{"id":19888,"date":"2019-01-31T21:00:04","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T21:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/01\/31\/thousands-of-marines-soldiers-to-rehearse-expansive-amphibious-pacific-fight-in-new-exercise\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:30:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:30:14","slug":"thousands-of-marines-soldiers-to-rehearse-expansive-amphibious-pacific-fight-in-new-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/training-sim\/2019\/01\/31\/thousands-of-marines-soldiers-to-rehearse-expansive-amphibious-pacific-fight-in-new-exercise\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of Marines, soldiers to rehearse expansive Pacific fight in new amphibious exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. military is gearing up for a massive new exercise, dubbed exercise Pacific Blitz, to test its ability to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/2017\/10\/08\/a-hectic-pace-in-the-pacific-iii-mef-marines-face-far-flung-missions-as-asia-threats-grow\/\" target=\"_blank\">fight a joint battle<\/a> in the expanse of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2017\/07\/28\/pacom-commander-3-major-threats-challenge-the-pacific\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pacific Ocean<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The large-scale exercise, slated to kick off sometime between Feb. 21 to April 7, will involve all elements of the California based I Marine Expeditionary Force, or MEF, and service members from the Navy, Army and Coast Guard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exercise will be the first iteration of Pacific Blitz and will encompass amphibious operations and even feature U.S. soldiers working onboard U.S. Navy ships, a mission generally the purview of the Marine Corps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pacific Blitz &#8220;is designed to test our forces&#8217; ability to plan, communicate, and conduct combined amphibious operations over great distances. Forces will enhance expeditionary logistic capabilities and rehearse concepts in simulated contested environments,\u201d Staff Sgt. Daniel Wetzel, a spokesperson with I MEF told Marine Corps Times in an emailed statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/04\/10\/amid-rising-threats-the-corps-flexes-to-the-pacific\/\" 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\/australia.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\">Amid rising threats, the Corps flexes to the Pacific<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Corps is amid one of the largest redistributions of its force in the Pacific since World War II.<\/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\">The exercise will take place at sea, the Naval Base Ventura County and other military training facilities across southern California.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Corps said the exercise is a hybrid of two previous exercises dubbed Pacific Horizon and Dawn Blitz, but the new training evolution will be more expansive and include a joint service element.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Oct. 2017, during exercise <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2017\/10\/25\/marines-launch-rocket-from-amphibious-ship-to-destroy-target-on-land\/\" target=_blank>Dawn Blitz<\/a>, the Corps successfully test fired a rocket artillery system known as HIMARS from the deck of the amphibious transport dock Anchorage. 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