MARCH 10, 2025 – The U.S. Marine Corps’ Japan-based aviation forces received their first F-35 deployment from the continental United States on March 8, 2025. Based out of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 214, an F-35B squadron of Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, deployed to MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, under the Marine … [Read more...]
Next-Gen Tactical Decision Aid
The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and Office of Naval Research-Global TechSolutions recently demonstrated the Marine Corps Surf Observation Tool for Littoral Expeditionary Operations during Technical Concept Experiment 24.2 (TCE 24.2) hosted by the Office of Naval Research at Camp Pendleton in Oceanside, Calif., Aug. 20-23. Meteorology and Oceanography Battlespace … [Read more...]
Marine Corps Makes Reenlistment Easier with Pilot Program
FEBRUARY 25, 2025 — The Marine Corps is announcing via Marine Administration Message (MARADMIN) the implementation of the Enlisted Career Designation Program (ECDP) pilot, which allows eligible Marines to reenlist and serve up to their grade service limitation. Beginning June 1, 2025, E-8 and E-9 Marines with at least 15 years of service or two years’ time in grade, and an … [Read more...]
Marine-to-Marine Staff Talks
U.S. Marine Corps Col. Christopher Winn, assistant chief of staff, G-5 Plans Division, U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, delivers opening comments at the 2025 Philippine Marine Corps-MARFORPAC Marine-to-Marine Staff Talks at Fort Bonifacio, Philippines, Feb. 4, 2025. The three-day talks provided a forum to improve coordination of bilateral exercises and operations while … [Read more...]
Marines Arrive at Guantanamo Bay Migrant Operations Center
FEBRUARY 2, 2025 - Marines assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, have arrived in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to prepare to expand the Migrant Operations Center at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. Also, friends and family members said farewell to 111 soldiers of the New York National Guard's 206th Military Police Company, Jan. 25, 2025, as they prepared to deploy to … [Read more...]