On June 19, 2014, President Barack Obama awarded Corporal William "Kyle" Carpenter, U.S. Marine Corps (Ret), the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry. Corporal Carpenter received the Medal of Honor for his courageous actions while serving as an Automatic Rifleman with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 1, 1st Marine Division (Forward), I Marine Expeditionary...
San Diego County is ablaze as nine fires burn in a 14-square-mile area, fanned by hot, dry air and unusual springtime Santa Ana winds. Marine Corps aircraft and the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton fire department is in coordination with CALFIRE for the potential use of military aircraft pending the wildfire status within San Diego County.
Southern Partnership Station 2014 is a U.S. Navy deployment focused on
subject matter expert exchanges with partner nation militaries and security
forces in Central and South American and the Caribbean. U.S. military teams
work with partner nation forces during naval-focused training exercises,
military-to-military engagements and community relations projects in an
effort to enhance...
NATO is on duty 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, deterring threats, defending Allies, conducting operations, carrying out exercises, developing new capabilities and working with partners. These video features highlight just some of the Alliance's latest activities.
Check out this interactive map to discover some of the ways NATO is working around the clock and around the world, to keep our...
Bold Quest
The U.S. Joint Staff sponsored Coalition Capability Demonstration and Assessment series, more commonly known as "Bold Quest," is a joint and multinational enterprise in which nations, services and programs pool their resources in a recurring cycle of collaborative capability development, demonstration and analysis. The overarching aim is to improve interoperability and information...
In July 2014, an estimated 5,000 Soldiers from five states are scheduled to converge on Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center, Mich., to participate in an eXportable Combat Training Capability rotation in order to conduct artillery live fire tables, to participate in lane training and to be evaluated.
This summer will mark the first time active component units will be integrated with...
SPMAGTF-CR-AF is a rotational autonomous, self-deploying, and highly mobile
crisis response force allocated to U.S. Africa Command to respond to
missions in permissive and uncertain environments to protect U.S. personnel,
property, and interests in the AFRICOM area of responsibility. SPMAGTF-CR-AF
conducts crisis response, contingency operations, theater security
cooperation, enabling...
Black Sea Rotational Force is an annual multilateral security cooperation activity between the U.S. Marine Corps and partner nations in the Black Sea, Balkan and Caucasus regions designed to enhance participants' collective professional military capacity, promote regional stability and build enduring relationships with partner nations. The almost 350 Marine Corps and U.S. Navy personnel of...
