U.S. Marines and aircraft with the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing and fire crews on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, responded to wildfires ablaze in southern California on May 14, 2014. A brush fire started aboard Naval Weapons Station Fallbrook…
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Marines Deploy to Italy, Prepare for Crisis Response in Africa
The Defense Department has moved nearly 200 Marines to a U.S. base in southern Italy to be able to respond to what a Pentagon spokesman described as a deteriorating security situation in North Africa. Army Col. Steve Warren told reporters…
VIDEO: Helmand’s Marine Osprey Squadron
One of the most formidable and versatile aircraft within the U.S. Military, the V-22 Osprey is able to get to locations that most aircraft can’t simply because of its ability to change from plane to helicopter mid-flight.
Marine Aircraft Group Assists Retrograde From Sangin
Marine Aircraft Group – Afghanistan assisted in the retrograde of equipment and personnel from northern Helmand, May 3-5, 2014. Before the last Marines and sailors of Forward Operating Bases Nolay and Sabit Qadam convoyed out of northern Helmand to return…
PHOTOS: Marines Participate in Exercise Raider Spirit
Students at the Marine Special Operations School at Stone Bay, Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, participate in the field training exercise Raider Spirit on May 8th, 2014. Image Gallery
PHOTO: Tank Top
A Marine combat engineer with Assault Breacher Vehicle Platoon, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, mans an M48 .50 caliber machine gun at Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan on April 30, 2014. Image Gallery