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3rd Marine Littoral Regiment Receives First Ground-Based Anti-Ship Missile System

3rd Marine Littoral Regiment Receives First Ground-Based Anti-Ship Missile System
U.S. Marines with 3d Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, participate in a ceremony on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Nov. 26, 2024. At the ceremony, 3d MLR officially received the Navy/Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System from Marine Corps Systems Command, becoming the first U.S. Marine Corps unit to field the system. (Photo: U.S. Marine Corps by Sgt. Jacqueline C. Parsons)

The Marine Corp’s 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment (MLR), 3rd Marine Division received the first new mobile ground–based anti-ship missile system, the Navy-Marine Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) last month. NMESIS will be owned and operated specifically by the regiment’s Medium-Range Missile Battery within the MLR’s infantry battalion, 3rd LCT. The MLR’s Fire Support Coordination Center will be responsible for integrating the NMESIS battery via the Maritime Dynamic Targeting Process, which uses the unit’s maritime and air domain awareness into naval…

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