At the deckplates, in the field during a global Navy exercise [PHOTOS]

At the deckplates, in the field during a global Navy exercise [PHOTOS]
At the deckplates, in the field during a global Navy exercise [PHOTOS]

The Navy’s Large Scale Exercise 2023 took place around the world from Aug. 9 to Aug. 18, but its central leadership was based in Norfolk, Va.

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Breaking Defense was on hand to see a Marine combat logistics regiment train to stay low-profile while extending the Corps’, and Navy’s, reach.

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“It’s probably one of the most dynamic and most [stressful] situations that we put our watchstanders through and our aircrew through,” Rear Adm. Marc Miguez said of using LVC technology.

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Inside the Navy’s largest exercise: In command and under pressure

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To make Large Scale Exercise 2023 as realistic as possible, the Navy had nearly 1,000 personnel dynamically changing the battlefields to challenge the fleet.

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Coping with ‘tension:’ Navy’s global exercise to pit commanders with joint force pressures

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“If you don’t have that objective tension, then it becomes a little bit as we like to say in the Navy, a self-licking ice cream cone,” said Adm. Daryl Caudle, commander of US Fleet Forces.

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