Associates from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) visit Camp Lejeune to speak with U.S. Marines and discuss possible technological advances for the Marine Corps, Mar. 21, 2017. DARPA’s mission is to make pivotal investment in breakthrough technologies for national security. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Careaf L. Henson.) Why DARPA wants more operational personnel DARPA needs more operationally minded people to help better assess technology, not just make it. Jul 11, 2019 By Jackson Barnett