美国海军第3海军陆战队滨海团（Third Marine LittoralRegiment）3月4日分享他们在南加州（SouthernCalifornia）进行为期10天的模拟作战演习时的照片。美媒指，演练让他们有机会测试国防部为有朝一日或与中国开战提出的作战概念。
Our #Marines with 3d Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine LittoralRegiment execute Range 400, a company-level combined arms trainingevent, during Marine Littoral Regiment Training Exercise (MLR-TE)at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms,California. pic.twitter.com/XK8Hcidd9q
— 3rd Marine Division (@3d_Marine_Div) March 3, 2023
根据《纽约时报》，这次演练地点为巴斯托（Barstow）、彭德尔顿营（CampPendleton）、二十九棕榈村（Twentynine Palms）和圣克利门蒂岛（San ClementeIsland）的军事基地，模拟一个不知名的太平洋岛链。
Our #Marines with 3d Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine LittoralRegiment operate a Switchblade during Range 400, a company-levelcombined arms range, during Marine Littoral Regiment TrainingExercise (MLR-TE) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat CenterTwentynine Palms, California. pic.twitter.com/MFBLQOrvbc
— 3rd Marine Division (@3d_Marine_Div) March 4, 2023
美军海军第3海军陆战队滨海团2022年3月在夏威夷（Hawaii）成立。报道指，美军成立这个部队的目标是开发新策略，为美军陆战队的最优先事务之一、“如何在（中国的）后花园与中国军队打仗并获胜”寻找答案。