31st MEU Departs Australia

05/03/2013
05/03/2013: We recently did an interview with Commanding Officer of the 31st MEU.  And in preparation for the publication of that interview, we are posting a couple of background pieces on the 31st MEU. U.S. Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit are departing for Okinawa, Japan, after Talisman Sabre…

Resupply Mission in Afghansitan Using UAVs

04/28/2013
 04/28/2013: U.S. Marines with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 3, Marine Air Control Group 38, prepare a Cargo Resupply Unmanned Aircraft System (CRUAS), for a cargo drop in Camp Bastion, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, April 18, 2013.  The CRUAS team conducted the mission to resupply Marines in Shir Ghazi, Afghanistan. (U.S.…

USMC Conducts Training Exchange with JGSDF, Part 2

03/30/2013
03/30/2013: U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, conduct live-fire training with the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force as part of Exercise Iron Fist 2013, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. Jan. 24, 2013.  During Iron Fist 2013, the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit and Western Army…

Darwin Military Museum

12/14/2011
12/14/2011: U.S. Marines with 2nd Fleet Anti-Terrorism Security Team out of Norfolk, Va., visit Darwin Military Museum in Darwin, Australia, Nov. 26, 2011. FAST Marines are attending Exercise Semper Fast 2011, a combined training event hosted by 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment focusing on small arms ranges, direct fire ranges,…

Osprey Maintenance in Afghanistan

06/04/2011
05/29/2011: U.S. Marines of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 264 (VMM-264) carry out their duties in effort to maintain their MV-22 Ospreys for continued mission readiness to support troops on the ground, Camp Bastion, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, May 24, 2011.VMM-264 carries out a variety of air support missions for the ground…