Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory
The Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory - originally known as the Commandant's Warfighting Laboratory - was created in 1995. Tasked with improving current and future Naval expeditionary capabilities, MCWL developed an initial three-phase, five-year experimentation plan (FYEP) in 1996.
Hunter Warrior was the FYEP's first phase and examined operations on dispersed, non-contiguous battlespaces similar to those encountered in the Persian Gulf War. The Special Purpose Marine Hunter Warrior ended with an advanced warfighting experiment at Camp Pendleton, California in March 1997.
The FYEP's second phase was Urban Warrior. This phase examined tactics, techniques, procedures and emerging technologies that might be used in urban environments. Three limited objective experiments, a culminating phase experiment, two limited technical assessments and an advanced warfighting experiment were part of Urban Warrior. Urban Warrior ended with an advanced warfighting experiment held in Oakland and Monterey, California in March 1999. It was followed by Capable Warrior.
Capable Warrior focused on expeditionary operations in the littorals and examines some of the challenges associated with Operational Maneuver from the Sea (OMFTS), the Marine Corps capstone doctrine for the 21st Century. Capable Warrior concluded with an experiment - referred to as KBX (Kernel Blitz Experimental) - in June 2001.
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