The Marine Corps’ Hawaii-based 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment achieved initial operational capability in the final days of fiscal year 2023, making it the first of the service’s new MLRs to reach the milestone, a Marine Corps spokesperson confirmed to Inside Defense . While 3rd MLR’s IOC declaration is new, the regiment has been training in the Indo-Pacific for more than a year, with the Marine Corps working to incorporate the new unit into Indo-Pacific operations and refine its capabilities and...
