JANUARY 24, 2024 - A Guardsmen from the 258th Air Traffic Control Squadron, a geographically separated unit of the 171st Air Refueling Wing, attended a seven-week long Marine training course at Marine Corps Air Station in Yuma, Arizona. Staff Sgt. Garrett Swanson, an air traffic control specialist, joined a Marine aviation combat squadron for the Weapons and Tactics … [Read more...]
Marines 5th ANGLICO Turns 20 This Year
U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Eric Pak, a forward air controller officer with 5th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, observes the landing zone of a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force CH-47J Chinook during joint terminal attack controller training at Irisuna Island, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 15, 2023. The training tested U.S. and Japanese … [Read more...]
New Marine Radios Cement Electromagnetic Spectrum
JANUARY 19, 2024 - In a decisive move meant to ensure dominance over the electromagnetic spectrum, Marine Corps Systems Command is on track to upgrade 50,000 legacy radios with state-of-the-art multi-channel, crypto-compliant models in Fiscal Year 2024. In line with Force Design’s call for rapid force modernization, MARCORSYSCOM’s Program Manager for Communications Systems, … [Read more...]
New Air Defense System Advances Corps’ Air Dominance
JANUARY 18, 2024 - The Marine Corps is one step closer to defeating unmanned aircraft systems. In December, Program Executive Officer Land Systems successfully tested the Marine Air Defense Integrated System, or MADIS, low-rate initial production model, hitting several launched drones during a live-fire test at the Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona. The live-fire test … [Read more...]
Marine Expeditionary Unit Realistic Urban Training
A U.S. Marine with Bravo Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/8, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), provides security for the simulated surface raid bivouac site during Amphibious Squadron, MEU Integration (PMINT) on Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Dec. 12, 2023. PMINT is the 24th MEU’s first opportunity in the pre-deployment training cycle to fully integrate with the Wasp … [Read more...]