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The FCC is moving forward with plans to conduct another massive midband spectrum auction for 5G in October. The event has taken on a much higher profile following the roughly $80 billion in winning bids that AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile made in the FCCs midband C-band spectrum auction in February. However, operators are raising a number of pressing questions about the FCCs planned auction of 100MHz of spectrum between 3.45GHz and 3.55GHz. And the answers to those questions could ultimately determ...

Female Marines are first women to take-on grueling, three-day boot camp called the Crucible at base in San Diego that used to only train men A total of 53 women trained in the first-ever coed company at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego  Their final task was to complete what the training base calls the Crucible, a mammoth boot camp which began on Tuesday and wrapped-up on Thursday The Crucibles tasks include target practice, an obstacle course, and a grueling 9.7 mile hike while carryin...

For the first time, women become Marines at San Diego recruit depot 3 hours ago Marine Corps Recruit Jazzmin Stewart with Lima Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, shoots in the sitting position during a slow-fire drill as part of the prequalifications at Edson Range aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 11. (Sgt. Sarah Ralph/Marine Corps) For the first time in history women were handed an Eagle, Globe and Anchor and made Marines at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San ...

Six seconds was all it was. Six seconds was enough time to run – as many people nearby did – or enough time for a Marine to choose to bravely hold ground to protect the Marines behind him. Hold ground is what Lance Cpl. Jordan Haerter and Cpl. Jonathan Yale both did in those six seconds on April 22, 2008, in Ramadi, Iraq, as a suicide truck bomber with about 2,000 pounds of explosives barreled toward the gate they were guarding. Both young infantry Marines, ages 19 and 21, respectively,...

First female recruits complete San Diego Marine boot camp By (0) An all-female platoon of female Marines arrived at Marine Corps Recruit San Diego in February, and concluded boot camp this week. Photo courtesy of U.S. Marine Corps April 23 (UPI) -- An all-female platoon of U.S. Marine recruits completed training this week, making them the first women to graduate from Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. While official ceremonies remain, Platoon 3241, one of six in a company of otherwise all-...

Border Patrol seize bundles of meth in I-5 stop USBP USBP agents discovered 59 bundles of meth in the rear cargo area of a gray Ford Escape on Tuesday. and last updated 2021-04-21 19:55:12-04 CAMP PENDLETON (KGTV) -- U.S. Border Patrol agents intercepted nearly $120,000 worth of narcotics in the North County Tuesday. Border Patrol agents arrested a 28-year-old man on Interstate 5 they say was transporting 66 bundles of methamphetamine in his vehicle. According to the agency, the arrest happened...

After the platoon finishes the 54-hour “evolution,” each recruit will receive their Eagle, Globe and Anchor emblem and will be called Marine for the first time.

features Heavy Haulers An extended visit with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 462 highlights the lifting capacity of the “Screw Crew” CH-53E Super Stallions. By Skip Robinson | April 22, 2021 Estimated reading time 14 minutes, 19 seconds. A U.S. Marine Corps heavy helicopter squadron flying the Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion can be considered a living organism. It is constantly evolving as personnel leave and new people come aboard, with each commanding officer typically holdi...

Japanese Marines Are Ready To Defend Japans Islands Against China Concerns that Beijing might seize outlying islands led to the formation of Japans Amphibious Rapid Response Brigade in 2018. Heres What You Need to Know: Tokyo is developing a modest capability to respond to incursions on its many vulnerable islands. Seventy-five years ago, the sight of 300 Japanese marines storming rolling onto a Queensland beach in hulking tracked amphibious vehicles would have heralded a catastrophic setback...

Scripps Oceanography alumna to spend six months on space station Astronaut Megan McArthur, who earned a Ph.D. from Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, will conduct research in areas including medical technology and human health during her six months on the International Space Station. (NASA) April 22, 2021 10 AM PT Print Megan McArthur earned her Ph.D. in oceanography from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla around the same time she trained to ...