SPMAGTF-CR Training with the French

08/20/2016
08/20/2016: French Army soldiers with 35th Infantry Regiment and U.S. Marines with Bravo company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa execute an insert and extraction exercise hosted by French Army Center for Urban Combat Training instructors aboard Camp Sissonne, France, June 22, 2016. SPMAGTF-CR-AF Marines…

NATO AGS Global Hawk Flight

08/13/2016
08/13/2016: The first of NATO’s five unmanned air vehicles rolled off the factory line in San Diego on Thursday, 4 June 2015. The Global Hawk Block 40 is part of the Alliance Ground Surveillance Program (AGS). The NATO-owned and -operated AGS core capability will enable the Alliance to perform persistent surveillance…

SPMAGTF-CR-AF Marines Conduct a NEO Exercise at French Training Center

08/10/2016
08/10/2016: U.S. Marines with Bravo and Charlie company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa execute a Non-combatant evacuation operation exercise hosted by French Army Center for Urban Combat Training instructors aboard Camp Sissonne, France, June 21, 2016. SPMAGTF-CR-AF Marines trained alongside a company of French…

Aussie Amphibious Ready Element Training at RIMPAC

08/03/2016
08/03/2016: Soldiers from The 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), the core of the Amphibious Ready Element (ARE), have commenced integration training at the United States Marine Corps Base on Kaneohe Bay as part of Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2016, which is being conducted from 29 Jun – 4…