Combat Center Videos

At Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command (MAGTFTC), Marines undergo some of the most realistic and demanding live-fire training exercises in the world, honing their skills in combined arms, maneuver warfare, and multi-domain operations to prepare for modern, high-intensity conflict. Supported by expert planners and evaluators from Service Level Training Division and Tactical, each training evolution—ranging from night assaults at Range 400 to large-scale force-on-force warfighting exercises—builds combat readiness, adaptability, and lethal precision for future battlefields. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt Makayla Elizalde and Pfc Dominic Spence)

The video emphasizes Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command’s (MAGTFTC) commitment to replicating the increasingly complex operational environment through a blend of live, virtual, and constructive training powered by cutting-edge technologies like 5G, Artificial Intelligence, and advanced simulation systems. With initiatives like the Marine Corps Tactical Instrumentation System and the upcoming Warfighting Center, MAGTFTC ensures Marines build the adaptability, decision-making, and lethality needed for the future fight. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Makayla Elizalde and Pfc Dominic Spence)

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)

Major General Renforth wishes the Marines of the Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, a happy birthday, celebrating the 246th anniversary of the founding of the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps video edited by LCpl Joshua Sechser and LCpl Shane Beaubien)

The Society for the Conservation of Bighorn Sheep checks for maintenance needs for various guzzlers on and around the Combat Center at Twentynine Palms, California, August 30, 2021. The Society for the Conservation of Bighorn Sheep have been maintaining watering holes for the local bighorn sheep for the past 15 years and are an integral part for these creatures as they traverse the High Desert mountains during the summer months. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Colton Brownlee)

U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 374 (-) lay new matting down for the Strategic Expeditionary Landing Field at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, June 21, 2021. The purpose of the project is to replace worn out sections of the runway to maintain mission readiness and flight safety. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by Lance Cpl. Jacquilyn Davis)