Story by Lance Cpl. Elias Pimentel | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing | 05.25.2023
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Zelina Reyes, an aviation-maintenance data specialist with VMU-2, Cpl. Tanner Swain, an aviation-logistics information management and support specialist with VMU-2, Cpl. John Graham, an unmanned-aerial vehicle avionics technician with VMU-2, and Cpl. Jose Arispe III, an unmanned-aerial vehicle avionics technician with VMU-2, were awarded certificates of......
Story by Lance Cpl. Anakin Smith | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing | 09.01.2022
LANGLEY AFB, Va. -- During the week of July 18-22, 2022, U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Anthony Rosa, an unmanned-aerial surveillance electronic warfare officer with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron (VMU) 2, and his team competed in the BRAVO Hackathon. The Hackathon was an event to help the Department of Defense by combining the information-technology knowledge of civilians and service members....
Story by Lance Cpl. Elias Pimentel | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing | 07.28.2022
U.S. Marines with Marine Air Support Squadron (MASS) 1 demonstrated the Gaming Environment for Air Readiness system at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, July 28, 2022. The GEAR is an artificial-intelligence enabled and role-based simulation designed to train and develop MASS-1 Marines by exposing them to interactive scenarios prior to participating in an exercise or......
Story by Lance Cpl. Christopher Hernandez | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing | 02.02.2022
TAMPA, Fla. – Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 464 trained in Florida to become more proficient in expeditionary advance base operations, Nov. 22 – Dec. 11, 2021. Expeditionary advance base operations is a Navy and Marine Corps concept approved by the chief of naval operations and commandant of the Marine Corps in 2019. The EABO concept allows Marines the opportunity to employ with......
Story by 1st Lt. Sarah Eason | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing | 12.30.2021
This year, the MAW accomplished significant and ground-breaking tasks, training events and deployments. The MAW provided humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to the people and government of Haiti after a tragic earthquake, and did so within 96 hours of notification to deploy. It strengthened relationships with allies and partners, flying and operating in places like Japan, Canada,......
Story by 1st Lt. Gabriela Mogollan | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing | 08.26.2021
Marines from 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), II Marine Expeditionary Force, deployed today in support of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Joint Task Force-Haiti to assist in the ongoing U.S. disaster-relief mission Haiti....
