Navy historical past, Exercise Native Fury in Kuwait (1998), Exercise Freedom Banner in Korea (In October 1998, the command absorbed Naval Inshore Undersea Warfare Group 1 and redesignated Naval Coastal Warfare Group 1) and in (2000) Exercise Natural Fire in Mombasa, Kenya. In November 2003, Marine Brigadier General Joseph V. Medina took command of Expeditionary Strike Group 3. This occasion marked the first time in historical past that a United States Marine Corps officer took command of a naval formation. In 2003, COMPHIBGRU 3 offered the forces and stood up as Commander Task Force fifty one to execute a large number of the Naval Component Commander's assigned missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. These include adopting flipped classrooms (Sprint and Fox, 2020