NORFOLK, Va. — Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jim Kilby observed Large Scale Exercise 2025 in Norfolk on Aug. 5, as the Navy and Marine Corps ran a global training event designed to link forces and concepts across multiple theaters and domains.
The exercise, underway from July 30 to Aug. 8, brings together six Navy and Marine Corps component commands and seven U.S. numbered fleets, connecting units across 22 time zones. Navy leaders describe LSE 2025 as a venue to synchronize worldwide maritime operations and to trial new approaches to warfare.
Kilby underscored that the event reflects the worldwide scope of potential competition with near-peer militaries and offers four-star fleet commanders a venue to align operations across their respective regions.
“LSE 25 builds our Fleet readiness and tests our capabilities,” Kilby said. “We’re preparing our Sailors and Marines for real-world operations that demand agility, integration and decisive action.”
According to the Navy, this year’s iteration builds on lessons from Fleet Battle Problems and other advanced training, with an emphasis on closer integration across land, air, sea, space, and cyberspace. Service officials say the results will inform future large-scale training designed to ready the force for high-end maritime conflict.
