Crisis Response

Inside the Navy reports this week on a Marine Corps crisis-response unit supporting U.S. Central Command having recently held a six-day mission readiness exercise on the West Coast to prepare for its deployment to an area of responsibility, according to a document obtained by ITN:

The exercise took place from Aug. 23 through Aug. 29 and the objective was to make sure the unit could accomplish all of the mission essential tasks it may face while deployed, the "for official use only" presentation slide reads.

"The [special-purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-CENTCOM] will conduct an MRX from 4 different locations, [in order to] replicate anticipated deployed posture," the slide reads.

The Marines outline four different stages the unit performed during the exercise. Stage A, on Aug. 25, simulated a U.S. Embassy reinforcement mission. Stage B, on the following day, replicated a non-combatant evacuation operation. Stage C, on Aug. 27, was a tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel platoon exercise. And on Aug. 28, the unit conducted a humanitarian assistance/disaster relief mission.

And stay tuned for ITN's coverage of this week's Modern Day Marine expo.