SEPTEMBER 22, 2021 - Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 loaded, armed, and employed a Guided Bomb Unit 49 at a range within the Joint Region Marianas on September 12, 2021. VMFA-211 launched from the Royal Navy's HMS Queen Elizabeth, part of the United Kingdom’s Carrier Strike Group 21. The Wake Island Avengers validated the modern Laser Guided Bomb. US Marine Corps aviation … [Read more...]
WWII Veteran Returns Home After Nearly 80 Years
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021 - Pfc. Glenn F. White, from Emporia, Kansas, had a thin build and stood just shy of five feet six inches. He was eighteen years old when he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in the winter of 1942, at the height of World War II. A year after joining, White was sent to the Gilbert Islands, with his unit: Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment … [Read more...]
Corps Views New Ship-Killing System as Key to Modernization
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021 - Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va.—The Marine Corps’ top modernization priority is fulfilling the requirement for a ground-based anti-ship missile capability. The operational requirement for this ship-killing capability is a relatively new development stemming from the Commandant’s Planning Guidance and the Corps’ Force Design 2030 efforts. “As the … [Read more...]
NIWC Atlantic Lightens the Load for Marine Intel Units
SEPTEMBER 14, 2021 — New capabilities developed by Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic to help the U.S. Marine Corps intelligence system shed nearly 1,000 pounds of hardware are now in the hands of the Fleet Marine Force. The major modernization effort, which completed its first round of fielding this summer, was developed at NIWC Atlantic’s Expeditionary … [Read more...]
Marine Corps West Publishes COVID Vaccine Guidance
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021 - Marine Corps Installations West, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, published a fragmentary order Sept. 3 amplifying Department of Defense guidance mandating the COVID-19 vaccine for service members. The order, FRAGO 24-21, lays out the vaccination timeline for service members assigned to MCI-West installations, and provides guidance on medical and … [Read more...]