Posted on Sep 2, 2023
Smaller, leaner: Marines put their new ways to fight to the test - Breaking Defense
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A group of six Marines intently watched a CH-53E helicopter slowly approach the refueling station set up several hundreds yards down the landing strip here in rural North Carolina.
The Marines had established a “forward arming and refueling point,” or a FARP, and in most situations, the refueling itself would be a standard event for Combat Logistics Regiment 2. But this particular training event is part of Large Scale Exercise 2023 involving Marine and Navy assets around the world, which means complications — some intentional and some not — can happen at any time.
“The more spread out you are, the less control you can have,” 1st Lt. Anthony Viteri, a combat engineer officer with Marine Wing Support Squadron-271, told reporters. “So, you have to put a lot more trust in the people who are on deck.”
For the Marines here, the globe-spanning exercise was a stress test both of how well the Marine Corps could operate in sync with sailors underway, while also implementing their own new warfighting doctrine that calls for them to operate in smaller units while within the range of enemy fires.
Combat Logistics Regiment 2 commander Col. Ginger Beals said she emphasized “the naval integration” with her Marines, “The relationship between the Marine Corps and the Navy and … how we communicate with one another.”
The Marines had established a “forward arming and refueling point,” or a FARP, and in most situations, the refueling itself would be a standard event for Combat Logistics Regiment 2. But this particular training event is part of Large Scale Exercise 2023 involving Marine and Navy assets around the world, which means complications — some intentional and some not — can happen at any time.
“The more spread out you are, the less control you can have,” 1st Lt. Anthony Viteri, a combat engineer officer with Marine Wing Support Squadron-271, told reporters. “So, you have to put a lot more trust in the people who are on deck.”
For the Marines here, the globe-spanning exercise was a stress test both of how well the Marine Corps could operate in sync with sailors underway, while also implementing their own new warfighting doctrine that calls for them to operate in smaller units while within the range of enemy fires.
Combat Logistics Regiment 2 commander Col. Ginger Beals said she emphasized “the naval integration” with her Marines, “The relationship between the Marine Corps and the Navy and … how we communicate with one another.”
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Marines all over the world participated in LSE 2023, but the 100 or so here were mostly from Beals’ regiment and were working with the 2nd Marine Air Wing as well as the amphibious transport dock New York and Carrier Strike Group 4.
The regiment’s job was to refuel — and if there had been combat operations ongoing, re-arm — aircraft operating with the carrier strike group off the coast, all while keeping their presence discrete and location secure. In the two-week time span of LSE, Aug. 9 to Aug. 18, roughly 30 CH-53Es, CH-53Ks and MV-22Bs were expected to come through the refueling site, the Marines said.
“We’re normally used to operating off of a more established area,” Viteri said. “Here, we are trying to have a low signature and just keeping accountability between the different sites, keeping communication between each other.”
Prior to the exercise, the service conducted electromagnetic spectrum analysis of the area and repeated that process once the forward base was up and running. Comparing the results of those two analyses will inform service planners of how to tweak operations to improve the odds in a real conflict that the CLR would not be easily detected."...
..."Marines all over the world participated in LSE 2023, but the 100 or so here were mostly from Beals’ regiment and were working with the 2nd Marine Air Wing as well as the amphibious transport dock New York and Carrier Strike Group 4.
The regiment’s job was to refuel — and if there had been combat operations ongoing, re-arm — aircraft operating with the carrier strike group off the coast, all while keeping their presence discrete and location secure. In the two-week time span of LSE, Aug. 9 to Aug. 18, roughly 30 CH-53Es, CH-53Ks and MV-22Bs were expected to come through the refueling site, the Marines said.
“We’re normally used to operating off of a more established area,” Viteri said. “Here, we are trying to have a low signature and just keeping accountability between the different sites, keeping communication between each other.”
Prior to the exercise, the service conducted electromagnetic spectrum analysis of the area and repeated that process once the forward base was up and running. Comparing the results of those two analyses will inform service planners of how to tweak operations to improve the odds in a real conflict that the CLR would not be easily detected."...
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Excellent share Brother Chip. Always interested in hearing what is going on with my Marine Corps.
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Cpl Vic Burk I Try and Keep Up, Keep Current, Still One of My Kin in the Game, a Marine Cyber Spook.
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