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U.S., International Marines Duke it Out in the California Desert

Dutch Marines patrol through rubble during Marine Air-Ground Task Force Warfighting Exercise (MWX) 1-22 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Oct. 24, 2021. US Marine Corps Photo

Marines of different nations battled it out in the desert, facing off recently in a five-day campaign that pitted technologically-skilled military forces against one another in a test of high-end conflict.

The training exercise at the Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif.,...

https://news.usni.org/2021/12/06/u-s-international-marines-duke-it-out-in-the-california-desert

U.K. Royal Marines Want to Acquire Autonomous Hybrid Surface, Subsurface Stealth Vessel

Concept illustration for a shipping container-sized underwater H I Sutton Illustration

Britain’s Ministry of Defense (MoD) has issued a pre-procurement notice for a unique type of vessel to help the Royal Marine Commandos. The document outlines an ‘uncrewed surface and subsurface vessel’ (USSV). The vessel must be multi-payload, have a low signature, and long endurance, according to the notice.

The basic concept has the characteristics of an uncrewed submersible boat, one that can operate on the...

https://news.usni.org/2021/09/12/u-k-royal-marines-want-to-acquire-autonomous-hybrid-surface-subsurface-stealth-vessel

[Watch] Royal Navy Tests Jet Suits To Combat Piracy

According to a new video released by UK-based Gravity Industries, the British Royal Navy has apparently been testing using jet suits to board ships, reports the Verge.

The tests were conducted over three days on the HMS Tamar, a Royal Navy Batch 2 River-class offshore patrol ship.

VBSS operation

Royal Marines used Gravity Industries’ Jet Suit to conduct a “visit, board, search, and seizure” operation or VBSS. Basically a marine launched from a fast boat tailing the HMS Tamar, flew through the air...

https://mfame.guru/watch-royal-navy-tests-jet-suits-to-combat-piracy/

NATO Maritime Commander: Allies Are Coming Up With Modern Littoral Warfare Concepts, and NATO Needs to Exercise Them

A U.S. Marine with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 20.1, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, adjusts his pack after before a hike near Sorreisa, Norway, March 12, 2020. US Marine Corps Photo

The head of NATO’s maritime force says amphibious operations will play a big role in any future combat or crisis response scenario – but he wants to move beyond old notions of what an amphibious operation really is.

Royal Navy Vice Adm. Keith Blount, commander of NATO’s Allied Maritime Command (MARCOM), said this...

https://news.usni.org/2021/05/20/nato-maritime-commander-allies-are-coming-up-with-modern-littoral-warfare-concepts-and-nato-needs-to-exercise-them

DSEI: Royal Marines Embrace Littoral Strike and Prepare to Forward Deploy

Royal Marine sniper in front of HMS Sutherland’s helicopter on Jan. 7, 2019. UK MoD Photo

LONDON — The retirement last year of the Royal Navy’s biggest assault ship – the helicopter carrier HMS Ocean – was accompanied by dire warnings in the British press of the imminent demise of the country’s entire amphibious warfighting capability.

On Wednesday, the head of the Royal Marines, flanked by two senior colleagues and a navy commodore, overturned the forecasts by outlining bold new plans to return...

https://news.usni.org/2019/09/11/dsei-royal-marines-embrace-littoral-strike-and-prepare-to-forward-deploy

Cohort Group sign up as Silver Sponsors for HMS Oardacious in the Atlantic Challenge

Lieutenant Hugo Mitchell-Heggs, Lieutenant Callum Fraser, Petty Officer Dylan Woods and Leading Engineering Technician Matthew Harvey. Picture credits HMS Oardacious

Cohort Group sign up as Silver Sponsors for HMS Oardacious in the Atlantic Challenge

“We have all been struck by the team’s passion to create a tangible legacy for mental health support in the Royal Navy & Royal Marines”

Cohort plc, together with three of its subsidiary companies MASS, MCL and SEA, is delighted to announce their...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/04/12/cohort-group-sign-up-as-silver-sponsors-for-hms-oardacious-in-the-atlantic-challenge/

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