Tactical Training and Exercise Control Group

The Tactical Training and Exercise Control Group (TTECG) is a U.S. government military unit within the Marine Corps, stood up in 1979 following lessons from Vietnam to train Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) units in combined arms operations. Based at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, TTECG designs, enables, and oversees Service Level Training Exercises (SLTE) that sustain live-fire and maneuver multi-domain tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), simulating combat to enhance decision-making and integrate emergent capabilities for MAGTF combat readiness and lethality. Key activities include supporting Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS) and Electronic Warfare (EW) training, as during SLTE 4-25 in 2025, leveraging expertise from staff like the Marine Innovation Unit to counter UAS threats realistically with signals intelligence integration. Notable achievements encompass evolutionary program changes to mentor MAGTFs through force-on-force and mission-essential tasks, enabling risk-mitigated complex live-fire training via qualified 'Coyote' staff. TTECG remains active, facilitating industry demonstrations and OPFOR engagements for mutual benefit. No direct involvement in UAP/UFO research is documented; its C-UAS work addresses drone threats potentially misidentified as UAP.