U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), board a CH-53E Super Stallion during an amphibious assault as part of Odyssey Encore, Volos, Greece, Jan. 8, 2024. The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable)’s Marine Air-Ground Task Force sustainment training enhances readiness and … [Read more...]
Stand-in Force Operations Increase Readiness in the Indo-Pacific
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Orin Chacho provides security during Stand-in Force Exercise 24 at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, Dec. 4, 2023. SIFEX 24 is a division-level exercise involving all elements of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force focused on strengthening multi-domain awareness, maneuver, and fires across a distributed maritime environment. This exercise … [Read more...]
Bringing the Team Together: Integrated Training for Tactical Advantage
JANUARY 4, 2024 - The Sailors and Marines of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps team operate the most advanced weapons systems and platforms 24 hours a day, seven days a week. They deploy as integrated warfighting teams designed to operate with the joint services, partners, and allies. Today’s strategic realities underscore the mission and sense of urgency for Carrier Strike Group … [Read more...]
On the Worst Days, We’re at Our Best
JANUARY 4, 2024 - Practice how you play. It’s not every day that you see an aircraft fire, which is why Marines with Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, unwrapped their Mobile Aircraft Fire Training Device just in time for the holidays. On Dec. 21, 2023, ARFF Marines from Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron conducted their … [Read more...]
Brain and Backbone: New Environments, New Targets
JANUARY 1, 2024 - Born out of Aiken, a small suburban town in South Carolina, Cpl. Kate McCaskill, a Fire Direction and Control (FDC) Marine, is the only enlisted female artillery Marine deployed with Sierra Battery, Battalion Landing Team 1/6, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) (26MEU(SOC). The battery or platoon Fire Direction and Control is the … [Read more...]