capable of truly testing the equipment and it is home to the infantry battalion experiment 2030, the first unit to receive the equipment tested by Marine Corps Warfighting Lab. The RAID allows Marines to control multiple unmanned vehicles at once, reducing the requirement of drone operators and allowing for unified control over up to 4 different drones at once. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jonathan Willcox)
US Marines hike towards an objective in the California desert - U.S. Marines with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment (REIN), hike towards an objective during Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Warfighting Exercise (MWX) 2-23 at Camp Wilson on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Feb. 25, 2023. MWX is the culminating event of Service Level Training Exercise 2-23, that improves U.S. and allied service members’ operational capabilities. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Pedro Arroyo)
U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, conduct planning during Exercise Maltese Dragon, at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California - U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Regiment 3, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, conduct planning during Exercise Maltese Dragon, at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Aug. 15, 2022. Exercise Maltese Dragon is a training exercise, hosted by Marine Corps Logistics Operation Group, where logistics staffs train in an exercise-controlled environment undergoing different Combat Operations Center simulated stressors used to train and educate well-rounded Marine Air Ground-Task Force logisticians. 3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward-deployed combat unit that serves as III Marine Expeditionary Force’s comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for operations throughout the Indo-Pacific area of responsibility. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alpha Hernandez)