For five days, from Sept. 12 to Sept. 16, 2025, III MEF Marines and Sailors traded air conditioning and office chairs for the realities of expeditionary command and control. The mission: Test the MEF staff’s ability to displace, set up, and operate as a fully functional command post anytime and in any austere environment, the kind of situation they might face if conflict disrupted established command centers.




Source: III Marine Expeditionary Force prov...ining exercise during Resolute Dragon 25