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Cpl. Brooks Woodhill, a transmissions systems operator, and Staff Sgt. Thomas King, a transmissions chief, both of 3rd Marine Regiment, use the Mobile User Objective System during Island Marauder 2021 Aug. 11 at Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Island Marauder is an annual, Marine Corps Systems Command-led exercise enabling Marines to assess and familiarize themselves with communications gear. This year’s exercise was nested under the Navy’s Large Scale Exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Ashley Calingo) - Cpl. Brooks Woodhill, a transmissions systems operator, and Staff Sgt. Thomas King, a transmissions chief, both of 3rd Marine Regiment, use the Mobile User Objective System during Island Marauder 2021 Aug. 11 at Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Island Marauder is an annual, Marine Corps Systems Command-led exercise enabling Marines to assess and familiarize themselves with communications gear. This year’s exercise was nested under the Navy’s Large Scale Exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Ashley Calingo)

A Marine Corps squad leader with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment uses the Marine Air-Ground Task Force Common Handheld to communicate during the Island Marauder exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, on Sept. 24, 2019. Marines had the ability to use emerging command and control technologies, including an enhanced version of the MCH, during the exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Ashley Calingo) - A Marine Corps squad leader with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment uses the Marine Air-Ground Task Force Common Handheld to communicate during the Island Marauder exercise aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, on Sept. 24, 2019. Marines had the ability to use emerging command and control technologies, including an enhanced version of the MCH, during the exercise. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Ashley Calingo)

Handheld digital targeting system provides fire and air support to Marines - A Marine plots coordinates of simulated enemy positions with a Target Handoff System version 2.0 during a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation at Camp Lejeune, N.C., April 20, 2017. THSv2 is a man-portable system that employs commercial off-the-shelf, shock-resistant tablets to perform various targeting functions. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Taylor W. Cooper)

Handheld tablet improves situational awareness - U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Europe 18.1 request reinforcement through a Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) Common Handheld during a platoon-supported attack range at Giskas, Norway, Aug. 7, 2018. The MCH is a tablet-based communication system that enhances situational awareness on the battlefield. The device enables dismounted Marines to use commercial smart devices to plot and share enemy locations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Gloria Lepko)

Mobile communication system brings networks to the tactical edge - Imre Kovacs, a vehicle integration specialist at Marine Corps Systems Command, instructs Cpl. Joshua Deleon on how to distinguish cables in the Networking On-the-Move system during Island Marauder’s Network Integration Event July 16, aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii. Fielded in 2013, NOTM is a satellite communication system that enables Marines to communicate while mobile on the battlefield. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Matt Gonzales)

Integration event enables Marines, engineers to interact - Capt. Julian D’Orsaneo, MCSC’s exercise director for Island Marauder, demonstrates the AN/PRC-117G radio July 18, aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii. In July, more than 50 subject matter experts, engineers and Marines congregated aboard MCB Hawaii to measure the effectiveness and interoperability of nearly a dozen of Marine Corps Systems Command’s satellite communication equipment in preparation for Island Marauder 2019. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Matt Gonzales)

Island Marauder demo puts new technology to the test with 3rd Marines - Marines from the 3rd Marine Regiment use a Marine Air-Ground Task Force Common Handheld during the Island Marauder Technology Demonstration Sept. 18, at Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. MCSC—along with Marines from the 3rd Marine Regiment and the Marine Corps requirements community—conducted Island Marauder to inform future capability decisions for the Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo Maj. Travis Beeson)