Departing Forward Operating Base Delaram II, Nimroz province, Afghanistan

04/15/2014
04/15/2014: The Marines and sailors of CLB-7 were instrumental in retrograding more than 302,000 pounds of equipment and supplies and the last of the Marines and sailors of SFAAT 4-215 back to Camp Leatherneck from FOB Delaram II. Delaram II has been a major USMC base on the border of…

Working on USMC Helos at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan

01/20/2014
01/20/2014: Working on Helos at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan [slidepress gallery='working-on-helos-at-camp-bastion-afghanistan'] Credit: Regional Command Southwest:11/28/13 In the first two photos, pilots return to Camp Bastion in their AH-1 Cobra Attack Helicopter following a routine mission in Helmand, Afghanistan Nov. 28. In the third photo, a Marine with Marine Light Attack Helicopter…

HMLA-469 Over Helmand

12/26/2012
12/26/2012: U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Richard G. Deibler, UH-1Y Venom door gunner and Lance Cpl. Joshua S. Martinez, UH-1Y Venom crew chief with Marine Light Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 469, Marine Aircraft Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), conducts operations over Helmand province, Afghanistan, Oct. 17, 2012. HMLA-469 provided…

Supporting a Combat Balloon

03/15/2012
What is necessary to support a combat balloon in Afghanistan?  People often look at this picture and forget what it takes which is the focus of the slideshow. [caption id="attachment_35136" align="aligncenter" width="228" caption="U.S. Marines attached to Battalion Landing Team 3/8, Regimental Combat Team 8, launch the lofted communication balloon for…

Operating in the Heartland of the Tailban Insurgency

03/06/2012
03/04/2012: As the US engagement in Afghanistan winds down, and the approach to the future is sorted out, Second Marine Division (Forward) has provided interviews with the commanding general of 2nd Marine Division (Forward) which highlight the challenges and successes the Marines and sailors of the division made during their…

How Did the Marines Turn Marjah?

02/22/2012
02/29/2012: As the US engagement in Afghanistan winds down, and approach to the future is sorted out, Second Marine Division (Forward) has provided interviews with the commanding general of 2nd Marine Division (Forward) which highlight the challenges and successes the Marines and sailors of the division made during their tenure…

A Retrospective on the USMC in Helmand Province: “Disrupting and Dismantling a Facilitation Node”

02/19/2012
02/19/2012: As the US engagement in Afghanistan winds down, and approach to the future is sorted out, Second Marine Division (Forward) has provided interviews with the commanding general of 2nd Marine Division (Forward) which highlight the challenges and successes the Marines and sailors of the division made during their tenure…

A Retrospective on the USMC in Helmand Province: “Controlling Chaos”

02/18/2012
02/20/2012: As the US engagement in Afghanistan winds down, and approach to the future is sorted out, Second Marine Division (Forward) has provided interviews with the commanding general of 2nd Marine Division (Forward) which highlight the challenges and successes the Marines and sailors of the division made during their tenure…