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By SETH ROBSON | STARS AND STRIPES Published: December 16, 2020 CAMP SOUMAGAHARA, Japan The Marine Corps is downsizing its command-and-control sites in the field to something light, mobile and suitable for work within range of an adversary’s firepower. Marines of 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, out of Camp Lejeune, N.C., working in a forest clearing from three Humvee-sized vehicles demonstrated the concept during Exercise Forest Light in Gunma prefecture. With a few maps and radios, a dozen Marines coordinated a simulated air assault Tuesday involving 1,000 Marines and troops of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force’s 30th Infantry Regiment. A small, mobile combat operations center can be moved quickly and often, said 3rd Battalion commander Lt. Col. Neil Berry during the operation at Soumagahara Training Area, northwest of Tokyo.