How the Marine Corps is Shaping Expeditionary Training Through Project Tripoli

Colonel Ryan Harrington, Commanding Officer of Expeditionary Warfare Training Group, Atlantic, brings decades of experience across intelligence, reconnaissance, and expeditionary warfare to one of the Marine Corps’ most ambitious training initiatives: Project Tripoli.

Set to roll out in 2025, Project Tripoli will provide Marines with a Live, Virtual, and Constructive Training Environment (LVC-TE) that is globally available across all domains and echelons. As a key advisor on expeditionary training for the program, Colonel Harrington has been shaping how Tripoli will prepare Marines to think critically, adapt quickly, and operate effectively in contested environments.

Colonel Harrington is set to address the military training community this February at IDGA’s Military Simulation Training Summit, taking place in Orlando, Florida. At the summit, Colonel Harrington will discuss Project Tripoli and the future LVC training. But before the event, Colonel Harrington sat down with IDGA to share insights on the future of training, the value of blending live and virtual environments, and the pressing gaps the Corps must address to modernize expeditionary readiness.