Showing posts with label USMC. Show all posts
Showing posts with label USMC. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 06, 2011

BREAKING:Marine Helicopter Crashes at Camp Pendleton

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via FoxNews ... Marine Helicopter Crashes at Camp Pendleton Published July 06, 2011 | Associated Press CAMP PENDLE...
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Wednesday, June 29, 2011

Spanish and American Marine Conduct Mechanized Raid Training.

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All photos by Cpl Dwight Henderson Spanish Piranhas from 9th Mechanized Company, 3rd Mechanized Landing Battalion, line up to conduct a...
Tuesday, June 28, 2011

MV-22 Osprey's in Afghanistan Helmand province

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YAT-YAS onboard the USS Whidbey Island.

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An amphibious assault vehicle with Marines assigned to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit returns to the well deck of the amphibious dock...
Sunday, June 26, 2011

Hey Commandant! Save money. Kill flag billets.

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I was doing my early morning blog reading and I ran across this story from the USNI Blog. Read the whole thing but this struck me as craz...
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Friday, June 24, 2011

Bataan Amphibious Ready Group Participates Spanish Amphibious Landing Exercise

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Landing Craft Unit 1644 returns to the well deck deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island (LSD 41). The Whidbey Island...
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Gettin' ready to kick some Police/Firefighter ass! All in good fun of course!

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Marine gives pep talk before fight Lt. Col. Shane Tomko, Special Purpose Marine Ground Air-Ground Task Force commander with 3rd...

Get ready for Exercise Mailed Fist.

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Via CNN. Washington (CNN)  -- It's mid-June, a perfect time to visit the beach to watch porpoises play in the surf or seagulls str...
Monday, June 20, 2011

"Sir, in the name of God, no sane man would have stood there and done what they did. They saved us all."

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I heard this story...but not like the Lt. General tells it in this article.  This is just a snippet.  Read the whole thing.  Via the Amer...
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Saturday, June 18, 2011

USS Bataan is still blacked out.

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UPDATE: The USS Bataan is still blacked out according to its FaceBook Page. This is highly unusual.  Whats more mystifying is that th...
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Friday, June 17, 2011

2nd Force Recons conduct helo-casting training.

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MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C.-Marines with 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division; and Force Reconnaissance Company, 2n...

A USMC Unit from WW2 that you never knew existed.

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Every Marine can probably name the Marine Divisions from WW2.  Identify the Marine Raiders.  The legendary figures from that time. But how...
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USS Bataan to Syria? Special Forces to Libya?

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Purify my Heart (thanks bud) gave me a heads up that the USS Bataan was steaming toward the Syrian coast. Quite honestly, I didn't ...
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Thursday, June 16, 2011

11th MEU, EFSS and AAVs. Photos by Sgt. Elyssa Quesada

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Marines with Battalion Landing Team 3/1 work together to fit a 120mm mortar into a tracked vehicle for the first time here June 15. The ...
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Seabasing Systems.

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Forcible Entry. The past, present and future of the Marine Corps.

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Forcible Entry is the past, present and future of the Marine Corps. Credible, real Expeditionary Operations are the past, present and futu...

Combat Glide...

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Marine demonstrates combat glide Lance Cpl. Alfred Castaneda a rifleman with 3rd Platoon, Landing Force Company, demonstrates ...
Tuesday, June 14, 2011

M27 to replace SAWs?

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This is plain idiotic. How the fuck do you shoot, move and communicate if you can't keep the bad guys heads down? If you want pre...
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Monday, June 13, 2011

Elements of Power on the V-22 hit piece.

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Catching up on some reading tonight led me to SMSGT Mac's blog Elements of Power. I'm glad it did.  He covered a story that tot...

Diving Supervisors Course.

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