MAY 4, 2021 - U.S. Marines and Sailors with 10th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division participated in Exercise Rolling Thunder 21.2 from April 19-29 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, and Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Rolling Thunder is a live-fire exercise that takes place in a dynamic scenario where Marines employed distributed fires through Expeditionary … [Read more...]
Marine Aviators Use Online Gaming Concept to Enhance Training
APRIL 30, 2021 - Before the dawn of online gaming, video games and computer games primarily featured two to four players sitting in the same room looking at the same screen while using a controller or keyboard to play a game where they either raced or battled with or against each other. Games such as Mario Kart, Goldeneye and Super Smash Brothers provided hours of entertainment … [Read more...]
Marines Practice EABO Concepts & Naval Integration
APRIL 29, 2021 - Marines and Sailors with 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, honed their Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations capabilities and “Fight Now” concepts in support of III Marine Expeditionary Force, on training areas throughout Okinawa during exercise Pacific Pioneer, April 8-23. Pacific Pioneer served as an opportunity to rehearse … [Read more...]
Offensive Air Support During Distributed Maritime Operations
APRIL 28, 2021 - As hostile forces seized nearby islands, isolating western portions of the III Marine Expeditionary Force Area of Responsibility, they cut off vital sea lines of communication to the east. In response, during the hours of darkness, “STINGER 45” and “STINGER 46” departed a small island airfield and struck enemy outposts on northern and southern islands to reduce … [Read more...]
Marines Demonstrate Combat Readiness Under The EABO Construct
APRIL 27, 2021 - The expeditionary nature of the Indo-Pacific theatre requires a focus unique to only a few areas of the world. The Aviation Combat Element fills a primary role in Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations and the Marine Wing Support Squadron is vital to the conduct of Aviation Ground Support while distributed across remote bases. This month Marine Wing Support … [Read more...]




