Marines assigned to the legendary "Dark Horse" battalion may get the chance to try out new gear, technology, and fighting methods before they are introduced service-wide.
Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert Neller said Friday that 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, out ofCamp Pendleton, Calif., would spend the next year acting as the Corps' experimental unit, working with the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab to field-test new ideas and equipment over the course of ordinary training and operations.
"They're going to be our experimental platform, if you will, and we'll give them capabilities and do it in an efficient way -- which is, give it to Marines and let them figure it out, because they're our best developers and experimenters," Neller said.
It's the first time the Marine Corps has ever designated an experimental unit, and underscores the heavy emphasis the Marine Corps and Navy communities are placing on innovation.
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They will need it , Trump will have a strong military!
ReplyDeleteWish my grunt son was in the 3/5 instead of needing to buy his own gear! Semper Fi!!
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to a Commander-in-Chief who is not determined to destroy our military.
My son is voting today, on a base in the Middle East, in his first Primary.
He is hoping they figured out how to label the ballot boxes with something other than "Ammo".