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…

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…

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…

Philippine and US Airmen Conduct Close Air Support Training

05/09/2014
05/09/2014: Philippine and U.S. Airmen conduct visual target identification for close air support training at Basa Air Base, Floridablanca, Republic of the Philippines, during Balikatan, May 7, 2014.  Balikatan is an annual bilateral training evolution that helps maintain a high level of interoperability and enhances military-to-military relations and combined combat…

U.S. Marines, JGSDF Conduct Fast Rope Training

05/06/2014
05/06/2014: Soldiers from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force fast rope from a CH-46E Sea Knight while conducting fast-rope training with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division, during Exercise Iron Fist 2014 aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 5, 2014. Iron Fist is an amphibious exercise that brings together Marines and sailors…