The Marine Corps' 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment is on track to achieve initial operational capability by the end of fiscal year 2023, drawing on a series of large-scale training exercises to refine and advance its capabilities and capacity, a Marine Corps spokesman told Inside Defense . As the Hawaii-based 3rd MLR approaches IOC, the service is also moving ahead with efforts to restructure its existing 12th Marine Regiment -- located in Okinawa, Japan -- into an additional MLR, Capt. Ryan...
