Video by Lance Cpl. Benjamin Catindig | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 05.13.2025
U.S. Marines with Marine Air Support Squadron 2, Marine Air Control Group 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing fire M240B machine guns in the Central Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, May 13, 2025. MASS-2 conducted live-fire training, improving their proficiency with crew-served weapon systems and enhanced force protection capabilities in an expeditionary advanced base operations environment. (U.S.......
Video by Lance Cpl. Benjamin Catindig | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 05.13.2025
U.S. Marines with Marine Air Support Squadron 2, Marine Air Control Group 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing fire M240B machine guns in the Central Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, May 13, 2025. MASS-2 conducted live-fire training, improving their proficiency with crew-served weapon systems and enhanced force protection capabilities in an expeditionary advanced base operations environment. (U.S.......
Video by Lance Cpl. Benjamin Catindig | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 05.13.2025
U.S. Marines with Marine Air Support Squadron 2, Marine Air Control Group 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing fire M240B machine guns in the Central Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, May 13, 2025. MASS-2 conducted live-fire training, improving their proficiency with crew-served weapon systems and enhanced force protection capabilities in an expeditionary advanced base operations environment. (U.S.......
Video by Lance Cpl. Thalia Rivera | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 04.08.2024
U.S. Marines with Marine Air Support Squadron 2, Marine Air Control Group 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, receive a brief prior to a convoy during a Marine Corps combat readiness evaluation (MCCRE) at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, April 8, 2024. MCCREs create a challenging, realistic training environment that produces combat-ready forces capable of operating as a deployed unit at any time. (U.S.......
Video by Lance Cpl. Thalia Rivera | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 04.05.2024
U.S. Marines with Marine Air Support Squadron 2, Marine Air Control Group 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, establish a direct air support center in preparation for a Marine Corps combat readiness evaluation (MCCRE) at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, April 5, 2024. The MCCRE creates a challenging, realistic training environment that produces combat-ready forces capable of operating as a deployed unit......
Video by Cpl. Ethan LeBlanc | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 04.16.2021
U.S. Marines with Marine Air Support Squadron (MASS) 2 execute communication systems training in support of a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation (MCCRE) held by Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 172 on Ie Shima training facility, Okinawa, Japan, April 16, 2021. MASS-2 utilized long distance communications gear to provide an expeditionary air control station in support of MWSS-172.......
Video by Lance Cpl. Dalton Payne | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 09.23.2020
U.S. Marines with Marine Aviation Support Squadron (MASS) 2 and Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 361, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, along with Combat Logistics Battalion 4, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, conduct helicopter sling load training in Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 23, 2020. HMH-361 conducted this training in order to demonstrate increased operational mobility options with the Common Aviation......
Video by Lance Cpl. Madeline Jones | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 05.21.2019
Marines with Marine Air Support Squadron 2 conduct a change of command ceremony May 21, 2019 at Semper Fit Field, Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan. The ceremony represents the transfer of responsibility, authority and accountability from the outgoing commanding officer, Lt. Col. Mark E. Murphy, to the incoming commanding officer, Lt. Col. Justin M. Sanders. (U.S. Marine Corps......
