USMC Used Its Expeditionary Operations Playbook In Combat For First Time During Epic Fury

- The 31st MEU just ran EABO in actual combat for the first time — remote FARPs and forward sensor sites feeding F-35Bs and joint aircraft under Iranian fire. Course of action — action. The Corps validated its distributed-basing playbook: austere refuel-rearm points that offload the KC-130 fleet, expeditionary sensor nodes where none existed, all sustained by agile MAGTF logistics. The F-35B's lift system