Story by Sgt. Natalie Dillon | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 04.11.2018
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION FUTENMA, OKINAWA, Japan – The Vietnam War was unlike any other war. Booby traps, guerrilla warfare, and relentless jungle conditions tested everything Marines knew about warfighting. As a result, the U.S. quickly realized the need for aerial warfare....
Story by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 11.30.2017
CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan– From the time when the U.S. Navy began, groups of specifically trained, maritime infantry have accompanied them....
Story by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 10.06.2017
CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA, Japan– Approximately 100 U.S. Marines with 1st Marine Aircraft Wing joined forces with the Armed Forces of the Philippines to support the first iteration of the Philippines-led exercise KAMANDAG, at various sites on the island of Luzon, Philippines, October 2-11, 2017....
Story by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 08.30.2017
MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan – For the past three weeks, Misawa Air Base, Japan, hosted U.S. Marines with 1st Marine Aircraft Wing during Northern Viper 2017, an annual joint contingency exercise that tests the interoperability and bilateral capability of the Japan Self-Defense Force and U.S. Marine Corps forces. The exercise took place at Misawa AB and on the nearby island of Hokkaido, August......
Story by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 08.23.2017
MISAWA AIR BASE, AOMORI, Japan – Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462 “Heavy Haulers” and Combat Logistics Battalion 4 utilized a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter for external-lift training at Draughon Range near Misawa Air Base, Japan, August 21, 2017, during exercise Northern Viper 2017....
Story by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 08.21.2017
MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan. – More than 20 Marines, Sailors and Airmen banded together with Misawa City employees to conduct a beach cleanup at Miss Veedol Beach in Misawa, Japan, August 19, 2017, during Exercise Northern Viper 2017....
Story by Lance Cpl. Andy Martinez | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 08.11.2017
MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan – For the first time, more than 2,000 U.S. Marines joined with approximately 1,500 service members with the Japan Self-Defense Force to support the first iteration of Exercise Northern Viper 2017, at Misawa Air Base and the island of Hokkaido, Japan, August 10-28, 2017....
Story by Capt. Jessica Donnelly | 59th Aviation Troop Command | 04.07.2017
EASTOVER, SOUTH CAROLINA – Soldiers with the South Carolina National Guard trained on a new blade folding kit for the AH-64 Apache at McEntire Joint National Guard Base (JNGB), April 4-5, 2017....
