August 20, 2015 - SAN ANTONIO -- Benjamin "Ben" Palermo loved traveling the world and seeing new places as a Marine. Palermo never imagined that when he volunteered to go to Hawaii that he'd soon be experiencing combat in Vietnam. During Operation Starlite, he was fired at from every direction as he saw helicopters shot out of the sky. Fear stirred up inside him as he realized … [Read more...]

August 20, 2015 -- MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -- Taking on the surf and creating massive waves of their own, Marines with 1st Platoon, Bravo Company, 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, conducted a series of amphibious operations including embarking, debarking and beach assaults on Onslow Beach at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Aug. 17, 2015. The … [Read more...]

CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan - August 19, 2015 -- Marine and Japanese police officers conducted a scenario-based bilateral exercise on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 5, 2015. The training, which included the Ishikawa Police Station and the Camp Hansen Provost Marshal's Office, honed the two organizations’ ability to cooperatively stop a base intrusion. “This … [Read more...]

August 19, 2015 - MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. -- Marines with 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade alongside service members with the British 3rd Commando Brigade and 1 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group executed Large Scale Exercise 15 at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Aug. 14-20. The exercise is a … [Read more...]

LAKE BUTLER, Florida -- Charles "Charlie" Darrow Fink never imagined that his good friend would be shot dead right next to him during a firefight in Vietnam during Operation Starlite. When Fink enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1964, the United States had increased its involvement in Vietnam. He realized that being deployed to a war was a very likely possibility. However, nothing … [Read more...]