Story by Senior Airman Lauren Russell | Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst | 06.22.2018
U.S. Marine Corps Col. Robert J. Braatz relinquished command of the Marine Aircraft Group 49 to Marine Col. Alison J. Thompson during a change of command ceremony here June 22....
Story by Cpl. Gabrielle Quire | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 09.18.2016
Marine Aircraft Group 49, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing held a memorial ceremony Sept. 18, 2016 at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Louisiana, to honor two fallen pilots from their unit....
Story by Cpl. Joseph Karwick | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 08.28.2014
After more than 40 years of service, the Marine Corps retired the aging UH-1N Huey helicopter during a “sundown ceremony” Aug. 28, 2014, aboard Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, New Orleans....
Story by Sgt. Russell Midori | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 06.16.2014
Cobra pilots have the pleasure of watching their rockets and hellfire missiles cruise through the sky and impact targets in the desert mountains....
Story by Lance Cpl. Phillip Patten | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 06.15.2014
More than a dozen Marine officers and pilots took their seats and pulled out their notepads, all in need of information on targets and enemy operations. They fixed on a young junior Marine delivering her first “air-intelligence brief.”...
Story by Lance Cpl. Brytani Musick | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 11.15.2013
Marines of Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 773 participated in training exercise Raven 14-01 along with their Reserve counterparts at National Training Center Fort Irwin, Calif. during the month of November....
Story by Staff Sgt. David Carbajal | Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst | 05.31.2013
Marines of Marine Aircraft Group 49 departed their home station at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst May 30-31, 2013, for a deployment to the Pacific as part of the U.S. Marine Corps’ resumption of the Unit Deployment Program....
Story by Cpl. Zaid Dannsa | Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES) | 11.02.2012
Marine special operations forces cleared buildings on the edge of a simulated town in the Mojave Desert, populated with role-playing insurgents Oct. 9....