Long Range Raid Training

12/20/2015
12/20/2015: U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/1, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), shield a simulated casualty from the debris of a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey during Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Plams, California, Oct. 30, 2015. COMPTUEX provides the MEU ARG…

Osprey Embark with Philippine Marines

12/01/2015
12/01/2015: U.S. Marines with 3rd Marine Expeditionary Brigade and service members with the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force embark onto an MV-22B Osprey in Palawan, Philippines, during Amphibious Landing Exercise 2015 (PHIBLEX 15), Oct. 09. PHIBLEX 15 is an annual, bilateral training exercise conducted in order to strengthen our interoperability and…

US, Filippino Forces conduct Amphibious Raid

11/28/2015
11/28/2015: U.S. Marines with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion and Philippine Marines, with 64th Force Reconnaissance Company, Marine Special Operation Forces Group, work together to conduct an Amphibious Raid during Amphibious Landing Exercise 2015 (PHIBLEX 15) at Ternate, Philippines, Oct. 08. PHIBLEX 15 is an annual, bilateral training exercise conducted by U.S. Marine…

Assault Support Tactics: MAWTS-1

11/25/2015
11/25/2015: U.S. Marines assigned to 1st Transportation Support Battalion, 1st Combat Logistics Regiment conduct external lifts of M777 Howitzers and High Mobility Multi-wheeled Vehicles utilizing CH-53E Super Stallions assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) during Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course (WTI) 1-16 at Landing Zone Bull, Chocolate…

Longest Flight for MV 22-Osprey (2)

11/18/2015
11/18/2015: U.S. Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 452 and Fixed Wing Transport Squadron 234, Marine Air Group 41, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve conduct longest flight, 6,165 miles, in the history of the MV 22-Osprey, traveling from Miramar, Ca. to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, November 14, 2015.…

Trident Juncture Kicks Off LIVEX

10/23/2015
10/23/2015: The live portion of Trident Juncture – NATO’s biggest exercise in over a decade, kicks off today. Portuguese “Fuzileiros” Marines and U.S. Marines put forces ashore in a beach in Pinheiro da Cruz from the USS Arlington in an amphibious assault training exercise. Meanwhile in San Gregorio, Spain, the Baltic…

2D LAAD Red Flag

10/03/2015
10/03/2015: U.S. Marines assigned to 2d Low Altitude Air Defense Battalion, Bravo Battery, establish a simulated defensive position in support of Red Flag at Tonopah Test Range, Nev., July 23, 2015. Red Flag is an advanced aerial combat exercise to train U.S., NATO, and other allied countries for air combat…

U.S. Marines Share Tactics with Foreign Militaries

10/01/2015
10/01/2015: U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing team 2/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) teach vehicle checkpoint security and military operations in urban terrain (MOUT) during a military-to-military training exercise at Davis Air field, N.C., July 23, 2015. The training was designed to increase the Marines proficiency in working with foreign…