U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sergeant Mikelot A. Edouard, battalion mess chief with 1st Battalion, 12th Marines, 3d Marine Division, gives a brief prior to teaching foraging techniques during Spartan Fury 22.1 at Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, March 7, 2022. Individual Batteries procured local food and experimented with field cooking methods using lightweight, expeditionary … [Read more...]

In honor of Women’s History Month, all the female Marines and Sailors who make up 3d Sustainment Group (Experimental) gathered to take a group photo at Camp Kinser, Okinawa, Japan, Mar. 16, 2022. 3rd MLG, based out of Okinawa, Japan, is a forward-deployed combat unit that serves as III Marine Expeditionary Force’s comprehensive logistics and combat service support backbone for … [Read more...]

MARCH 30, 2022 - It’s Sunday morning, there is a mix of snow and rain pounding down from the sky, coming in sideways due to the raging wind. Marines are walking to work, as they do every day while at Bodø. As they enter large, green, rectangular warehouses turned into workspaces with covered windows, they are searched by II Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) Guard Force … [Read more...]

MARCH 29, 2022 – U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 363 stationed at Marine Corps Base Hawaii 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. “This movement has significant strategic value … [Read more...]

MARCH 29, 2022 - Marine Attack Squadron 214, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, conducted a re-designation ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, March 25, 2022. As part of the transition from the AV-8B Harrier to the F-35B Lightning II, VMA-214 was re-designated as Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 214. The F-35B Lightning II is replacing the … [Read more...]