Soldiers work with Marines as the Corps ramps up its air defenses
Marines and soldiers are trading notes on how to defend their airspace in an increasingly complex and threatening battlespace.
For the first time, Marines with Marine Air Support Squadron 3, Marine Air Control Group 38, out of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing at Camp Pendleton, California, hosted the Army's air defense artillery fire control officer course, according to a release.
The three-week course, which ran in July, focused on those fire control officers' role within the Army's MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile system.
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In recent years, multiple senior Army leaders have pointed to the high - and rising - demand for air defense units in overseas deployments and exercises. The Army is adding hundreds of new air defense specialties in the coming years, Army Times previously reported.
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