Story by Lance Cpl. Cody Lemons | Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point | 07.11.2017
Whether you are cultivating crops, ideas or people; it takes effective planning and execution to create a bountiful harvest. Marine Corps aviation is no different....
Story by Lance Cpl. Justin Updegraff | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 09.19.2014
Marines with 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division picked up and moved their entire amphibious battalion to Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, to conduct Gator Field Exercise Aug. 25 to Sept. 12....
Story by Cpl. Jorden Wells | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 09.19.2014
Marines with 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division conducted live-fire drills at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia, Sept. 11....
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Brandyn Hill | U.S. Coast Guard East District | 06.15.2013
The Coast Guard and agood Samaritan rescued two people Saturday aboard a 22-foot sailboat taking on water in the Pamlico Sound near Ocracoke, N.C....
Story by Pfc. Sullivan Laramie | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 04.19.2013
Sometimes a smell will flood his memories and he is drawn back in time. On other occasions, he encounters someone he knows from his time in the Marine Corps and it brings the past back to him....
Story by Cpl. William Jackson | Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center | 03.08.2013
The History: Assault Amphibious Vehicles are tracked armored vehicles that can transport 24 Marines or 10,000 pounds of cargo in hostile land and water operations. The AAV is armed with the UGWS (up-gunned weapons station), which mounts an M2 .50 caliber machine gun and a Mk-19 40mm grenade launcher. AAVs can travel at highway speeds for up to 400 miles inland and at speeds of up to 10 knots......
