Story by Lance Cpl. Julien Rodarte | Defense Media Activity - Marines | 08.05.2016
MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – Marines with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment teamed up with multiple newly developed technologies to test the effectiveness of manned and unmanned teaming at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Aug. 5....
Story by Sgt. Cuong Le | Defense Media Activity - Marines | 07.30.2016
MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. –Marines with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, from Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., landed at Range 215, a Military Operations in Urbanized Terrain facility aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., July 28 to conduct the Marine Air-Ground Task Force Integrated Experiment 2016....
Story by Cpl. Samantha Villarreal | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 04.06.2016
The way someone is raised and the experiences they go through serve not only to shape them as an individual but changes how they treat those around them. Sgt. Matthew Behan, a squad leader with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, was influenced by his heroes, his father and his uncle, who taught him from an early age values similar......
Story by Lance Cpl. Carl King | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 02.25.2016
President John Quincy Adams once said, “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” This simple quote stated over 200 years ago is very much still relevant today. According to Marines of Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, Gunnery Sgt. Heath Fernald is definitely an......
Story by Lance Cpl. Carl King | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 02.18.2016
The United States Marine Corps is known for its amphibious nature, which is supported in part by the Corps’ amphibious vehicles. These vehicles have helped the Marines achieve many victories, and with this legacy comes the responsibility of maintaining the vehicles that allow for amphibious movement. The Marine Corps’ AAV-P7/A1 Amphibious Assault Vehicle repair technicians are some of the......
Story by Cpl. Tyler Giguere | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 02.11.2016
U.S. Marines and Japan Ground Self Defense Force Soldiers waded through frozen creeks and seemingly unending fields of snow together during Forest Light 16-2. Day and night, whistling mortars, the crack of sniper fire and howling sub-zero winds created a chorus of cold as they braved the elements together....
Story by Lance Cpl. Carl King | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 02.03.2016
The Marine Corps’ amphibious landings in the Pacific during WWII will forever mark the organization as a legendary fighting force. With the requirement of getting Marines from ship to shore, the Marine Corps has utilized a variety of vehicles to do just that. During the Battle of Tripoli, that vehicle was a wooden vessel; In WWII, it was the Higgins Boat. Now, it is the AAV-P7/A1 Amphibious......
Story by Lance Cpl. Carl King | 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit | 01.21.2016
A famous poet by the name of Mattie Stepanek once said “Unity is strength... when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.” A group of highly trained warriors recently put that quote to the test....
