Story by Cpl. Tiffany Edwards | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 01.24.2015
After being deployed to Afghanistan for nearly eight months, the Marines of Personnel Retrieval and Processing Company (-), 4th Marine Logistics Group, gathered with their loved ones for the Yellow Ribbon Re-Integration Program Post-deployment training conference, Jan. 24-25, 2015 in Washington, D.C. The unit, after being deployed to Camp Bastion and Kandahar, Afghanistan, attended the......
Story by Sgt. T. T. Parish | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 11.17.2014
With a final roar of their engines and a downward blast of rotor wash, the Marines of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 366 lifted off the runway at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, Oct. 27, ending 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing’s tactical combat support in Helmand Province....
Story by Staff Sgt. John Jackson | Regional Command Southwest | 10.29.2014
The final elements of Marine Expeditionary Brigade – Afghanistan loaded onto aircraft on the Camp Bastion flightline in Afghanistan, and departed Helmand province for the final time Oct. 27....
Story by 1st Lt. Skye Martin | Regional Command Southwest | 10.27.2014
The final United States Marine Corps command and service members from the United Kingdom have departed Regional Command (Southwest) in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Oct. 27....
Story by Senior Master Sgt. Allison Day | 386th Air Expeditionary Wing | 10.10.2014
To date, Airmen assigned to the 385th Air Expeditionary Group have transported more than 12 million pounds of retrograde cargo from Afghanistan using the capabilities of the mighty C-5M Super Galaxy....
Story by Cpl. Cody M. D. Haas | Regional Command Southwest | 09.30.2014
More than 100 Afghan National Army soldiers with the 215th Corps as well as Afghan civilians awaited the landing of a civilian-operated aircraft aboard Camp Bastion, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Sept. 27, 2014....
Story by Staff Sgt. John Jackson | Regional Command Southwest | 09.19.2014
Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua Van Horn was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Combat Distinguishing Device, Sept. 17, during a small ceremony aboard Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan....
Story by 1st Lt. Garth Langley | Regional Command Southwest | 08.21.2014
For 20 year-old Marine Sgt. Victor Farinas “Ohana,” or family, is everything. The Aiea, Hawaii, native deployed to Helmand province, Afghanistan during February 2014 with 1st Marine Regiment, the last Marine regimental headquarters to serve in Afghanistan during the Operation Enduring Freedom campaign and past 13 years of war. On Aug. 15, 2014, 1st Marines cased their battle colors for......
