{"id":29149,"date":"2023-09-15T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2023\/09\/15\/navy-marine-corps-test-warfighting-concepts\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:58:10","slug":"navy-marine-corps-test-warfighting-concepts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/c2-comms-battlefield-tech\/2023\/09\/15\/navy-marine-corps-test-warfighting-concepts\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy, Marine Corps test warfighting concepts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>NAVAL BASE NORFOLK, Va.<\/b> \u2014 In the minds of its crew, the aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower was steaming along in the Mediterranean Sea, fighting a war in Europe along with the carrier Gerald R. Ford.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In reality, however, the Ike was sitting pierside at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, while the Ford is actually deployed to the region, sailing in U.S. 6th Fleet waters with the command and control ship Mount Whitney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On their screens in the command center, the staff of Carrier Strike Group 2 could see the missiles and aircraft coming their way and how U.S. sailors were responding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ike and Ford were among six carrier strike groups \u2014 two live and four virtual, spread across all seven U.S. fleets \u2014 that participated in the Navy\u2019s Large Scale Exercise 2023. Also took part: six amphibious ready groups (two live, four virtual), and 25 live and 50 virtual ships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The global training event, Aug. 9-18, brought together the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/news\/your-navy\/2023\/07\/25\/navy-marines-set-to-launch-second-iteration-of-large-scale-exercise\/\" target=\"_blank\">combined firepower of the Navy and Marine Corps team<\/a>, 25,000 personnel to test their ability to mass and coordinate large scale formations around the world as sailors and Marines tackled realistic scenarios akin to what they might experience in conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2023\/08\/25\/navy-seeks-to-offer-virtual-training-to-more-of-the-fleet\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7891715.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Navy seeks to offer virtual training to more of the fleet<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Navy&#039;s live, virtual and constructive (LVC) tech investments support everything from massive Large Scale Exercises to routine pre-deployment training.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe ability to command and control our operations across 22 time zones is how we will fight and win in a global environment against our competitors,\u201d said Adm. Daryl Caudle, the head of U.S. Fleet Forces Command. \u201cTo do so, we have to globally synchronize precision and timing in order to conduct high-end modern warfare.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ike, which recently completed its Composite Training Unit Exercise ahead of a deployment later this year, was operating very much like it would if it actually on U.S. 6th Fleet during combat, Rear Adm. Marc Miguez, Carrier Strike Group 2 commander, told reporters on the flight deck of the Eisenhower Aug. 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The COMPTUEX \u201cis probably one of the most dynamic and most stressing situations that we put our watchstanders through and our aircrew through,\u201d Miguez said. \u201cWe actually simulate, in the training environment, us being shot at by threat aircraft, threat ships and and threat land-based [cruise missiles] \u2026 that we could incur if we go into a combat operation once we deploy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While COMPTUEX, a certification required for deployment, forced the Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group to address singular threats, Large Scale Exercise\u2019s simulations presented multiple conflicts and threats simultaneously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat we\u2019re doing for LSE 23 is we\u2019re actually having two major threats at the same time,\u201d Miguez said. \u201cWe did not do that for COMPTUEX. So, that is a slight nuance, and it\u2019s going to give us exposure just in case this happens in real time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"6720\" height=\"4480\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/26-CSG-4-COMPTUEX.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/26-CSG-4-COMPTUEX.jpg.jpg 6720w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/26-CSG-4-COMPTUEX.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/26-CSG-4-COMPTUEX.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/26-CSG-4-COMPTUEX.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/26-CSG-4-COMPTUEX.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/26-CSG-4-COMPTUEX.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 6720px) 100vw, 6720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Navy Operations Specialist 2nd Class Justin Cutair stands surface warfare supervisor in the combat information center during sea and anchor detail as the destroyer Carney arrives in Naval Station Norfolk, Va., June 25. (MC2 Aaron Lau\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The main objective for Miguez\u2019s crew was to provide the Navy\u2019s 6th Fleet with the necessary combat power to address any and all threats in that theater of operations. Meanwhile, other carrier strike groups in other regions of the world were tackling completely separate conflicts and threats, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re in a defensive deterrence mindset, and we\u2019re conducting presence operations,\u201d Miguez said. \u201cBut as this scenario will unravel, we\u2019re going to be put into a pretty stressful situation where we may have to obviously execute kinetic activity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Multiple threats<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy and the Marine Corps\u2019s main objective for Large Scale Exercise was to globally synchronize operations to counter multiple threats in different geographic regions simultaneously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While a lot of the exercise was simulated, both in terms of where Navy and Marine Corps units were operating and the threats they faced, much of it was carried out at by units and personnel at sea, in the air and on the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the Philippine Sea, the Reagan Carrier Strike Group was conducting flight operations to protect America\u2019s interests in the Indo-Pacific and counter regional threats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, in the Atlantic Ocean, the commander of Destroyer Squadron 28 and crew members of the destroyer Porter discussed safe navigation and positioning in the ship\u2019s combat center during a simulated transit of the fictitious Beryl Strait. Up on deck, a gunner\u2019s mate loaded rounds into a M2A1 .50 caliber machine gun to prepare for the crossing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elsewhere in the Atlantic, sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 12, working off the dock landing ship Gunston Hall, loaded into a rigid-hull inflatable boat to conduct an underwater detonation exercise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Further west, members of Marine Air Control Squadron 2, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, set up an AN\/TPS-80 Ground\/Air Task Oriented Radar system as part of a larger tactical air operations center at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. The scenario under which they worked was designed to test the center\u2019s survivability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not far away, at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina, Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 11 and U.S. Marines cleared debris from a simulated crater and filled it will concrete as part of an airfield damage repair operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Missions such as these were playing out across the globe. Participating in the exercise were U.S. Fleet Forces Command, U.S. Pacific Fleet, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa Command, Marine Forces Command, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa, and U.S. Marine Corps Forces Pacific.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5600\" height=\"4000\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/31-Gunner.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81643\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/31-Gunner.jpg.jpg 5600w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/31-Gunner.jpg.jpg?resize=300,214 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/31-Gunner.jpg.jpg?resize=768,549 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/31-Gunner.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,731 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/31-Gunner.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1097 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/31-Gunner.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1463 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5600px) 100vw, 5600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gunner\u2019s Mate 3rd Class Travis Lemke, assigned to the guided-missile destroyer Porter, loads simulated rounds into an M2A1 .50 caliber machine gun to prepare for a simulated strait transit as part of Large Scale Exercise 2023. (IC3 Hailey Servedio\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the exercise wore on, the threat scenarios grew more intense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Coordinating a global Navy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Navy leaders anticipate a future conflict won\u2019t be regional. That\u2019s why the exercise looked to assess and refine concepts like distributed maritime operations to improve warfighting effectiveness against strategic competitors, according to Navy leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s part of the Navy\u2019s push toward fleetwide, coordinated naval formations, larger than traditional carrier strike groups. This \u201cdistribution\u201d can be realized by spreading these formations out and by increasing the number of forces within the area of operations, bringing surface ships, fighter aircraft and bombers, and land-based forces to mass fires on enemy targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLarge Scale Exercise recognizes that we are a global Navy,\u201d Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet, told reporters Aug. 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou\u2019ve seen recent real world examples where our competitors are more increasingly operating with one another and are more increasingly sailing and operating further afield,\u201d he said. That \u201cfurther underscores the need for Large Scale Exercise in our ability to find, track and monitor potential threats and to do so across the world among commanders whose headquarters are linked at all times,\u201d Paparo said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Navy and Marine Corps <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2021\/08\/11\/large-scale-exercise-2021-will-be-first-major-test-of-navys-live-virtual-and-constructive-training-environment\/\" target=\"_blank\">live units worked in tandem with 30 virtual ones<\/a>, some participating pierside like the Eisenhower, others at training facilities and staff headquarters around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2021\/08\/09\/navy-marine-corps-aim-to-refine-test-modern-warfighting-concepts-in-large-scale-exercise-2021\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/210805-N-PH196-0039.jpeg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Navy, Marine Corps aim to refine, test modern warfighting concepts in Large Scale Exercise 2021<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The exercise aims to demonstrate the Navy\u2019s ability to employ precise, lethal and overwhelming force across 17 different time zones and involves approximately 36 live units and more than 50 virtual, constructive units, along with six Navy and Marine Corps component commands.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat makes this exercise unique is that we have both the friction of real forces as well as the scale virtual forces offer, and it\u2019s all in a very intense period,\u201d said Adm. Stuart Munsch, U.S. Naval Forces Europe and U.S. Naval Forces Africa commander,.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stressing command centers by introducing virtual units and virtual threat activity aims to acclimate them to a warfighting tempo and develop habits to effectively counter or eliminate those global threats, according to Paparo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/LSE2023.1.webp_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/LSE2023.1.webp_.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/LSE2023.1.webp_.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/LSE2023.1.webp_.jpg?resize=768,512 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A Marine prepares to help Navy sailors dig out debris from a simulated crater in support of Large Scale Exercise 2023 at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., Aug. 10. (Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal\/Air Force)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Focused on both the operational and tactical level of warfare, the exercise relied on input and decision-making from three- and four-stars to the most junior sailors and Marines operating across the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exercise also pulled in roughly a dozen retired flag and general officers to step into various roles like the defense secretary for the simulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Practicing distributed maritime operations at the tactical level is critical because until they are carried out on real terrain and in real water, \u201cit\u2019s just a bunch of concepts on paper,\u201d Paparo said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe saying is, \u2018the more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in conflict.\u2019 And that\u2019s what\u2019s important here,\u201d Paparo said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Stress to the max<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To become a more globally coordinated joint force, the exercise\u2019s primary goal was to evaluate \u2014 and stress to the point of failure \u2014 concepts including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2022\/03\/14\/top-navy-official-says-service-needs-a-larger-fleet-and-a-larger-share-of-the-budget\/\" target=\"_blank\">distributed maritime operations<\/a>, expeditionary advanced base operations, and littoral operations in a contested environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By applying and testing these concepts during Large Scale Exercise, the Navy and Marine Corps attempted to challenge thinking on how the services can best maneuver, distribute and integrate forces. This is a departure from previous naval operations where a single strike group focused on more regional threats, said Capt. Chris Narducci, the lead planner for the exercise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe used to statically operate. We\u2019d park a carrier strike group somewhere and execute,\u201d Narducci said. \u201cThose days are over when it comes to our strategic competitors. We cannot just sit there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe need to know how to fight better and how to operate on that global scale because it\u2019s not going to be a regional conflict with our strategic competitors,\u201d Narducci said. \u201cIt will be a global event because they are globally distributed themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Distributed maritime operations allow the Navy and Marine Corps to \u201cexploit uncertainty and achieve surprise,\u201d according to a tri-services maritime strategy document released in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/LSE23.2.webp_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/LSE23.2.webp_.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/LSE23.2.webp_.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/LSE23.2.webp_.jpg?resize=768,511 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Utilitiesman 2nd Class Logan Littrell, left, and Equipment Operator 2nd Class Eric Hight, assigned to Underwater Construction Team 1, conduct pier repair in Norfolk, Va., during Large Scale Exercise 2023. (MC3 Max Biesecker\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ultimately, this distribution of forces \u201cgives us the ability to mass fires under the principles of expanded maneuver,\u201d Paparo said. \u201cThat has been enabled by our ability to disaggregate sensor, shooter and platform to be able to achieve massive fires on particular centers of gravity while dispersing and operating formations more dynamically.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Large Scale Exercise tested the spread of forces in numerous ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, it exerted pressure on cross-coordination between the various geographic regions, Caudle told reporters. Adversaries will understand those limitations and will attempt to test whether U.S. forces are well-coordinated across geographic boundaries \u2014 or see if they can take advantage of potential weaknesses, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s easy to operate your own forces within your own operational area,\u201d Caudle said. \u201cNow, that may be challenged, because war is hell kind of thing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBeing able to command and control forces effectively, in a structure that\u2019s not necessarily designed to do that well \u2014 there is great learning and value there,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another crucial element with distributed operations is logistics as naval elements span all areas of the globe. That means leaders must make complicated decisions about where best to share assets and resources, and created additional tension in the simulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you can\u2019t do distributed logistics, you\u2019re going to be in trouble,\u201d retired Adm. James Foggo, the exercise\u2019s senior role player for higher headquarters, told reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re stressing the force. There\u2019s just not enough stuff to go around,\u201d Foggo said. \u201cSo, somebody\u2019s going to get what they need here. Somebody else here may have to wait a little bit. But where are the priorities?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4106\" height=\"2737\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Nav-Cover3-1.jpg-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Nav-Cover3-1.jpg-1.jpg 4106w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Nav-Cover3-1.jpg-1.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Nav-Cover3-1.jpg-1.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Nav-Cover3-1.jpg-1.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Nav-Cover3-1.jpg-1.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Nav-Cover3-1.jpg-1.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4106px) 100vw, 4106px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An F\/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron 115, lands on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan in the Philippine Sea Aug. 17 during flight operations in support of Large Scale Exercise 2023. (MC2 Daniel Providakes\/Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Integrating Navy and Marine operations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Marine Corps is working to enhance its support of naval operations, and the exercise provided an opportunity to test concepts like expeditionary advanced base operations and littoral operations in a contested environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rather than focusing on just amphibious operations, littoral operations in a contested environment encompass a more integrated approach with the Navy to assert maritime dominance through both sea- and land-based capabilities, according to a 2017 Marine Corps document.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s using Marine sea- and land-based capabilities to control the sea,\u201d Narducci said. \u201cAnd then that\u2019s supported by expeditionary advanced base operations. \u2026 There\u2019s many challenges out there when we\u2019re in a littoral, so we need to have \u2026 these expeditionary advanced bases in order to execute sea control and sea denial using combined Navy and Marine Corps capabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marines conducted multiple training events to apply these concepts. Near Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in North Carolina, for example, they practiced refueling CH-53E helicopters at a remote forward arming and refueling point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The focus was to hone integration and strengthen communications between the Navy and the Marine Corps. This will allow the Marines to operate in smaller detachments in a forward littoral environment, according to Marine Corps Col. Ginger Beals, commanding officer of Combat Logistics Regiment 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is simulating, if we needed to, that the aircraft could come forward, they could refuel, they could go out on the ship,\u201d Beals told reporters in North Carolina. \u201cAnd then they could deploy with them into whatever\u2019s needed, whether it\u2019s crisis response for humanitarian assistance, whether it\u2019s kinetic environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This enables aircraft to operate in more austere environments, and permits pilots to extend their range of operations, Beals said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Combat Logistics Regiment 2 provided support during fuel exercises to the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing. The regiment also communicated with amphibious transport dock New York and Carrier Strike Group 4, which conducts training and certification for ships assigned to U.S. Fleet Forces and U.S. 2nd Fleet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/LSE2.23.webp_.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/LSE2.23.webp_.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/LSE2.23.webp_.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/LSE2.23.webp_.jpg?resize=768,512 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">First Lt. Anthony Viteri, a combat engineer officer with Marine Wing Support Squadron 271, directs aircraft with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 461 at Marine Corps Landing Outlying Field Oak Grove, N.C., Aug. 13. (Lance Cpl. Orlanys Diaz Figueroa\/Marine Corps)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Large Scale Exercise challenged forces to work in a more dispersed manner than they ordinarily do, said Marine Corps 1st Lt. Anthony Viteri, a combat engineer with Marine Wing Support Squadron 271.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe difference would be just a smaller footprint, more spread out,\u201d Viteri said. \u201cSo, instead of being in a large built-up area, we\u2019re in multiple different locations, with less people still being asked to do the same thing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a key tenant of distributed maritime operations. According to Foggo, disaggregating forces by distributing them to various expeditionary advanced bases presents targeting problems for the enemy, as does aggregating those forces again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat\u2019s what DMO is all about \u2014 and bringing [them] together into a combat-capable power projecting, lethal organization that\u2019s going to strike the enemy and destroy the forces,\u201d Foggo said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the key differences between this year\u2019s exercise and the first iteration of Large Scale Exercise is that it took into account the actual size of the force, rather than inflating it with simulated forces. That hasn\u2019t always been the case and therefore, made the exercise more practical, according to Rear Adm. 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Planning for Large Scale Exercise 2025 was set to begin the day after this year\u2019s exercise concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is about learning,\u201d Swift said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to push this thing until it\u2019s really hard for [U.S. sailors and Marines] to win,\u201d Swift said. \u201cWe want to find the failure points.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"4794\" height=\"3734\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7977008.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-81657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7977008.jpg.jpg 4794w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7977008.jpg.jpg?resize=300,234 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7977008.jpg.jpg?resize=768,598 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7977008.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,798 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7977008.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1196 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7977008.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1595 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4794px) 100vw, 4794px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Chief Operations Specialist April Koberg stands watch in the combat information center aboard the command and control ship Mount Whitney Aug. 17 in the Aegean Sea during Large Scale Exercise. 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