Helicopter Support Training and the Super Stallion: March 2025

07/08/2025
U.S. Marines with Logistics Operations School conduct helicopter support team training utilizing a CH-53K King Stallion assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461 at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 18, 2025. The HST training is designed to prepare Marines to manage activities at landing zones and to facilitate the…

Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) Receive First King Stallion for Depot-Level Maintenance

06/16/2025
Artisans on the Fleet Readiness Center East (FRCE) H-53 aircraft line work on a CH-53K King Stallion, the first inducted for maintenance at the depot. FRCE inducted the aircraft April 17 as the first of 14 planned for induction as part of the Age Exploration Program, Depot (AEPD); it is…

Wasp Amphibious Ready Group-24th Marine Expeditionary Unit Trains in U.S. 2nd Fleet’s Area of Operation: April 2024

05/29/2024
ATLANTIC OCEAN April 7, 2024. Wasp is training and operating in U.S. 2nd Fleet’s area of operation and is the flag ship of the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group-24th Marine Expeditionary Unit. Naval integration provides combatant commanders and America’s civilian leaders highly-capable forces. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd…

Distributed Aviation Operations (DAO) during Exercise Nordic Response 24

05/27/2024
Distributed Aviation Operations (DAO) during Exercise Nordic Response 24 at Oulu, Finland, March 8, 2024. Exercise Nordic Response is an opportunity for the 2nd MAW to refine the DAO warfighting concept, which focuses on generating aviation combat power through the dispersion of aviation squadrons, command-and-control agencies, aviation logistics, and aviation…

2nd MAWT at Arctic Response 24

05/24/2024
U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Scott F. Benedict commanding general of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing and 2nd MAW and allied participants during Exercise Nordic Response 24 in Alta, Norway, March 6, 2024. Exercise Nordic Response 24 is designed to enhance military capabilities and allied cooperation in high-intensity warfighting scenarios under…

Forward Arming Refueling Point Training During WTI 2-24

05/20/2024
U.S. Marines, assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, debrief after conducting a Forward Arming and Refueling Point exercise during Assault Support Tactics 4 as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 2-24, at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, April 16, 2024. WTI is an…

ARG-24th MEU Conducts Simulated Strait Transit

05/13/2024
Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 (Reinforced) and 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), performs flight operations while the Wasp (WSP) Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) conducts a simulated strait transit during Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) in the Atlantic Ocean, April 26, 2024. The WSP ARG-24th MEU is conducting COMPTUEX, their final…