While closely monitoring simulated adversary activities, these forces
received the order to rapidly mobilize and immediately began to move.
Concealed through the cover of darkness and a small footprint on the
electromagnetic spectrum, marines with 3D battalion, 12th marines quickly
reached a nearby port where they loaded multiple High Mobility Artillery
Rocket System (HIMARS) launchers and readied for embarkation on the USNS
Brunswick (TEPF6) an expeditionary fast transport ship.
"The first half of the exercise was focused on mobility working with the
navy to ensure that we can effectively embark and disembark," said captain
Nathaniel Vosik, a HIMARS platoon commander with three twelfths.
"Putting HIMARS aboard navy vessels is not a new concept expeditionary fast
transports provide a unique platform that can support a wide variety of
military objectives. Missions such as noble jaguar are important because
they provide an opportunity to experiment with different configurations and
capabilities and allow both the embarked forces and the ship's crew to
better realize the full mission potential," said Andy Peretti, captain of
the usns brunswick.
"The more frequently we practice embarkation and utilization of the vessel.
the more prepared we will be to effectively respond to any contingency," he
added.
Upon arriving at their destination, the himars moved into concealed
positions ready to spring into firing points at an Expeditionary Advanced
Base (EAB) on Okinawa.
Meanwhile marines leveraged sensing capabilities, such as the ground slash
air task oriented radar and connections with link 16 to share targeting data
with the USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) and USS Howard (DDG-83), sailing in the
philippine sea and F/A-18s with marine aircraft group 12 operating in the
surrounding airspace.
This information sharing and networked command and control enabled joint
strikes against maritime and land-based targets.
"The power of joint targeting is when you can bring multiple assets to bear
on a single point," said lieutenant called Joshua Montero, operations
officer for 12th marines.
We are combining those strikes together from air, land and sea.
simultaneously 2D battalion, 3D marines prepared for a long-range insertion
via MV-22B Ospreys to seize and retain key maritime terrain more than 600
miles away.
After traveling from Okinawa to camp fuji, nearly 200 US marines engaged and
promptly defeated a simulated adversary force. During follow-on operations,
february 3rd established an additional EAB and continued to deny critical
terrain thereby enabling maritime maneuver.
"Noble jaguar showcased 3D marine division's capability to connect a network
of sensors from across the joint force, forming a seamlessly integrated kill
chain," said Major Brian Spillane future operations officer for 3D marine
division.
This integrated network can bring lethal effects to bear in all domains,
anywhere in the theater. By employing expeditionary advanced based
operations concurrently across multiple distributed locations, III MEF
demonstrated how it can integrate with the joint force to conduct counter
landing operations and anti-surface warfare missions across multiple
domains.
III MEF and seventh fleet executed these actions during noble jaguar to
maintain readiness and display the u.s resolve to preserve regional
security.
The seventh fleet is a numbered fleet of the united states navy. It is
headquartered at u.s fleet activities Yokosuka, in Yokosuka Kanagawa
prefecture Japan, it is part of the United States pacific fleet.
At present it is the largest of the forward-deployed u.s fleets with 60 to
70 ships, 300 aircraft and 40.000 navy marine corps personnel and coast
guard support personnel. Its principal responsibilities are to provide joint
command in natural disasters or military operations in operational command
of all u.s naval forces in the region.
The seventh fleet was formed on march 15/1943 in Brisbane Australia during
World War II under the command of admiral Arthur S (Chip's Carpenter). It
served in the South West Pacific Area (SWPA) under general douglas
macarthur. The seventh fleet commander also served as commander of allied
naval forces in the SWPA.
