The 12th Marine Littoral Regiment welcomed a new unit that will soon wield the service’s first anti-ship missile defense system in Okinawa, Japan, according to a spokesperson for Marine Corps Combat Development and Integration.
The 12th Littoral Combat Team was officially established at Camp Hansen in Okinawa on March 3 to “create chaos and uncertainty in potential adversaries,” according to a Marine Corps release. The addition of the team to the littoral regiment marks the third and final subordinate element of the regiment, which also includes the 12th Littoral Anti-Air Battalion and 12th Littoral Logistics Battalion.
The team will focus on taking advantage of enemies’ weaknesses while obfuscating their ability to accurately locate American military personnel and disrupting their decision-making, the release stated.
