12/07/2010 - USS Pearl Harbor is the last of the United States Navy's four new cargo variants of the Whidbey Island class of Landing Dock Ships and the first ship to carry the name Pearl Harbor. [slidepress gallery='uss-pearl-harbor-operations'] Credit photos: Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Russell, U.S. Naval Forces, 5th…
Coalition Forces Deal with Insurgent Attack Against Afghan Checkpoint 12/07/2010 - Last September, an estimated two dozen insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades, heavy machine guns and small arms at the post in eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar province. International Security Assistance Forces and ANP responded in kind with small arms, heavy machine gun…
[slidepress gallery='harvest-hawk-update'] Credit slides : US Marine Corps Aviation, 2010 12/7/2010 - Story below from : www.i-mef.usmc.mil KC-130J Harvest Hawk takes on new role in Afghanistan By Sergent Deanne Hurla, Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan, November 17th, 2010, "Since 2003, KC-130Js have played a vital role in transporting coalition forces and cargo…
Abrams Tank Unloaded for Afghan Operations 12/06/2010 - Although other allies have been using tanks for some time, notably the Danish, the U.S. has decided to do so as well. The Danes have the advantage of using the smaller and more maneuverable Leopard Tank, but the U.S. now sees the…
Rethinking “Contingency” Operations By Heather Penney 12/6/2010 - With the deluge of media and congressional attention on the budget, deficit, and national debt, it is surprising that the connection between our current/future economic predicament and OEF/OIF has been conspicuously absent from the debate. According to the CRS, costs for OEF/OIF/GWOT…
11/28/2010 - His job is usually reserved for officers, but in his first combat deployment as a joint terminal attack controller, one Marine has accomplished something no one else has ever done - officer or enlisted.
Sgt. Andrew Rogers, a JTAC with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment controlled…
11/21/2010 - An AH-1Z "Viper" with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367, aka Scarface, lands aboard the USS Makin Island on October 5th, 2010. A Scarface detachment is supporting the aviation combat element of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's special-purpose Marine air-ground task force. Credit: 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, october…
11/18/2010 - The Marines train for the two types of TRAP missions - TRAP stands for Tactical Recovery of Aircraft and Personnel -, ground and helicopter. Helicopter TRAP missions are essential to a battalion’s mission and are important to expanding the capabilities of a Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). Helicopters and…
