Marines take part in Native Fury exercise

Over 100 vehicles and 200 U.S. Marines took part in the recent ninth Native Fury exercise -- a biennial event that brought together the Marine Corps and U.S. Army along with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates and concluded May 24 in the UAE.

The Marines' convoy, along with other soldiers and partner forces crossed “the Trans-Arabian Network from Saudi Arabia to the UAE, consisting of more than 1,200 miles of roads and infrastructure,” according to a Marine Corps news release issued Thursday.

As well as displaying the interoperability capability of U.S. and partner forces, the exercise also executed training with off-load and on-load commercial maritime logistics, mounted assault training, long distance tactical convoys and bilateral machine gun ranges, among other objectives.

“The successful conclusion of NF24 marks a historic chapter in military cooperation, emphasizing the shared commitment to security and readiness in the Middle East,” the news release stated. “This exercise not only showcased the technical proficiency of the forces involved but also laid the foundation for continued collaborative endeavors in the future.”