Pacific Horizon 11...the logistics effort.

I'm harping on the Pacific Horizon 11 Exercise because I believe it to be extremely important not only to the Marine Corps but also for the Navy and even the entire Defense establishment.

This Brigade level event is in my opinion the first 'post' War on Terror exercise and is a vivid example of the move away from the second land army thinking/necessity- back to the sea.

An amphibious assault vehicle with 3rd Amphibious Assault Battalion drives onto a roll on/roll off discharge facility attached to USNS Sgt. William Button near Camp Pendleton, Calif. during Pacific Horizon 11, March 3. Pacific Horizon 11 provides 1st Marine Expeditionary Force and the Navy's Expeditionary Strike Group-3 the opportunity to exercise essential core competencies at the brigade level to rapidly respond to an emerging crisis with a flexible, full spectrum capability.

An amphibious assault vehicle with 3rd Amphibious Assault Battalion drives onto an improved Navy ligtherage system attached to a roll on/roll off discharge facility and USNS Sgt. William Button near Camp Pendleton, Calif. during Pacific Horizon 11, March 3. Pacific Horizon 11 provides 1st Marine Expeditionary Force and the Navy's Expeditionary Strike Group-3 the opportunity to exercise essential core competencies at the brigade level to rapidly respond to an emerging crisis with a flexible, full spectrum capability.

USNS Sgt. William Button floats off the coast near Camp Pendleton, Calif. during Pacific Horizon 11, March 3. Pacific Horizon 11 provides 1st Marine Expeditionary Force and the Navy's Expeditionary Strike Group-3 the opportunity to exercise essential core competencies at the brigade level to rapidly respond to an emerging crisis with a flexible, full spectrum capability. 

 

An improved Navy ligtherage system prepares to dock to a roll on/roll off discharge facility attached to USNS Sgt. William Button near Camp Pendleton, Calif., during Pacific Horizon 11, March 3. Pacific Horizon 11 provides 1st Marine Expeditionary Force and the Navy's Expeditionary Strike Group-3 the opportunity to exercise essential core competencies at the brigade level to rapidly respond to an emerging crisis with a flexible, full spectrum capability.

 

U.S. Navy sailors and Marines unload equipment from USNS Sgt. William Button near Camp Pendleton, Calif., during Pacific Horizon 11, March 3. Pacific Horizon 11 provides 1st Marine Expeditionary Force and the Navy's Expeditionary Strike Group-3 the opportunity to exercise essential core competencies at the brigade level to rapidly respond to an emerging crisis with a flexible, full spectrum capability.