Steel Knight 23.2: HMLA-367 Support and Embassy Reinforcement Training

Note. I don't know why the Marine Corps is even training for this anymore. I truly believe that this mission was tossed to SOCOM with Force Design 2030 and the only reason why its even rehearsed is to calm the critics. Military planning hates a void. Berger said that the Joint Force was fully behind his plans and this is one of the consequences.

A U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 367, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, escorts MV-22B Osprey aircraft with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 164, MAG-39, during embassy reinforcement training in support of Exercise Steel Knight 23.2 at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Nov. 29, 2023. Marines and aircraft with MAG-39 conducted aerial support for embassy reinforcement training with Marine Rotational Force- Darwin. Steel Knight 23.2 is a three-phase exercise designed to train I Marine Expeditionary Force in the planning, deployment and command and control of a joint force against a peer or near-peer adversary combat force and enhance existing live-fire and maneuver capabilities of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Sean Potter)