A Colombian Marine alongside U.S. Marines with 3rd Force Reconnaissance company, 4th Marine division, drives a Belizean interdiction vessel during exercise Tradewinds 2022 (TW22), at Cocoyal outpost, Mexico, May 11, 2022. TW22 is a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored Caribbean-focused multi-dimensional exercise conducted in the ground, air, sea, and cyber domains, designed to … [Read more...]
Marines, Sailors Participate in Tri-Lateral Infantry Exercise
A U.S. Marine with 3d Platoon, Lima Company, 3d Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Ground Combat Element, Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) 22, helps a simulated casualty off of the battlefield during a simulated combat defense as part of exercise Southern Jackaroo 22 at Shoalwater Bay Training Area, May 21, 2022. Southern Jackaroo is a multilateral exercise carried out by … [Read more...]
Marine Corps Snipers Test New Rifle
MAY 27, 2022 - Marine Corps snipers will soon be equipped with a longer-range, more versatile rifle designed to increase lethality and establish threat overmatch on the battlefield in support of Force Design 2030. Selected through a joint effort between Marine Corps Systems Command, Marine Forces Special Operations Command, and U.S. Army Special Operations Command, the Mk22 … [Read more...]
MCLB Albany First Base to Achieve Net Zero Energy
MAY 26, 2022 - This day is more than a decade in the making, and involved the efforts of dozens at Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany. It has been on the minds of officials from throughout the Department of Defense for some time. MCLB Albany can now call itself an electrically “Net Zero” base. It is the first installation in the Department of Defense to meet this … [Read more...]
Marines Conduct Amphibious Combat Vehicle LoadEx
U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Chad J. Pulliammontague, a communications strategy and operations chief, with 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, presents a three-dimensional model of USS Portland (LPD-27) to Marines and sailors during 13th MEU Loading Exercise visit on May 12, 2022. The purpose of this exercise is to provide information of the supportability of ACVs aboard a … [Read more...]