CAMP KINSER, Okinawa, Japan - Marines with 3d Marine Logistics Group (MLG) and Sailors with Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 4 are conducting Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO) training on islands around Okinawa during Exercise,
Marines and Sailors with 3rd Marine Logistics Group and Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 4 are conducting Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations training on islands around Okinawa, Japan, during exercise Poseidon’s Watchtower from June 2-17. Poseidon’s,
KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii
Reserve Marines of Landing Support Co. and Landing Support Co., Detachment 1, from Savannah, Ga. and San Juan, Puerto Rico respectively, joined with their active duty counterparts and air Marines to take advantage of a unique opportunity to train here this May.
With Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463 flying the CH-53 Sea Stallion, the Marines, who are tasked with expeditiously loading and receiving necessary logistics items in overseas operations, loaded lumber and cement on the birds to fulfill their annual training requirements.
What made this training particularly different was that the goods loaded on board were not just flown around in a circle and returned as is often the case when rehearsing these activities, but were dropped off at Camp Paumalu Girl Scout Camp where a joint-service project by the Innovative Readiness Training program is serving to refurbish and improve the camp.
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As hostile forces seized nearby islands, isolating western portions of the III Marine Expeditionary Force Area of Responsibility, they cut off vital sea lines of communication to the east. In response, during the hours of darkness, “STINGER 45” and “STINGER 46” departed a small island airfield and struck enemy outposts on northern and southern islands to reduce enemy command and control capability as well as eliminate their will to fight. Simultaneously, operations dispatched three Stinger flights to engage multiple ground vehicles, fast attack crafts, command and control nodes and enemy personnel.
Close Air Support, escort and combat assault transport missions continued for the Stingers of Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 267 (HMLA-267) as they inserted elements of 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company (ANGLICO) onto an expeditionary forward base. Utilizing AH-1Z Viper and UH-1Y Venom aircraft, the Stingers escorted Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465
First F-35C Air Wing Ready to Bring 5th-Gen Fighters to Carrier Strike Group
April 29, 2021 5:31 PM
PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 30, 2021) An F-35C Lighting II from the Argonauts Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147 sits on the flight deck on Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson is currently underway conducting routine maritime operations. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communications Specialist 3rd Class Erin. C. Zorich)
As the Navy approaches the first-ever deployment of its advanced carrier air wing – with the fifth-generation F-35C Joint Strike Fighter paired with the CMV-22B Osprey to serve as the carrier onboard delivery plane – leadership from USS