U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Brian W. Cavanaugh, commanding general of 1st Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), reflects on the impact Lt. Gen. Frank E. Petersen, Jr. (USMC Ret.) had on the Navy, Marine Corps, and those he served with in celebration of the commissioning of the USS Frank E. Petersen, Jr. (DDG 121) in Charleston, S.C., May 14, 2022. Petersen was the first black Marine Corps aviator and the first black Marine Corps officer promoted to the general officer ranks. He served as the 1st MAW commanding general from May 1983 to June 1985. (U.S. Marine Corps video by SSgt. Branden J. Bourque/Released)
U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 363, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing executed one of the longest maritime VMM self-deployment flights in 1st Marine Aircraft Wing history in preparation for Balikatan 2022. The total distance flown by the MV-22 Ospreys was over 4,730 nautical miles.
To 2nd Lt. Meredith DeLong, this is the way. By leading from the front and setting the example for her Marines to follow. “It came from my father,” said DeLong, describing her motivation to commission as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. “He was an artillery officer who retired before I was born, but I always looked up to him and was a total daddy’s girl growing up. I always wanted to be part of the organization that made him who...
