1,600 Camp Lejeune Marines participate in Large Scale Exercise
The two-week exercise incorporated approximately 25,000 U.S. sailors and Marines, 1,600 of which are assigned to II Marine Expeditionary Force.
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The two-week exercise incorporated approximately 25,000 U.S. sailors and Marines, 1,600 of which are assigned to II Marine Expeditionary Force.
The exercise started Aug. 3 and concludes Monday. It took place across 17 time zones and involves elements of five numbered fleets — the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th and 7th — within U.S. Fleet Forces Command, U.S. Pacific Fleet and U.S. Naval Forces Europe.
The Large-Scale Exercise is meant to test the Navy’s ability to respond to a fast-moving, worldwide threat from a hostile power. It involves everyone from the newest seamen out of boot-camp on more than two dozen ships to the three- and four-star admirals and generals who command the five fleets and three Marine Expeditionary Forces participating.
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