LUZON, PHILIPPINES – U.S. Marines with 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, concluded Marine Aviation Support Activity 24, the third of three Philippine-led bilateral exercises with 3rd MLR participation spanning the past three months, on Luzon, Philippines, June 21, 2024. The U.S. Marines’ return to their home station on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, marks the end of 3rd MLR’s longest rotational deployment of forces to the Philippines since the unit’s redesignation in 2022.
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The sun-drenched desert of Yuma Proving Ground recently served as the Marine Air Defense Integrated System (MADIS) testing site, where U.S. Marines 3d Littoral Anti-Air Battalion, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division completed the latest System Verification Testing (SVT).MADIS is a short-range, surface-to-air system that enables Low-Altitude Air Defense Battalions to deter and neutralize unmanned aircraft systems and fixed-wing/rotary-wing aircraft. Mounted aboard two Joint Light Tactical Vehicles, the system operates as a complementary pair: one specializes in detection; one specializes in attacking, and both are equipped with 30mm turrets.“The fact that [Marine Corps Systems Command] can integrate so many different systems into
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LUZON, PHILIPPINES – U.S. Marines with 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, alongside Philippine Marines with 4th Marine Brigade and the Coastal Defense Regiment concluded Littoral Zone Reconnaissance Cobra, ending a week-long bilateral command post training exercise aimed at enhancing interoperability, refining tactics, techniques, and procedures, and supporting combined and joint maritime domain awareness, in Luzon, Philippines, May 24, 2024.
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Marines and Sailors from 3rd MLR will remain in Luzon, Philippines, to continue conducting unit-level training and subject matter expert exchanges with their Philippine Marine Corps counterparts under the Archipelagic Coastal Defense Continuum. ACDC is a series of bilateral exchanges and training opportunities between U.S. Marines and Philippine Marines aimed at bolstering the Philippine Marine Corps’ Coastal Defense strategy while supporting the modernization efforts of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
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MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, VA – A U.S. Marine rifle squad with 3d Littoral Combat Team, participated in the 2024 U.S. Marine Corps Annual Rifle Squad competition from April 29- May 3, 2024.
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LA PAZ SAND DUNES, ILOCOS NORTE, PHILIPPINES – U.S. Marines with 3rd Littoral Combat Team, 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, and Philippine Marines with Marine Battalion Landing Team 8 joined forces to plan and conduct the largest combined and joint live fire range of Balikatan 24 on May 6, 2024. The Marines were supported by U.S. Army and Philippine Marine Corps and Army artillery, which added long-range fires to the counter-landing scenario.
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