CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.
Israeli Defense Forces leaders were provided a tour from II Marine Expeditionary Force of various simulation facilities on Camp Lejeune, N.C., Mar. 10, 2021.U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Graham Hopkins, with G-37 Training and Simulations, II MEF, said this was an opportunity for II MEF to strengthen its ties with the IDF by providing them a tour of Marine Corps simulation facilities.
“This was an opportunity for us to make contact, begin establishing a positive relationship and hopefully build upon it for the future,” he said.
Across Camp Lejeune there are simulation centers provided for unit leaders to utilize prior to conducting any live-fire exercise and to conduct scenario-based training. Locations showcased included: the Infantry Immersion Trainer, Simulator Integration Center and Range Control Operations Complex, Gun Fighter Gym, a Marathon target system field test, and a meeting with Advanced Infantry Training Battalion-East leadership.
Marine Corps investigating how drug test urine samples were mistakenly mailed to a private citizen March 7 A private resident in Arizona received a box from 11th Marine Regiment in Camp Pendleton, California with drug test urine samples meant for the Navy drug testing center in Illinois. (Twitter) The Marine Corps is conducting a command investigation at 5th Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, to learn how four packages of drug test urine samples in a single box were mailed to a private resident in Arizona rather than the Navy testing center in Illinois.
Marine Corps Times discovered the erroneous mailing through a post by the recipient on Twitter. Tweets included images of the mailed box opened with biohazard stickers and address labels for 11th Marine Regiment at Camp Pendleton, California.