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VMFA-121 at Red Beach

Posted on December 16, 2016 | by SysAdmin
12/16/2016
Slideshow:VMFA-121 at Red Beach
Posted in HOME, Slideshow, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force | Tagged California, Camp Pendleton, CAS, Close Air Support, F-35B Lightning II, FARP, Forward Arming and Refueling Point, Marine Corps Base, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, Red Beach, Steel Knight 16, VMFA-121

USMC About USS America: The Future is Now

Posted on December 9, 2016 | by Caroline Teames
12/09/2016
The Lightning II Enables a Lightning Strike Assault Force.
Posted in Con Ops, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, Video, Video of the month, What's New | Tagged California, Colonel Rowell, F/A-18 Hornet, Florida, Marine Corps, MCAS Beaufort, MCAS El Toro, Naval Air Station Pensacola, Proof of Concept Demo, South Carolina, T-2, T-34, TA-4J, VMFAT-101, VMX-1

Marine Corps Proof of Concept Demo

Posted on November 23, 2016 | by Caroline Teames
11/23/2016
The CO of VMX-1 provides a perspective on the importance of an F-35-enabled LHA for the MAGTF.
Posted in Con Ops, The Integrated Distributed Combat Force, Video, Video of the month, What's New | Tagged California, Colonel Rowell, F/A-18 Hornet, Florida, Marine Corps, MCAS Beaufort, MCAS El Toro, Naval Air Station Pensacola, Proof of Concept Demo, South Carolina, T-2, T-34, TA-4J, VMFAT-101, VMX-1

Australia’s Maritime Task Group arrives in Pearl Harbor for RIMPAC 16

Posted on July 9, 2016 | by Caroline Teames
07/09/2016
Australia’s Maritime Task Group of three ships arrives in Pearl Harbor for RIMPAC 16.
Posted in Video, What's New | Tagged Australian Defence Force, California, Exercise Rim of the Pacific, Hawaii, maritime exercise, Pacific Rim armed forces, Pearl Harbor, rimpac, RIMPAC 16, world’s largest maritime exercise

Arrival of New Aussie Amphibious Ship in Pearl Harbor

Posted on July 7, 2016 | by Caroline Teames
07/07/2016
Video:Arrival of New Aussie Amphibious Ship in Pearl Harbor
Posted in HOME, Video | Tagged Aussie Amphibious Ship, Australian Defence Force, California, Hawaii, HMA Ship Ballarat, HMA Ship Canberra, HMA Ship Warramunga, HMNZS Te Kaha, Pearl Harbor, Rim of the Pacific 2016, rimpac, Task Group 659.1, world’s largest maritime exercise

Training for Expeditionary Ops

Posted on July 5, 2016 | by Caroline Teames
07/05/2016
Video:Training for Expeditionary Ops
Posted in HOME, Video | Tagged 11th MEU, Bulk Fuel Specialist Marines, California, FARP, Forward Armament and Refueling Point, Marine aviation crew chiefs, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron-163

The Venom in an Aerial Gunnery Refinement Exercise

Posted on May 25, 2016 | by Caroline Teames
05/25/2016
Video:The Venom in an Aerial Gunnery Refinement Exercise
Posted in HOME, Video | Tagged Aerial Gunnery Refinement exercise, California, Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, U.S. Marine Corps, UH-1Y Venom, Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course

Exercising the Refueling of Helos in the Battlespace

Posted on May 8, 2016 | by Caroline Teames
05/08/2016
Video:Exercising the Refueling of Helos in the Battlespace
Posted in HOME, Video | Tagged California, Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, MAWTS-1, U.S. Marines, Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course (WTI) 2-16
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