OCTOBER 2, 2023 – The 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing deactivated Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron (VMFAT) 101, a historic F/A-18 Hornet training squadron, here, Sept. 29, 2023. Since 1969, instructor pilots of the VMFAT-101 “SharpSHooters” have qualified combat aviators and sent them to operational squadrons worldwide. The squadron commemorated the event by “flying the … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023 - It was an ordinary Friday evening, Sept. 15th, as Cpl. Nicholas Christensen was driving back to Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California chatting with his buddy Lance Cpl. Ethan Feaster when suddenly a car turned left into traffic causing a horrific collision. Two of the motorcycle riders directly in front of Christensen’s truck swerved to miss the car, … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023 - A team of Marine Raiders recently completed a jungle tracking and mobility course as part of their pre-deployment training program. The course, administered by instructors from the Tactical Tracking Operations School, teaches mobility in a jungle environment, rope and rappel work, jungle tracking, and anti-tracking techniques. For roughly two weeks, … [Read more...]

MONTEREY, Calif. (Sept. 22, 2023) U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Roberta L. Shea, Legislative Assistant to the Commandant of the Marine Corps, commemorates the Naval Postgraduate School’s summer quarter graduates in King Hall, Sept. 22. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class James Norket/Released) SEPTEMBER 26, 2023 - Emphasizing the power of collaboration … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023 - Marines and Sailors of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, embarked on the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS Mesa Verde, concluded exercise Northern Coasts 2023, a multinational naval exercise series in the Baltic Sea region, Sept. 4-22, 2023. “Our forward-deployed posture and participation in Exercise Northern Coasts 2023 highlighted our … [Read more...]