U.S. Navy corpsmen with Bravo Surgical Company, 3rd Medical Battalion, participate in joint casualty evacuation (CASEVAC) and hoist training with a U.S. Army UH-60Q Black Hawk, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Sept. 18, 2024. Corpsmen and flight medics collaborated to hoist simulated casualties onto a UH-60Q Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopter to increase joint interoperability and practice CASEVAC procedures. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Hunter Jones)
MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII - Mālama Ka ‘Āina, a Hawaiian expression, translates to “care of the land.” Mālama Ka ‘Āina is hosted semi-annually on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, as all hands participate in the base-wide clean up of all buildings and grounds. MCBH executes proper solid waste disposal and enforcement procedures for littering to prevent, control, and decrease solid waste pollution in Hawaii.
Lt. Gen. William M. Jurney relinquished command of Marine Corps Forces, Pacific (MARFORPAC) to Lt. Gen. James F. Glynn, marking both the end of Jurney’s service and the start of Glynn's tenure, MCBH, Sept. 12, 2024.