«Breaking News» U.S. Marines are practicing seizing small islands using techniques learned in World War II

The U.S. military is practicing tactics that it last rehearsed more than 70 years ago in preparation for a possibly conflict with China.

It was during World War II that U.S. Marines moved quickly from island to island as they fought bloody battles again Japanese forces who were determined to dominate the Pacific. 

The Marine Corps is now re-examining its island-hopping strategy for today's troops, as a possible conflict with China draws ever-closer. 

A Marine with Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, bounds toward a defensive position during a live-fire range as part of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's simulated Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations, Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan

US Marines recently led a simulated assault on a small island in the Pacific, honing skills thought to be essential in a fight with China.

Marines pilot a Combat Rubber Raiding Craft during a simulated boat raid

.The exercise, which also involved the Army and the Air Force, was part of the Corps' efforts to refine the Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations concept

Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit have so far led a series of simulated small-island assaults in Japan.

The 31st MEU, supported by elements of the 3rd Marine Division, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, and 1st Marine Aircraft Wing; members of the Air Force 353rd Special Operations Group; and Army soldiers with 1st Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group, practiced seizing Ie Shima Island - a place where the Marine Corps often train.

After the Marines 'seized' the island's airfield, troops went on to established a Forward Arming and Refueling Point.

Aircraft including the Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters and C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft were also on hand to assist.

Rocket artillery units were brought in on board the C-130Js and there were simulated long-range precision-fire missions, Stealth fighters also conducted expeditionary strikes with precision-guided munitions according to Business Insider.

'This entire mission profile simulated the process of securing advanced footholds for follow-on forces to conduct further military operations, with rapid redeployment,' the service said

Aircraft including the Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters and C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft were also on hand to assist.

The Marine Corps is now re-examining its island-hopping strategy for today's troops, as a possible conflict with China draws ever-closer

U.S. Marine run back to an assault amphibious vehicle after setting a simulated demolition charge during their final exercise rehearsal as part of an exercise

'This entire mission profile simulated the process of securing advanced footholds for follow-on forces to conduct further military operations, with rapid redeployment,' the Corps said in a statement. 

'The exercise was part of the Corps' efforts to refine the Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations concept, which is the modern version of the World War II-era island-hopping strategy.

'It is critical for us to be able to project power in the context of China, and one of the traditional missions of the Marine Corps is seizing advanced bases,' Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the Senate Armed Services Committee last week. 

'If you look at the island chains and so forth in the Pacific as platforms from which we can project power, that would be a historical mission for the Marine Corps and one that is very relevant in a China scenario.

Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit have led a series of simulated small-island assaults in Japan

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, recently told Congress that the ability to seize advanced bases would be critical in a war with China

The reasons for this latest military exercise comes as the US worried about China's growing military might.  

In the Pacific, China is establishing military outposts on occupied islands in the South China Sea while seeking to extend its reach beyond the first island chain.

The US and Chinese military operate in close proximity to one another but often have conflicting objectives and it is not beyond the realm of possibility that the two nations could find themselves in a shooting war in the South China Sea.

'We continue to seek areas to cooperate with China where we can, but where we can't we're prepared to certainly protect both US and allied interest in the region,' Kenneth McKenzie, the director of the Joint Staff, said at the Pentagon last May.

'The United States military has had a lot of experience in the Western Pacific taking down small islands,' McKenzie said. 

'We had a lot of experience in the Second World War taking down small islands that are isolated, so that's a core competency of the US military that we've done before. It's just a 'historical fact.' 

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