Navy, Marine Corps conduct 10-day exercise on getting troops ashore

By Lee Hudson / May 2, 2017 at 9:05 AM
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, CA -- Over 10 days ending April 28, the Navy and Marine Corps conducted an advanced technology exercise looking at various ways to get combat troops ashore using cutting-edge technologies. In October 2016 the government sent out a special notice to industry seeking new technologies to use for the large-scale exercise. Fifty vendors participated in the live exercise and another 50 companies had static displays. Participants ranged from original equipment manufacturers, warfare center scientists, and...

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