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By Robert Burns - The Associated Press
Posted : Saturday Jan 28, 2012 10:39:59 EST
WASHINGTON — The lineup of weapons the Pentagon has picked to fit President Obama’s new forward-looking defense strategy, called “Priorities for 21st Century Defense,” features relics of the past.
Continue reading "Cuts give new life to old weapons systems" »
Courtesy Story | III Marine Expeditionary Force / Marine Corps Installations Pacific | Date: 01.27.2012
Sporadic bursts of rifle fire cut through the still air, drawing an immediate response from the Marines staged on the opposite end of the clearing. Calls for maneuvers were made as groups of Marines took up defensive positions, returning fire in the direction of the enemy contact. Minutes later, three hostiles were either killed or captured, and a security perimeter was established around the cleared area.
Continue reading "31st MEU secures beach with amphibious assault" »
1/27/2012 By Cpl. Jonathan G. Wright , 31st MEU
OKINAWA, Japan — The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit has kicked off the new year by departing for the multi-lateral training exercise Cobra Gold 2012.
Continue reading "The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit departs for Cobra Gold 2012 " »
Courtesy Story | III Marine Expeditionary Force / Marine Corps Installations Pacific | Date: 01.27.2012
Marine combat engineers are known for being the first called when something needs to be repaired, improvised, built or even destroyed. These capabilities often earn them accolades from their fellow Marines.
Continue reading "9th ESB completes road construction in Helmand" »
1/27/2012 By Lance Cpl. Rubin J. Tan , Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort
MCAS Beaufort, S.C. — Engineers, aircraft mechanics, data network specialists and other jobs in the Marine Corps can be turned into careers and with experience in the military, Marines may be qualified for college credit.
Continue reading "College credit earned though military experience" »
Story by Cpl. Tommy Bellegarde | 2nd Marine Division | Date: 01.27.2012
ATROL BASE 7171, Helmand province, Afghanistan – Armored trucks provide unique capabilities in a combat environment and mobile sections are often among the most utilized assets for a line company during an Afghanistan deployment. Missions tasked out to mobile sections can be highly variable – flexibility is a must for its Marines, especially during formal operations. The high-stress, sometimes tedious life of a mobile Marine in Afghanistan takes some getting used to as personal comfort gives way to mission accomplishment.
Continue reading "Fox mobile Marines stay flexible during Operation Double Check" »
1/27/2012 By Capt. Jill Wolf , Wounded Warrior Regiment
MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. (Jan. 27, 2012) — Marines, sailors and family members gathered here to honor a Wounded Warrior Regiment staff member during an award ceremony at the regimental headquarters today.
By Leo Shane III
Stars and Stripes
Published: January 27, 2012
WASHINGTON — Voting experts anticipate fewer problems for military and overseas absentee voters in this November’s presidential election, thanks to more online tools and more accommodating deadlines from states.
Continue reading "Absentee voting should be easier for servicemembers in 2012" »
Story by Cpl. Tommy Bellegarde | 2nd Marine Division | Date: 01.26.2012
PATROL BASE 7171, Helmand province, Afghanistan – Marines from 2nd Platoon, Bravo Company, 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion, spent the opening days of Operation Double Check building elevated security posts for Afghan National Security Force and Afghan National Police personnel. The posts, now complete, were placed in areas of southern Musa Qal’eh district, Helmand province, that lacked a coalition presence prior to the operation’s start, Jan. 3 – areas that have been plagued by an active insurgency in recent years.
1/26/2012 By Lance Cpl. Cory D. Polom , Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. — Marines with 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing's Military Police Company stood in formation for the last time today before their company first sergeant dismissed them, following the unit's de-activation during a ceremony at their headquarters building aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point.
Continue reading "Cherry Point MP Company de-activates after 3 years " »
Date: 1/26/2012 Album ID: 1402827
Photos by Chris Dillmann
This is the second installment of the series, "Making Marines." These photos try and give a glimpse of what some of the training exercises the recruits do.
By Dan Lamothe - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Jan 26, 2012 13:45:08 EST
The Marine Corps will slash 20,000 Marines as part of Defense Department-wide budget cuts, reducing its end strength to about 182,000, top Pentagon officials announced Thursday.
Continue reading "20,000 Marines to be cut, Pentagon announces" »
1/26/2012 By Staff Sgt. Danielle M. Bacon , 26th MEU
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — Armed with a spray can, most walls were considered fair game. Graffiti was his medium and more often than not, it was not appreciated by the public. Kicked out of the New York school system, most would have considered the ‘skater boy’ from Queens a lost cause – a hoodlum, nothing more, and nothing less.
Continue reading "N.Y. hoodlum turned combat cameraman of the year " »
Story by Cpl. Johnny Merkley | Regimental Combat Team-5, 1st Marine Division | Date: 01.24.2012
Date Posted: 01:26:2012
FORWARD OPERATING BASE GERONIMO, Helmand province, Afghanistan – When Cpl. Ross T. Gundlach enlisted in the Marine Corps in 2008, the last thing he expected to do was rely on a dog for survival while patrolling the rugged terrain of southern Helmand province.
Continue reading "Marine’s best friend, insurgent’s worst enemy" »
Story by Cpl. Ed Galo | Regimental Combat Team 6 | Date: 01.25.2012
FORWARD OPERATING BASE JACKSON, Afghanistan — The Female Engagement Team and 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment has been conducting shuras which are community gatherings or consultations in order to help the local population outside of Forward Operating Base Jackson, Afghanistan.
Continue reading "3/7 and FET help educate local children" »
BY Daniel Callahan - SUN NEWSPAPERS
Published: Wednesday, January 25, 2012 2:12 PM CST
Looking around the USO at the San Diego International Airport, you might think the numerous Marine Corps recruits were getting ready for camp. They lounge on easy chairs, grab snacks and drinks from the kitchen, watch television and relax.
By Keith Rogers
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Posted: Jan. 25, 2012 | 8:43 p.m.
Updated: Jan. 26, 2012 | 8:40 a.m.
Forty-five minutes before President Barack Obama landed at McCarran International Airport, the remains of fallen Marine Cpl. Jon-Luke Bateman arrived at Nellis Air Force Base, where his grief-struck family waited.
CALEB HUTTON; THE BELLINGHAM HERALD
Published: 01/25/12 5:01 pm | Updated: 01/26/12 9:18 am
A public motorcade is tentatively scheduled for Saturday afternoon, Jan. 28, in honor of a U.S. Marine from Ferndale who died last week in Afghanistan.
Continue reading "Motorcade, public memorial this weekend for fallen Marine from Ferndale " »
Story by Sgt. Earnest J. Barnes | 2nd Marine Division | Date: 01.25.2012
MUSA QAL’EH DISTRICT, Helmand province, Afghanistan – Marines with Echo Company and members of the Afghan National Security Forces are participating in Operation Double Check, an operation to promote legitimate governance within the Musa Qal’eh district. This operation further spread the influence of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to untouched areas and provided an opportunity for Afghan forces to take on a greater role in security efforts.
1/25/2012 By Lance Cpl. Brianna Turner , Marine Corps Bases Japan
Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan — A vacation in Japan, visiting with his son and grandchildren, reminiscing about the past that is what Ron Maines, a Rogers, Ark. native, had planned when he came to Okinawa. What he found while taking a stroll down memory lane, however, was not what he expected.
Continue reading "Family bonding leads to discoveries from past " »
By Karen Jowers - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Jan 25, 2012 15:16:12 EST
Federal officials have begun tracking companies and individuals who repeatedly target service members with scams, officials announced Wednesday.
Continue reading "Officials: Scam database will protect troops" »
Story by Cpl. Brian Adam Jones | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) | Date: 01.24.2012
CAMP BASTIAN, Afghanistan -- The Marines of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 363 filled the pews of a small chapel at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, to bid farewell to six fallen brothers, Jan. 24.
Continue reading "Marines in Afghanistan honor brethren killed in helicopter crash" »
Story by Cpl. Tommy Bellegarde | 2nd Marine Division | Date: 01.24.2012
PATROL BASE 7171, Helmand province, Afghanistan – Afghan National Security Force and Afghan National Police personnel are working with Marines and sailors from Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, to secure areas of southern Musa Qal’eh district, Helmand province, during Operation Double Check, which kicked off Jan. 3 when the Marines helicopter-inserted into the area.
By AARON CLAVERIE aclaverie@californian.com | Posted: Monday, January 23, 2012 3:15 pm
U.S. Marine Cpl. Christopher G. Singer, 23, a Chaparral High School graduate, died Saturday after he was shot while serving in Afghanistan, a family member said Monday.
Continue reading "Marine corporal, a former Chaparral High grad, killed in action " »
Story by Cpl. Johnny Merkley | Regimental Combat Team-5, 1st Marine Division | Date: 01.18.2012
Date posted: 01:23:2012
SHORSHORAK, Helmand province, Afghanistan – Afghan National Army soldiers with 1st Brigade, 215th Corps conducted a clearing operation as part of the ongoing Operation Tageer Shamal (Shifting Winds) here Jan. 12-14.
Continue reading "Operation Tageer Shamal: ANA conducts clearing operation through Shorshorak" »
Story by Lance Cpl. John Suleski | Marine Corps Air Station New River | Date: 01.23.2012
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION NEW RIVER, N.C. - The parking lot in front of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365’s hangar was full of families posing for one last photo, children reaching for their parents, and lovers embracing each other and not wanting to let go.
By Gina Cavallaro - Staff writer
Posted : Monday Jan 23, 2012 8:56:10 EST
Mandatory annual hearing tests for all Marines start now under a new policy aimed at putting some muscle behind the Corps’ hearing conservation program.
Continue reading "Corps mandates yearly hearing test for all" »
McHone was inspiration to work hard, "always wanted to be the best he could"
By KATIE ANDERSON - kanderson@shawmedia.com
Created: Sunday, January 22, 2012 5:30 a.m. CST
CRYSTAL LAKE – To his classmates and former coaches at Crystal Lake South High School, “Nate” McHone always will be an inspiration to work hard at whatever task sits before you.
Continue reading "Classmates, teachers remember Crystal Lake Marine killed in Afghanistan" »
Story by Cpl. Jeff Drew | 2nd Marine Division | Date: 01.22.2012
CAMP LEATHERNECK, Helmand province, Afghanistan – Musa Qal’eh, once terrorized by insurgents, now shines as a symbol of progress in the province, thanks to the hard work and dedication of Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan officials, Afghan security forces, Marines and sailors of the 2nd Marine Division (Forward), and other coalition partners.
Continue reading "Musa Qal’eh: walking the path of progress" »
By Gidget Fuentes - Staff writer
Posted : Sunday Jan 22, 2012 9:03:43 EST
With at least 50 percent of the Corps composed of unmarried men and women, top leaders have moved to give single Marines a voice within their command that is equal to their married colleagues on matters of family readiness.
Continue reading "Way for single Marines to gripe, raise concerns" »
January 21, 2012 4:29 AM
HOPE HODGE - DAILY NEWS STAFF
It has been eight-and-a-half years since Jary and Sheryl Kleiboeker received word that their son, 19-year-old Lance Cpl. Nicholas Kleiboeker, of 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, was killed by an exploding munitions bunker near Al Hillah, Iraq on May 13, 2003, becoming the first unit casualty from the Wars on Terror. For other families who joined the Kleiboekers at the battalion’s headquarters on Friday, only a year had passed since the dreaded knock of a casualty assistance officer.
Continue reading "2nd CEB holds memorial service for 26 fallen members" »
Published: Saturday, January 21, 2012, 4:00 AM
WASHINGTON TWP. — Standing in front of his family’s home in 30-degree weather, Corporal Andrew Levin was a far cry from his 135-degree days in Afghanistan.
By Gina Cavallaro - Staff writer
Posted : Saturday Jan 21, 2012 12:57:09 EST
It was the hottest landing zone they’d seen. On June 12, when the MV-22 Osprey touched down in Sangin, Afghanistan, its four-man crew faced multiple enemy fighting positions less than 100 yards away. It was a hellish three minutes scrambling to unload food, water and ammunition to infantrymen who’d been pinned down all day, and marked the first time in Afghanistan or Iraq that a Marine Osprey crew engaged the enemy with the aircraft’s ramp-mounted machine gun.
Continue reading "Marines earn Air Medals for resupply mission" »
