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Archive: 2006

MV-22 Osprey compatible with expedtionary airfield

Tests conducted earlier this month at Camp Lejeune, NC, found that the Marine Corps’ MV-22 Osprey tilt rotor can safely land on the AM2 Mat system, which is used by the services to land aircraft in remote places around the globe. The tests were conducted Nov. 8, said Mike Jiavaras, the expeditionary airfield team lead for Naval Air Station

Air station prepares for possible mishaps

DRILL. DRILL. DRILL. A barge carrying jet fuel malfunctioned and collided with the Air Station fuel pier, spilling approximately 4,700 gallons of jet fuel into the water. Emergency responders were able to contain all but approximately 1,000 gallons of the fuel that threatened nearby neighbors, wildlife and Beaufort’s fishing and seafood industry.

Disbursing trains hard

Twenty-two Marines with the Disbursing Office with Company A, Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Base, conducted a field exercise to refresh their Marines’ basic infantry skills here Dec. 7. The Marines were inserted by CH-53E Super Stallion flown by members of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron-461, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, where

RS sergeant major reflects on Medal of Honor recipient's actions

When President George W. Bush announced November 10 that a young corporal who made the ultimate sacrifice would be recognized with the Corps' first Medal of Honor since Vietnam, one 8th Marine Corps District Marine had no doubts about the award's merit. While serving as the senior Marine for 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Sgt. Maj. Daniel A.

Swift destruction, deadly tactics; 1st Recon lands at Combat Center

Small in numbers but strong in warfighting tactics, 1st Reconnaissance Battalion hit the ranges of the Combat Center as they progressed through Mojave Viper training Saturday through Wednesday. Targets on Range 113 were no match for the Recon Snipers of Company B., using M-40A-3 Scout Sniper rifles, as they took shots of up to 1,000 yards. “Our

Tankers lead team in sweep of RCT-5’s barren northern desert

Tankers from Regimental Combat Team 5 made tracks in the barren deserts north of Fallujah in search of weapons caches and insurgent activity. Marines from C Company, 2nd Tank Battalion, along with Team Gator's TOW Platoon, 2nd Tank Battalion and Marines of 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, fanned out across the Northern Regimental Security Area

Fallen tanker honored in Combat Center memorial

Lance Cpl. Michael L. Ford was honored by family and friends at a memorial service held at the Combat Center’s Lance Cpl. Torrey L. Gray Field Tuesday. Ford, a tank crewman from Company C, 1st Tank Battalion, passed away April 26 while conducting combat operations during a deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Ford, a New Bedford,

Doctors, corpsmen practice hand-to-hand combat

When they're not combating patients' injuries, a few doctors and corpsmen at Taqaddum Surgical are learning hand-to-hand combat, Marine Corps' style. Sailors recently attended Marine Corps Martial Arts Program, or MCMAP, classes a few hours every day for approximately two weeks. And though they all walked a little taller wearing their Marine Corps

Fightertown West Point grads fly-over Army/ Navy game

Two pilots from Navy Strike Fighter Squadron 86 flew over the 107th Army/ Navy football game last Saturday. As two Navy pilots, it may be assumed that they were cheering for the Naval Academy Midshipmen, but in reality, these two West Point graduates were rooting for the opposing team, the Army Black Knights.The journey has been one that is not

New tool for safer skies

Smoke billows from the failed engine of the plummeting C-130 Hercules as it desperately tries to pull up. With the landing gear still locked in its great steel belly, the aircraft hits the runway and skids to an eventual halt into the industrial zone adjacent to the flight line. Luckily, this scenario was just one of many created by the new Adacel

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