 The MATV gets upgraded. Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni adds to their arsenal and see how one corporal uses 3D printing to enhance warfighting capabilities. This week on The Core Report. This week, Marines with 3rd Marine Division completed their wargaming exercise in the snowy slopes of Kongchang with their South Korean counterparts on February 3rd. The 1st and 2nd Marine Division celebrated their 76th anniversary on February 1st. Both divisions were founded in 1941 during World War II. The Core is upgrading the mine-resistant ambush-protected all-terrain vehicle, or the MATV. Nicknamed the Beast, this truck provides better protection than its lightweight Humvee counterpart. The upgrade adds a heavier and wider steel layer to the original armor, plus a dense foam layer. The foam addition will work as a crumple zone and allows the vehicle to take more damage without endangering the Marines. Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni upgraded their arsenal with the arrival of the Navy's E-2D advanced Hawkeyes. The carrier airborne early warning squadron 125, also known as the Tiger Tails, flew from Norfolk, Virginia and arrived in Japan on February 2nd. They brought the E-2D here to reinforce their commitment to the security of Japan and to peace and stability in the Indo-Asia Pacific region. The E-2D is equipped with the most advanced airborne radar in the world, the APY-9 radar. This allows them to detect and track targets earlier and with more accuracy. The Tiger Tails presence will maximize force lethality, survivability and mission effectiveness in the Indo-Asia Pacific region. The whole concept of the MAGTAF being very self-sufficient, we are a self-enclosed entity. That same philosophy should translate into additive manufacturing or 3D printing. So right now we have two printers, they can print in a couple of types of plastic. We're also going to be moving into fiberglass, Kevlar, nylon, high-strength, high-temperature fiberglass and carbon fiber. With that, that enables a much wider range of things. So anything from a screwdriver that doesn't conduct electricity to a UAV or anything in between will be able to create. Corporal Hunt is the only marine in MAGTAF right now who has had formal training. He is the one that is conducting informal training right now and is the one that is creating all of the initial designs and products for the MAGTAF. The reason that we want to bring this training to such a broad, diverse range of marines so everyone from Lance Corporal to Captain to include several sailors on the medical side is so that they can be the ones to bring those ideas forward. We are not the only beneficiaries of this work, but the Marine Corps in general.