Story by 1st Lt. Demond Glover | Marine Corps Installations Pacific | 12.09.2020
U.S. Marines with 1st Marine Aircraft Wing and 3d Marine Division conducted simulated close air support (CAS) training on CATC Camp Fuji Dec. 3, 2020. Between the F/A-18D Hornet pilot in the air, and the team on the ground, Marines showcased how communication and coordination leads to successful execution of simulated CAS under austere conditions....
Story by Sgt. Abrey Liggins | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe and Africa | 07.22.2020
U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force – Europe 20.2, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, withdraw Marine Corps equipment from Norwegian caves during an equipment retrograde in Vaernes, Norway from June until September 2020. The purpose of the retrograde is to return the equipment back to the United States to be repaired or upgraded with new parts. MRF-E conducts various exercises including......
Story by Lance Cpl. Chase Drayer | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe and Africa | 06.08.2020
MRF-E successfully transports and integrates 700 Marines and Sailors with the Norwegian Armed Forces safely during the COVID-19 pandemic and integrates them into the annual training event Thunder Reindeer....
Story by Lance Cpl. Chase Drayer | 2nd Marine Division | 02.26.2020
“I’m looking at the future here,” said Lt. Col. Brian Donlon, commanding officer of 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division (V32), to a group of around 50 younger enlisted Marines that the unit seeks to develop as young leaders. His words began V32’s, also known as the Betio Bastards, Bastard Leadership School in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Feb. 14-21, 2020. The......
Story by Lance Cpl. Chase Drayer | 2nd Marine Division | 02.06.2020
Marines with 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, participated in a mock Noncombatant Evacuation Operation (NEO) as part of their Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation (MCCRE), which contracted role-players to act as civilians in need of food, water and evacuation after a disaster....
Story by Lance Cpl. Christian Ayers | 3d Marine Division | 01.14.2020
U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, currently attached to 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, under the Unit Deployment Program, conduct high-frequency, long distance communications training with Marines from 1st Marine Division from Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, to Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 14, 2020....
Story by Lance Cpl. Margaret Gale | 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 11.22.2018
USS IWO JIMA – Marines and Sailors with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit celebrate Thanksgiving aboard USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) Nov. 22, 2018. Food services provided a full thanksgiving meal and ceremonial cake cutting for the holiday....
Story by Lance Cpl. Margaret Gale | 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 11.13.2018
NORWEGIAN SEA – Marines and Sailors from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit participated in exercise Trident Juncture 18 in Iceland and Norway during October and November, 2018. Trident Juncture is the largest NATO exercise held since 2002 and allowed for military forces to operate in a collective defense scenario....
