AUGUST 26, 2020 - The Marine Corps will soon build a state-of-the-art facility to better visualize the threat environment, gain competitive advantages and simulate future operating environments. The center is expected to break ground in fiscal year 2021 and will be uniquely designed to leverage modern simulation technologies to enhance the wargaming experience for Marines. … [Read more...]
Battalion Landing Team Honors Marines, Sailor at Memorial Service
AUGUST 24, 2020 - Service members and families gathered on the morning of Aug. 21 to pay tribute to nine fallen service members of Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/4, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The memorial was held at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton’s Camp Horno area to honor eight Marines and a Sailor from the 15th MEU who died in an assault amphibious vehicle … [Read more...]
3rd Marine Aircraft Wing’s F-35 Squadron Brings Home “Top Honors”
AUGUST 18, 2020 - Marines with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) were recognized for their performance in Exercise Red Flag 20-3, which took place between Aug. 3 and Aug. 15 in the vicinity of the Nevada Test and Training Range in Southern Nevada. Red Flag is an annual war game that has continued to evolve since 1975 and provides Joint Forces with realistic training to help … [Read more...]
Remains of Marines, Sailor From AAV Mishap Transferred to Dover AFB
AUGUST 13, 2020 - The remains of seven Marines and a Sailor recovered Aug. 7 off the coast of San Clemente Island following a July 30 assault amphibious vehicle mishap were transferred Aug. 12 to Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, from Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California. Six pallbearers of Marines and Sailors escorted each casket aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 … [Read more...]
Explosive Ordnance Disposal Marines Make History on Peleliu
AUGUST 12, 2020 - The island of Peleliu, Republic of Palau, is a tropical paradise with dense jungles, coral rock beaches, stretching reefs and sandbars just below the surface of the clear turquoise waves. However, encounters with unexploded ordnance from World War II are a fact of life in Peleliu that still endangers the local people. The Marines of Task Force Koa Moana 20, I … [Read more...]