U.S. Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461 practice an external lift with a CH-53K King Stallion at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Aug. 11, 2022. T This was the first time the Marine Corps deployed the King Stallion in an exercise. HMH-461 is a subordinate unit of…
U.S. Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461 fly a CH-53K King Stallion at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Aug. 8, 2022. This was the first time the Marine Corps deployed the King Stallion in an exercise. HMH-461 is a subordinate unit of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, the…
U.S. Marines with Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron (VMX) 1 and Combat Logistics Battalion (CLB) 24 transport a Light Armored Vehicle 25 with a CH-53K King Stallion helicopter at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 27, 2022. The CH-53K King Stallion, the Marine Corps’ newest heavy-lift helicopter,…
The AH-1Z Viper is the Marine Corps’ primary rotor-wing ground attack aircraft. The AH-1Z attack helicopter provides rotary wing close air support, anti-armor, armed escort, armed visual reconnaissance and fire support coordination capabilities under day night, and adverse weather conditions. The AH-1Z Vipers is fielded in Marine Light Attack Helicopter…
The number of U.S. Marines forward-based and forward-deployed in the Indo-Pacific has increased from approximately 20,000 to 26,000 with the beginning of several multilateral exercises. CAMP H.M. SMITH, HI 04.08.2022 Video by Staff Sgt. Brett Norman U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific https://www.amazon.com/U-S-Marine-Corps-Transformation-Path/dp/1667819577/ref=sr_1_4?crid=PI1XJXEXR4U1&keywords=robbin+laird&qid=1649716597&sprefix=robbin+laird%2Caps%2C46&sr=8-4
By Robbin Laird This is the piece which I published on February 15, 2022. And the video provides an opportunity to see his friends honoring him at a memorial event in Canberra on March 13, 2022. This is a piece I never wanted to write and certainly did not anticipate…
Adding Triton to the ADF is an important step forward in building out the kind of long range ISR and C2 capabilities to empower the reach of the ADF. Enhanced reach of the ADF is a key strategic goal of the Australian government as they re-focus on their region. Recently,…
U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, are transported by a CH-53K King Stallion assigned to Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron (VMX) 1 across multiple locations near Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Oct. 20, 2021. The CH-53K will replace the CH-53E, which has served the Marine…
