Audio by Cpl. Troy Saunders | Defense Media Activity - Marines | 06.22.2018
I'm Corporal Troy Saunders with your Marine Minute. Marine Corps Systems Command recently awarded a contract to BAE Systems to produce and deliver the Amphibious Combat Vehicle, effectively modernizing the Marine Corps’ ground combat element. The new contract will allow BAE Systems to build 30 low-rate production ACV's, which will start delivering in the fall of 2019, beginning the......
Audio by Sgt. Cedric Haller | Defense Media Activity - Marines | 05.21.2018
I'm Sergeant Cedric Haller with your Marine Minute. Sgt. Maj. Bradley Kasal relinquished the sword of office of I Marine Expeditionary Force sergeant major to Sgt. Maj. James Porterfield, Friday, May 18. Sergeant Major Kasal was appointed I MEF sergeant major in 2015 and is most recognized for receiving the Navy Cross for heroic actions during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Over in Europe,......
Audio by Lance Cpl. Troy Saunders | Defense Media Activity - Marines | 02.27.2018
I'm Lance Corporal Troy Saunders with your Marine Minute. Marines with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion conducted a night-raid training exercise at Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 20th. The exercise helped to maintain mission readiness by preparing Marines on what to expect in unexpected and deployed environments. In the Pacific, U.S. Marines, along with allied troops, are......
Audio by Lance Cpl. Branden Bourque | 1st Marine Division | 07.06.2017
U.S. Marine Corps Col. Bobbi Shea, Commanding officer, I Marine Expeditionary Force, 1st Marine Division, relinquishes command to Col.Dawn R. Alonso. during the redesignation and change of command ceremony at Camp Pendleton Calif., July 06, 2017. The ceremony marks the change in leadership but is also a milestone measuring the war fighting innovation of the Division as it continues to train,......
Audio by Cpl. Garrett White | I Marine Expeditionary Force | 08.21.2016
Col. Amber Lehnning, Civil Affairs director, I Marine Expeditionary Force, speaks with media about how Civil Military Operations fits into MEF-level planning during I MEF Large Scale Exercise 2016 at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., August 21, 2016. The exercise allowed the I MEF command element staff, its higher, adjacent and subordinate commands to practice large-scale conventional......
Courtesy Audio | I Marine Expeditionary Force | 08.19.2016
Major General David Coffman, deputy commanding general, I Marine Expeditionary Force, speaks to media about I MEF Large Scale Exercise 2016, at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., August 19, 2016. The exercise allowed the I MEF command element staff, its higher, adjacent and subordinate commands to practice large-scale conventional warfare operations against a near-peer adversaries....
Audio by Sgt. Cody M. D. Haas | I Marine Expeditionary Force | 09.05.2015
Lt. Gen. David H. Berger, I Marine Expeditionary Force Commanding General, speaking at a press conference during Dawn Blitz 2015 aboard Camp Pendleton, California, Sept. 5, 2015. Audio only....
Audio by Cpl. John Baker | Task Force 51/5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade | 07.01.2015
U.S. Marine Capt. Joe Moeller, company commander of the security force aboard Al Taqaddum Air Base, Iraq, describes his unit's insertion, and the mission to secure coalition forces at the base. The security force company is from 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, part of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command, which is a unit designed to nimbly respond to......