The Marine Corps is ready to move forward with establishing a large-scale training area at Twentynine Palms, CA, that would be used to prepare Marine Expeditionary Brigades which the service intends to increasingly use as its primary contingency response force. The Navy, on behalf of the Marine Corps, issued a record of decision Feb. 19 following a lengthy environmental assessment of the land in question. Marine Expeditionary Brigade training could commence as early as 2016, pending congressional approval of further...
