Articles By: USMarines

Osprey Landing at Naval Hospital Provides New Life-Saving Option

MARINE CORPS AIR GROUND COMBAT CENTER TWENTYNINE PALMS: The MV-22 Osprey, long touted by the Marines as an advanced, flexible, transformational and all-around “great piece of gear,” didn’t do anything spectacular in a landing zone capability exercise at LZ 16 at the Robert E. Bush Naval Hospital...

March 16th, 2010 | Army News | Read More

Third F-35B Arrives at Pax River, Corps on Track for JSF Delivery

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, Az: The third F-35B Joint Strike Fighter landed at a test site in Maryland Feb. 17, 2010, to continue necessary evaluations before it can be delivered to operational squadrons throughout the Marine Corps, including some in Yuma. After making its first flight only a few...

March 2nd, 2010 | Air Force News | Read More

Farther, Faster, Stronger; Osprey Enhances Battlefield Capabilities

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Ca: The 40-year legacy of the CH-46 Sea Knight is built on stories of valor and heroism from Marines in combat missions around the world, but that era is coming to a close as the Marine Corps replaces the Sea Knight with it’s newest bird of prey, the MV-22 “Osprey.” In...

January 13th, 2010 | Army News | Read More

Marines Blast Through Now Zad With Assault Breacher Vehicles

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan: A vehicle that looks like a hybrid of a tank and bulldozer comes to a stop. An enormous blast shrieks through the air and delivers 1,750 pounds of C4 on the road ahead. The Marine Corps newest vehicle, an assault breacher vehicle, has detonated a route clearing, line charge,...

December 16th, 2009 | Army News | Read More

MRAP All Terrain Vehicles Arriving for C4I Integration

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C.: The next generation of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles, the MRAP All Terrain Vehicles (M-ATVs), are now arriving at Space and Naval Warfare (SPAWAR) Systems Center (SSC) Atlantic. As with the MRAP vehicles, SSC Atlantic is responsible for the prototyping, testing,...

October 6th, 2009 | Army News | Read More

Air-Ground Team Airlifts Newest Howitzers In Historic First

HELMAND PROVINCE, Afghanistan: In a historic combat first, Marines from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 772, Combat Logistics Battalion 8 and 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment worked together to air lift two M777A2 lightweight howitzers from Fire Base Fiddler’s Green in Helmand Province and set...

October 5th, 2009 | Army News | Read More

Marine Wing Support Squadron trains to deploy

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C.: Leathernecks of Marine Wing Support Squadron 274 engaged in a field training exercise Sept. 14 - 25 at Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, N.C. The exercise provided an opportunity to assess and correct any areas needing improvement before the “Ironmen”...

October 5th, 2009 | Army News | Read More

Blue Angels to awe crowds at 2009 MCAS Miramar Air Show

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Ca: The U.S. Navy’s Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, will perform at the 2009 Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Air Show today through Sunday. The demonstration team’s show is scheduled for 2:45 p.m. each day, will exhibit a choreographed refinements...

October 5th, 2009 | Air Force News | Read More

First M-ATVs Deploy to Afghanistan

WASHINGTON: With unprecedented speed, the first of thousands of mine-resistant, ambush-protected all-terrain vehicles known as M-ATVs -- are being deployed to Afghanistan just three months after a delivery order was awarded. Conventional MRAP vehicles feature a V-shaped hull to deflect roadside bombs,...

September 29th, 2009 | Army News | Read More