Story by Sgt. Yvonne Iwae | III MEF Information Group | 04.15.2024
In the expansive arena of modern warfare, battles unfold not only on the ground but also within the realm of transmitted signals. Within this landscape, U.S. Marine Corps radio reconnaissance platoons serve as silent sentinels, intercepting, decoding, and exploiting the whispers of adversaries....
Courtesy Story | U.S. Army Central | 12.06.2017
MOSUL, Iraq (Dec. 6, 2017) -- Soldiers of the 569th Engineer Dive Detachment executed a reconnaissance exercise at the Mosul Dam in support of the United States Army Corps of Engineers and Combined Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve from Nov. 23, 2017 to Dec. 6, 2017....
Story by Lance Cpl. Charles Plouffe | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 05.17.2017
CAMP HANSEN, Okinawa, Japan – As the divers descend into the deep blue, pressure builds --- enough pressure to rupture an eardrum, collapse a lung, and plunge a Marine into a sleep from which he’ll never awake. That’s what these reconnaissance Marines experience every day, with the hopes of earning the U.S. Marine Corps Combatant Diving Badge, commonly referred to as a “bubble.”...
Story by Lance Cpl. Matt Myers | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 01.22.2014
Marines and sailors with 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion deployed to the Republic of Korea Mountain Warfare Training Camp located in Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea, prepared to participate in a 400-kilometer hike as part of the Korean Marine Exchange Program 14-3, Jan. 22....
Story by Staff Sgt. April Campbell | 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade | 01.10.2013
The weather outside the cockpit looked frightful for CH-47 Chinook pilots, Capt. Ron Braasch and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Ryan Drouin as they approached Simmons Army Airfield, Jan 10. Once they had safely landed and logged their flight hours, the two 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade aviators stepped into the parking lot where the weather was bright and sunny—a far cry from the fog, rain, snow......
