U.S. Marines with India company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines, conduct training at the Infantry Immersion Trainer (IIT) site on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, April 4, 2023. The IIT is designed to provide Marines with a realistic combat environment using sound, smell, atmospherics and role-players to increase combat efficiency. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance … [Read more...]
Task Force Conducts Joint Training with U.S. Army
APRIL 25, 2023 - Earlier this week, Soldiers assigned to Task Force Spartan, U.S. Army Central Command’s Crisis Response Task Force, trained with Marines and Sailors assigned to Naval Amphibious Task Force 51/5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade aboard Expeditionary Sea Base USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB-3) to better enable crisis response options and joint-service interoperability … [Read more...]
Marines Announce ACV Transition Training Unit
APRIL 21, 2023 - A Marine Corps-established Transition Training Unit at the Assault Amphibian School is developing a rigorous and standardized program to ensure that Amphibious Combat Vehicle Marines possess the technical knowledge, skills, and proficiency required to safely operate, maintain, supervise, and employ the ACV. The decision to stand up the TTU came after the … [Read more...]
Marines Employ Modular Trackway Bridge
APRIL 21, 2023 - To respond to 21st century security challenges, our forces will be fast, mobile, able to surge quickly, and not tied to one place or time. The VIPER is a modular bridge system that provides the capability to build bridges for crossing gaps of up to eight meters. The robust and lightweight aluminum design of the bridge allows crossing operations of … [Read more...]
Marine Corps Activates Second F-35C Squadron
U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Michael P. Fisher, commanding officer Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 311, Marine Aircraft Group 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), observes the pass and review with former VMFA 311 commanders during a reactivation ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, April 14, 2023. The reactivation and redesignation of VMFA-311 marks the … [Read more...]