Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan (5/30/2013) - Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler’s Semper Fit health promotion program was recently awarded the 2012 Blue H–Navy Surgeon General’s Health Promotion and Wellness Award gold star. The award encourages and rewards the promotion of health in Navy and Marine Corps organizations. Navy and Marine Corps Public Health … [Read more...]

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (5/29/2013) -- Marine Corps Community Services and Marine and Family Programs are scheduled to sponsor a pre-retirement seminar at the Transition Readiness Classroom of the Stars and Stripes Bowling Center, bldg. 1339, here from June 10 – 14. The seminar will be held for service members who are considering retirement within the next two … [Read more...]

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION FUTENMA, OKINAWA, Japan (5/24/2013) -- A CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter with Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 262 made its final flight May 20 after flying from Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to Camp Kinser where it will await final disposition. The CH-46E is one of twelve helicopters used by HMM-262 that will be phased-out during the next couple of … [Read more...]

TAMPA, Fla. (5/22/2013) -- Look for big changes in special operations forces as they shape for what’s ahead after a dozen years of intensive, high-operational-tempo missions focused predominantly on Afghanistan and Iraq. Commanders of the special operations components laid out their plans for the future to members of the special operations community and the defense … [Read more...]

NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. (5/22/2013) -- The Department of the Navy announced May 15 that the RQ-21A Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS) received Milestone C approval authorizing the start of low rate initial production. With MS C approval, the RQ-21A program, managed by the Navy and Marine Corps STUAS program office (PMA-263) here at NAS … [Read more...]