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An Ancillary Surface Craft (ASC) is landed in Bayou La Batre, Alabama, Aug. 3, 2026.

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The U.S. Marine Corps has chartered the MATILDA One, to support service-level modernization and littoral experimentation.

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Sgt. Maj. Brandon Link received the Sword of Office from Brig. Gen. Dustin Byrum, Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory commanding general.

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MCWL Participates in Cold Response

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MCWL Change of Command

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BGen Dustin J. Byrum, Commanding General, Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory

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BGen Dustin J. Byrum, Commanding General, Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory

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Steel Knight is an annual exercise that strengthens the Navy-Marine Corps team's ability to respond forward, integrate across domains, and sustain Marine Air-Ground Task Force readiness.

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Steel Knight is an annual exercise that strengthens the Navy-Marine Corps team's ability to respond forward, integrate across domains, and sustain Marine Air-Ground Task Force readiness.

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Steel Knight is an annual exercise that strengthens the Navy-Marine Corps team's ability to respond forward, integrate across domains, and sustain Marine Air-Ground Task Force readiness.

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Dr. Twayne Hickman, Chief of Staff, MCWL

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U.S. Marines with Marine Corps Advisor Company-A (MCAC-A) participate in the Infantry Marksmanship Assessment, a component of the Joint Marksmanship Assessment Package, at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., May 16, 2025. The Reserve Marksmanship Team, based at Marine Corps Base Quantico, supported and educated MCAC-A Marines on an enhancement marksmanship course of fire. The course provides Marines insight into innovation, drives change, and offers a comprehensive overview of U.S. Marine Corps modernized weapons training. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Connor Taggart)

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A Stern Landing Vessel, a modified oil-rig industry off-shore support vessel, prepares to drop its ramp onto the beach in order to load cargo as part of Project Convergence Capstone 4, Feb. 22, 2024 at the Del Mar Boat Basin, Camp Pendleton, CA. The Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory contracted the SLV to experiment with maneuver and sustainment options for Stand-In Forces to inform the development of the Medium Landing Ship (LSM). PC-C4 is an Army-hosted, all-Service and multinational experiment. During PC-C4, the Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory tested new technologies and capabilities and emerging concepts, including the multi-domain corridor. Marine Corps participation in PC-C4 supported Force Design initiatives, integrated Joint force and coalition capabilities into experimentation, and demonstrated the Marine Corps' commitment to the Joint Warfighting Concept. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Kevin Ray J. Salvador)

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An unmanned MZRZ, known as the M-razor, light tactical vehicle leads an unmanned convoy at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Oct. 19, 2023. The M-razor by Polaris Government and Defense was designed to support infantry mobility, indirect fire, explosive ordnance disposal (EOD), command and control, logistics and missile launch missions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Kevin Ray J. Salvador)

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A Mission Master unmanned ground vehicle cruises through the desert as part of an unmanned logistics convoy at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Oct. 19, 2023. The Mission Master by Rheinmetall was designed for the purpose of increasing logistical flexibility in the field. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Kevin Ray J. Salvador)

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A Mission Master unmanned ground vehicle follows U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment (REIN) to the Military Operations in Urban Terrain facility through Range 220 at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Oct. 17, 2023. The Mission Master by Rheinmetall was designed for the purpose of increasing logistical flexibility in the field. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Kevin Ray J. Salvador)

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NICE ANTX is the culminating event of the exploration phase (or Phase 1) of the Tactics and Technology Exploration and Experimentation (TnTE2) method. NICE ANTX provides government and industry participants a collaborative, low-risk environment that leverages the NR&DE’s unique laboratories and ranges, while practicing operators and planners simultaneously explore advanced tactics and assess the operational relevance of emerging technologies.

Advanced Naval Technology Exercises are a series of exercises led by the NR&DE where industry, academia, and Government R&D organizations are invited to demonstrate emerging technologies and engineering innovations that address priority Navy and Marine Corps missions.

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The Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory executed Project Metropolis II ,a Dense Urban Operations limited operational experiment 2019 (DUO19) at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center (MUTC), Indiana. The event aimed to effectively combine robotics, sensors, manned/unmanned vehicles, and dismounted Marines with a focus on improving Marines' ability to sense and locate the threat, observing their speed of decision making and speed of action, and determining their lethality when employing traditional and surrogate equipment versus an enemy force in a dense urban environment. This experiment took Marines assigned to 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, a squad-sized element from 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, and British Royal Marines assigned to 8 Troop Charlie Company, 40 Commando Royal Marines. The U.S. Marines and Royal Marine Commandos were divided into 'red' force and 'blue' force and engaged each other in a live force-on-force, free-play battle within a dense urban setting.

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The Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory executed Project Metropolis II ,a Dense Urban Operations limited operational experiment 2019 (DUO19) at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center (MUTC), Indiana. The event aimed to effectively combine robotics, sensors, manned/unmanned vehicles, and dismounted Marines with a focus on improving Marines' ability to sense and locate the threat, observing their speed of decision making and speed of action, and determining their lethality when employing traditional and surrogate equipment versus an enemy force in a dense urban environment. This experiment took Marines assigned to 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, a squad-sized element from 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, and British Royal Marines assigned to 8 Troop Charlie Company, 40 Commando Royal Marines. The U.S. Marines and Royal Marine Commandos were divided into 'red' force and 'blue' force and engaged each other in a live force-on-force, free-play battle within a dense urban setting.

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The Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory executed Project Metropolis II ,a Dense Urban Operations limited operational experiment 2019 (DUO19) at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center (MUTC), Indiana. The event aimed to effectively combine robotics, sensors, manned/unmanned vehicles, and dismounted Marines with a focus on improving Marines' ability to sense and locate the threat, observing their speed of decision making and speed of action, and determining their lethality when employing traditional and surrogate equipment versus an enemy force in a dense urban environment. This experiment took Marines assigned to 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, a squad-sized element from 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, and British Royal Marines assigned to 8 Troop Charlie Company, 40 Commando Royal Marines. The U.S. Marines and Royal Marine Commandos were divided into 'red' force and 'blue' force and engaged each other in a live force-on-force, free-play battle within a dense urban setting.

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