Marine Aircraft Group 36 conduct a rapid deployment exercise on Oct. 24, 2019 in Okinawa, Japan and the Indo-Pacific region. This type of realistic training is used to highlight an active posture of a ready force and is essential to maintaining the readiness needed to uphold our commitments to our…
U.S. Marines with Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) and U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 211 conducted the first independent Distributed STOVL Operation (DSO) by flying all ordnance, personnel, and fuel in on mission aircraft at Yuma, Ariz., April 13,2017. Marines employed the manual drive…
U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 268, Marine Aircraft Group 24, conduct a GAU-17 minigun weapons test on the MV-22B Osprey off the shore of Oahu, Hawaii, April 23, 2020. The GAU-17 minigun is a remotely operated defensive weapon system designed to provide suppressive fire. Proficiency with this weapon…
Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit coordinate fires with F-35B Lightning II fighter aircraft during a Tactical Air Control Party exercise aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), underway in the Philippine Sea, June 9 and 10, 2019. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps` only continuously forward-deployed…
ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 9, 2019) C-2A Greyhound aircraft from the “Rawhides” of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (VRC) 40 conduct their first flight operations from aboard USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in sixth fleet. Abraham Lincoln is underway as part of the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group (CSG) deployment in support…
According to a U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs article published on May 22, 2020, Amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD 27) successfully disabled an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a Solid State Laser - Technology Maturation Laser Weapon System Demonstrator PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii Amphibious transport dock ship USS Portland (LPD…
USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) virtual tour series, The House of Wolverine, episode 2. ATLANTIC OCEAN 05.22.2020 Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ruben Reed USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78)
GULF OF THAILAND (March 4, 2020) A CV-22 Osprey assigned to Air Force 21st Special Operations Squadron conducts flight operations aboard San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20) in support of Exercise Cobra Gold 2020, March 4, 2020. America Expeditionary Strike Group-31st Marine Expeditionary Unit is…
