Marines in Baliktan Exercise, 2014

05/20/2014
05/20/2014: A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey, with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 stationed at Okinawa, lands during Balikatan 2014 in Crow Valley, Philippines May 15, 2014.  Balikatan is an annual bilateral exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. armed forces designed to strengthen interoperability and country-to-country…

3rd MAW Marines Fight San Diego County Wildfires

05/19/2014
05/19/2014: U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM) 364, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing from Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, assist California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection and local firefighting agencies containing the Fires in Camp Pendleton, Calif. May 16, 2014.  Credit:Marine Corps Air Station Miramar / 3rd…

USMC and Filipinos Train on Osprey

05/19/2014
05/19/2014: Philippine Marines with Marine Special Operations Group, stationed at Fort Bonifacio, Naval Station and U.S. Airmen with 31st Rescue Squadron, 18th Operations Group stationed at Kadena Air Force Base conduct military free fall, high altitude, low opening parachute jumps at Basa Air Base, Floridablanca, Republic of the Philippines, during…

MAG-24 Helo Ops

05/17/2014
05/17/2014: Marine Aircraft Group 24 conducted a max launch of 13 helicopters assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367 and Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463. The two units coordinated with each other to fly the aircraft to Kauai, Hawaii before returning to Oahu. “While HMLA-367 and HMH-463 are flying,…

Cobra Gold 2014 Osprey Flight

05/15/2014
05/15/2014: U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262(VMM-262) Marine Aircraft Group 36 (MAG 36) 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (1st MAW) III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF), conducts a land survey of landing zones the first day of exercise Cobra Gold 2014, Feb. 10, 2014.  Cobra Gold is a multinational…

Marines and Aussies Work Air Ground Assault Training

05/13/2014
05/12/2014: Marines and Aussies Work Air Ground Assault Training with CH-53s and Tigers in assault exercise. Air Assault from SldInfo.com on Vimeo. Credit:MRF-D:5/8/14 MOUNT BUNDEY TRAINING AREA, Northern Territory, Australia – Marines with MRF–D participate in an air-ground bilateral exercise involving both the Marines and Australian Defence Force, here. The…

The Marines in Australia Remember the Battle of Coral Sea

05/12/2014
05/12/2014: The establishment of a Marine Corps Rotational Force in Australia is unfolding in a long history of the Aussie-US relationship.  Here the memory of Coral Sea is highlighted. DARWIN, Northern Territory, Australia – Lieutenant Col. Keven Matthews, commanding officer of 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force –…

Marines, JGSDF Conduct Immediate-Action Drill Training

05/10/2014
05/10/2014: Soldier from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force conduct immediate-action drills with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, during Exercise Iron Fist 2014 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 4, 2014. Iron Fist is an amphibious exercise that brings together Marines and sailors from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, other I…