Air Traffic Control Marines at Work (2)

09/18/2015
09/18/2015: Air traffic controllers monitor and coordinate air traffic and vehicles within the designated areas of an established airport control zone, expeditionary airfield or remote area landing site. Air Support Marines coordinate with aircraft and ground forces in order to provide direct and indirect close fire support. Initial Training After…

Air Traffic Control Marines at Work

09/16/2015
09/16/2015: Air traffic controllers monitor and coordinate air traffic and vehicles within the designated areas of an established airport control zone, expeditionary airfield or remote area landing site. Air Support Marines coordinate with aircraft and ground forces in order to provide direct and indirect close fire support. Initial Training After…

Marines Perform Maritime Security Exercise With Australian Police

09/14/2015
09/14/2015: Marines Perform Maritime Security Exercise With Australian Police [maxgallery id="79727"] HONIARA, Guadalcanal (July 22, 2015) Members of the Royal Solomon Police Force swim ashore during a maritime security exercise July 22. Marines attached to the Military Sealift Command joint high-speed vessel USNS Millinocket (JHSV 3) worked alongside the Australian…

Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group: Talisman Sabre 2015

09/10/2015
09/10/2015: Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group formation during Talisman Sabre 2015. [maxgallery id="79482"] Credit: USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6):7/16/15 INDIAN OCEAN (July 16, 2015)Eleven of the ships that participated in Talisman Sabre 2015 steam in formation off the western coast of Australia.   The ships [from left to right] are…

Super Stallions in the Talisman Sabre 2015 Exercise

09/07/2015
09/07/2015: INDIAN OCEAN (July 13, 2015) A CH-53 Super Stallion assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) sits on the flight deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20). [maxgallery id="79500"] Credit:USS Green Bay: 7/13/15 Other photos show the CH-53E operating off of the ship.…

VMU-2 Conducts a RQ-7B Shadow Training Flight

09/03/2015
09/03/2015: A RQ-7B Shadow is launched from a launcher handheld control unit during a training flight at Marine Corps Outlying Field Atlantic Field on July 15, 2015. Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2 conducted a training flight to increase familiarization with a RQ-7B Shadow and RQ-21A Blackjack, and train flight…

USS Antietam Operations

09/01/2015
09/01/2015: USS Antietam Operations TIMOR SEA (July 11, 2015) [maxgallery id="79224"] Credit:Commander, Task Force 70 / Carrier Strike Group : 7/11/15 Sailors aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Antietam (CG 54) heave on a line during a fueling-at-sea with the Royal Australian navy Afloat Support Force ship HMAS Sirius (O…

VMU-2 RQ-7B Shadow Familiarization flight

08/31/2015
08/31/2015:U.S. Marines assigned to Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron (VMU) 2 conduct a familiarization flight at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C, on July 1, 2015. VMU-2 conducted the internal squadron training to familiarize its new flight operator to the RQ-7B Shadow unmanned aerial vehicle. Credit:2nd Marine Aircraft Wing…