The USMC appears in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare during the mission Induction and then at the beginning of Atlas. In "Induction", the U.S. Marine Corps Infantry take part in Operation Hammer Strike; helping to clear the South Korean captial of Seoul of forces from the Korean People's Army. They eventually succeed in retaking the capital, but at great cost; over 6,000 U.S. Marines are killed in the battle.
Featured in the campaign, multiplayer, Exo Survival and Exo Zombies, the Exoskeleton is a wearable mobile machine that is capable of increasing many of the player's physical abilities, allowing for enhanced strength, increased movement and speed, as well as tactical purposes. The Exoskeleton changes gameplay heavily, allowing for a wide variety of options as to how missions are completed, as well as general physical freedom within the game world.
Exoskeletons seems to be universally equipped by the dominant factions, such as Atlas and the USMC. Aside from enhancing the user's abilities such as superhuman strength, capable of single-handedly lifting a full grown man by the neck, to even punching enemies several feet in the air, they are equipped with numerous abilities, allowing for various tactical attacks as well as strategical superiority among other players. Some enemies, referred to as "Boosters", are known to use Exoskeletons in the same way that players can, such as dashing, leaping great distances, and cloaking.
At the time of Advanced Warfare, Atlas is in the midst of developing a next-generation version of the exoskeleton, the XOS-9. This model is shown to be far more physically ergonomic with an overall slimmer model, allowing for even more flexibility in combat.
Exoskeletons can also share information with other devices. For example, pertinent weapon metadata (such as its current ammunition count) can be linked directly to the soldier's exoskeleton, which is then visualised as a holographic projection. This provides a diegetic explanation for the ammunition display in the game's heads-up display