OCTOBER 2, 2020 - U.S. Marines refined their ability to rapidly deploy to remote regional islands in order to control key maritime terrain as 3rd Marine Division and 3rd Marine Logistics Group conducted operations September 23 - 25 centered on the Okinawan island of Ie Shima. During this operation, elements of 12th Marine Artillery Regiment partnered with Marines from 3rd … [Read more...]

OCTOBER 1, 2020 - Underwater is one of the few times in people's lives that they aren’t able to breathe; and for those unaccustomed, it can be a frightening situation. On Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, nobody knows this better than the Marine Corps Instructors of Water Survival, or MCIWS, the resident experts in the services’ amphibious roots and … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020 - Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va.—Marines will soon start receiving the long-awaited Amphibious Combat Vehicle. Program Executive Officer Land Systems approved initial fielding of the Marine Corps’ new ACV, which will eventually replace the Corps’ legacy Assault Amphibious Vehicles. “This is truly a significant moment, given the many years the Marine … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020 - U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Robert F. Hedelund, Commanding General, Fleet Marine Force Atlantic, and Commander, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Command, and U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Johnny R. Wolfe, Director of Strategic Systems Programs, visited Marine Corps Security Force Regiment for a Joint Light Tactical Vehicle capabilities brief and demonstration Sept. 22, 2020 … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020 - Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211 embarked 10 F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters onboard Her Majesty’s Ship Queen Elizabeth September 22 as part of the squadron’s multi-month deployment for training to the United Kingdom. “The Wake Island Avengers” are proud to represent the United States Marine Corps and United States of America while they serve as … [Read more...]