31st MEU put Corps’ littoral tactics, ’21st century foraging’ to the test
Philip Athey
Marines with the logistical element of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit went to the island of Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands, as part of an early December exercise testing the tactics required to operate in a contested littoral environment.
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The logistics Marines set up a dispersed command and control element that was constantly on the move, used atmospheric water generation and supply drops and other modern tactics to test the tactics required for operating in littoral areas, the press release said.
https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2020/01/22/31st-meu-put-corps-littoral-tactics-21st-century-foraging-to-the-test/
