{"id":22297,"date":"2021-01-12T18:54:59","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T18:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/01\/12\/new-in-2021-going-to-the-field-may-look-different-for-marines\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:36:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:36:27","slug":"new-in-2021-going-to-the-field-may-look-different-for-marines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2021\/01\/12\/new-in-2021-going-to-the-field-may-look-different-for-marines\/","title":{"rendered":"New in 2021: Going to the field may look different for Marines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In 2020 the Marine Corps laid out the initial force design plan for the Corps\u2019 next decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The smaller<\/a>, tankless<\/a>, more mobile force laid out in spring 2020 is still missing a few details the Corps hopes to work out over the next few years, during \u201cphase three\u201d of the force design.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The three-year experimental phase will see Marines heading to the field more, spending more time working with the Navy, and having Marines experiment more with nonscripted training events against equal or superiorly equipped opponents.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo longer will our Marines be the only ones with UAS, advanced communications or air support during the exercises,\u201d 1st Lt. Cameron Edinburgh, a spokesman for the 1st Marine Division, said about the unit\u2019s training in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\t