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Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory/Futures Directorate
Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory/Futures Directorate
	MCWL Insignia
Active	1995
Country	United States
Branch	USMC
Type	Concepts and Experimentation
Role	Generates and examines threat-informed, operating concepts and capabilities and provides analytically supported recommendations to inform subsequent force design and development activities.
Part of	Office of the Deputy Commandant, Combat Development and Integration
Garrison/HQ	Marine Corps Base Quantico
Commanders
Current; commander	Brigadier General Simon M Doran

The United States Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory (MCWL) was established in 1995, at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. The organization was originally known as the Commandant's Warfighting Laboratory. The battle lab is part of Combat Development and Integration—under Headquarters, United States Marine Corps—and its stated purpose is to improve current and future naval expeditionary warfare capabilities across the spectrum of conflict for current and future operating forces.

The organization is in charge of various aspects of advanced techniques and technology in the United States Marine Corps, and is also responsible for overseeing the Urban Warrior program.