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Archive: September, 2012

Warrior competition pits U.S. Marines against each other in mountains of Djibouti September 20, 2012 — Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit concluded a three-week training package in Djibouti Sept. 16, 2012, with a five-day competition designed to test everything they learned while ashore.?The extensive training and competition, based in the coastal mountains off the Gulf of Toujours, focused on mountain-based infantry skills intended to MORE

Hawaii Marines employ new interactive bomb trainer September 20, 2012 — Though the suite of four tan trailers doesn?t look like much from the outside, a short trip inside quickly confirms its worth.Decked out with a plethora of high-definition TVs and intricately crafted visual displays, the trailers form the base?s new Mobile Counter-IED Interactive Trainer. The MCIT, which is geared toward junior Marines and MORE

Prisoner of War, Missing in Action Recognition Day Honors Service Members September 20, 2012 — National POW/MIA Recognition Day is Friday, Sept. 21.? Each year, the President issues a proclamation asking Americans to recognize the nation?s service members who were held prisoner or are still missing, and their families.???????????? The day?s events include a Pentagon commemoration ceremony hosting former prisoners of war, family members, MORE

Marine pilot presents award to Wold War II veteran after 68 years September 19, 2012 — Major Josh Vance, a KC-130 Pilot currently stationed at Combat Development Directorate, Combat Development and Integration, Marine Corps Combat Development Command, Quantico, Va., has just seen the reward of more than thirteen months of research and efforts in the nearby town of Brooksville, Fla.On 31 January 1944, OPERATION FLINTLOCK commenced MORE

Montford Point Marine receives Congressional Gold Medal September 19, 2012 — He stands tall with his shoulders rolled slightly back as the long-awaited moment approaches. He?s an older Marine, 87 years old, but he stood at the position of attention like any other Marine. Among many of his characteristics he?s black, typically an irrelevant feature in the Corps, but very significant this day because he represented many black MORE

Teamwork pushes Landing Support Company through endurance course September 19, 2012 — The murky, humid land surrounding Battle Skills Training School here is an environment only the creepiest of crawlies could love ? unless it?s time for training.Marines and sailors with Landing Support Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 27, 2nd Marine Logistics Group they fought through the endurance course at BSTS here, Sept. 14.?Their gear was MORE

Most decorated infantry battalion returns from Afghanistan September 19, 2012 — When the father of Cpl. Carl P. Cassels saw his son arrive to the 5th Marine Regiment parade deck here after coming home from Afghanistan Sept. 17, he said an overwhelming feeling of relief swept him over.?Now that he?s home, I can breathe easier,? said Bailey Cassels, whose son served as a small arms repair technician with Headquarters and Service MORE

Engineers become jacks-of-all-trades September 19, 2012 — One might not associate bulk fuel specialists with sweeping for mines or water purification specialists with operating heavy machinery. Nevertheless, the Marines of the engineer detachment of Combat Logistics Battalion 26, currently reinforcing the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, are doing precisely that.The engineer detachment has instituted a MORE

Osprey Cleared to Fly in Japan, Improving Alliance Capabilities September 19, 2012 — The V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft is now approved to fly in Japan, Press Secretary George Little said in a statement here today.Little, traveling with Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta in Asia this week, said today the secretary is pleased that an agreement has been reached between the United States and the government of Japan that permits the MORE

Department of Defense Sends Marine Team to U.S. Embassy in Yemen September 19, 2012 — A Marine Corps fleet antiterrorism security team, called a ?FAST team? is now on the ground in Yemen to help with security at the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, Pentagon Press Secretary George Little said today.This is the second FAST team, consisting of about 50 Marines, authorized by Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta to bolster security at U.S. MORE

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