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Medical Readiness at CORE26

U.S. Navy medical providers alongside the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory demonstrate life-saving actions in extreme austere environments.

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Innovation at SK25

MCWL leads innovation and force modernization at SK 25

Experiment Division plans, executes and analyzes the results of a program of concept-based live-force experiments enhanced by modeling and simulation in order to inform the DC, Combat Development & Integration, requirements process and the efforts of other organizations to advance Marine Corps capabilities. Results include assessment of emerging concepts, development of new and innovative tactics, techniques and procedures, and recommended enhancements to current and future organizational structures and training.

The Warfighting Lab is unique in that it uses the operating forces as its experiment force. We do this because we want an educated customer and unvarnished input from the men and women who have the highest stake in our products. The quality of today’s Marine ensures a high level of intellectual engagement and thoughtful, clearly articulated feedback – at all levels.

Experiments take multiple forms and use a combination of methods to come to a conclusion. These include seminars, wargames, modeling, simulation, technical assessments, and ultimately live-force operations. With larger, more encompassing concepts, a series of limited objective experiments is used to examine specific aspects of a designated concept(s), often times culminating in what we call an Advanced Warfighting Experiment that ties together the result of previous years’ experimentation in a single, large-scale event.

Close collaboration among the four branches of Experiment Division is essential to success. Each plays a role in moving each experiment from beginning to end.

CDTs
Research
Data Science
Spectrum Management

Concept Development Teams

The Concept Development Teams (CDTs) serve as the operational core of the Experiment Division (EXDIV), responsible for planning, coordinating and executing Service-level, Joint and Allied experimentation events in direct support of the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL) Campaign Plan/Service Level Experimentation Campaign Plan. Each CDT leads assigned Joint Exercise Life Cycle (JELC) events from initial concept through post-event reporting, ensuring experimentation objectives are met and aligned with Force Design priorities.

research Branch

The Research Team merges conceptual research with advanced data science to serve as the premier analytical engine for live-force experimentation. By collaborating across MCWL divisions, the team leverages historical insights, prevents duplication and maintains strict alignment with the Laboratory's overarching assessment plan. They translate assessment gaps into actionable experiment objectives, measurable outcomes and precise data requirements, while subsequently analyzing, assessing and consolidating post-event data to identify critical trends and anomalies across experiments.

Data Science

The Data Science Team provides the analytical rigor and quantitative backbone of ExDiv experiments. This team transforms raw operational data into insights that inform capability assessments, concept validation and decision support. Their expertise spans coding, machine learning, modeling, simulation, statistical analysis and data visualization, ensuring experiment results are credible, repeatable and analytically defensible.

Spectrum Management SharePoint

MCWL Frequency Request - Submit Form

Spectrum Certification Process Overview

NMSCO Reference

All submissions should be sent through the Frequency Request form above.

Please ensure all submissions are made within the required timeline. While authorizations may be processed earlier, always plan according to standard processing times for frequency support.

If certain information is not available at the time of submission, please enter 'Pending' in the corresponding field and indicate an estimated time when the details will be submitted.

If there is an uplink/downlink requirement, please complete two submissions, one for uplink and one for downlink.

Include any relevant supporting details in the Amplifying Information section.

For more information call: 571-254-7231

Send Concept of Operations slide via email to the MCWL Strategic Electromagnetic Spectrum Manager.

Frequency Ban Charts

Submission Deadlines

	CONUS	OCONUS
Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS)	45 Days	60 Days
Standard Request (HF, VHF, UHF)	60 Days	90 Days
Satcom (Dedicated, IW, DAMA, MUOS GROUP)	90 Days	90 Days
Radar, C-UAS, C-IED, GPS, NAVAIDS, UAS	120 Days	120 Days
Non-Certified Equipment	See Spectrum Cert Process PowerPoint