AUGUST 5, 2020 - Officials with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), I Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF), and the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) positively identified on Aug. 3 the location of the amphibious assault vehicle (AAV) that sunk off the coast of San Clemente Island on July 30. The U.S. Navy’s Undersea Rescue Command confirmed that human remains have … [Read more...]
Marine Corps Looking for New Rocket System
AUGUST 4, 2020 - Marine Corps Systems Command is looking to field a next-generation, shoulder-fired rocket system that will increase lethality and safety for Marines. With guidance from MCSC’s Program Manager for Ammunition, the Army in July released a Request for Proposals for the M72 Light Assault Weapon Fire from Enclosure munition. The Army is procuring the system on … [Read more...]
Search and Rescue for Missing Service Members Concludes
AUGUST 2, 2020 - After an extensive 40-hour search, the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, I Marine Expeditionary Force, and the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group concluded their search and rescue operation for seven missing Marines and one Sailor, today. All eight service members are presumed deceased The 15th MEU and the ARG leadership determined that there was little … [Read more...]
USMC RailOps Transports Tanks and Other Heavy Equipment to Army
JULY 31, 2020 - As part of the Commandant of the Marine Corps’ Force Design 2030, nearly 200 M1A1 Abrams Tanks, M-88 Recovery Vehicles, and Armored Vehicle Launched Bridges are moving through Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, California throughout this month. “The tanks currently assigned to 1st Marine Division, Exercise Support Division, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat … [Read more...]
U.S. Marines with Scout Snipers Course Participate in Stalking Exercise
JULY 30, 2020 - U.S. Marines with the Scout Sniper Course 2-20, Reconnaissance Training Company, Advanced Infantry Battalion, School of Infantry - West, participated in a stalking and infiltration course in the Romeo Training Area on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, July 26. The Marines started at a designated grid point then moved forward by various means toward two … [Read more...]