Release from Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps ***** WASHINGTON, D.C. – To support the United States and Japan’s commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific, 12th Marine Regiment will redesignate to 12th Marine Littoral Regiment (MLR) on November 15, 2023. The…
Marine Corps XQ-58A Valkyrie completes first flight
Release from Headquarters Marine Corps ***** HEADQUARTERS MARINE CORPS, Va. – The Marine Corps XQ-58A Valkyrie, a highly autonomous, low-cost tactical unmanned air vehicle successfully completed its first test flight October 3, 2023, at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The…
VMM-364 transfers Horn of Africa mission to VMM-261
***** 10.03.2023 Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Rion Codrington Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti AMP LEMONNIER, Djibouti (October 1, 2023) – Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 364 reinforced (VMM-364) handed off their mission as the Aviation Combat Element in the Horn of Africa…
Marine Corps deactivates historic F/A-18 training squadron
MIRAMAR, CA, UNITED STATES 09.29.2023 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, Calif. — The 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing deactivated VMFAT-101, an historic F/A-18 Hornet training squadron, here on September 29, 2023. Since 1969, instructor pilots of the VMFAT-101 “Sharpshooters”…
GDEB, HII, Partners to Advance Additive Manufacturing on a Virginia-Class Submarine
Composite of releases from General Dynamics Electric Boat and HII ***** GROTON, Conn., and NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (September 25, 2023) — General Dynamics Electric Boat, a business unit of General Dynamics, and HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division announced Sept. 25…
Smith Sworn in as Commandant of the Marine Corps
***** WASHINGTON, D.C. — General Eric M. Smith was sworn-in as the 39th Commandant of the Marine Corps by the Secretary of the Navy, the Honorable Carlos Del Toro, Sept 22, 2023, at the Pentagon, Headquarters Marine Corps said in…
Unmanned Surface Vessel Division One Makes Its First Port Visit in Yokosuka, Japan
From By U.S. 7th Fleet Public Affairs ***** 21 September 2023 YOKOSUKA, Japan – The unmanned surface vessels (USVs) Ranger and Mariner from Unmanned Surface Vessel Division ONE (USVDIV-1) arrived at Fleet Activities Yokosuka on Sept. 18 as part of…
Koa Moana Marines Host Puma Training for Palau Maritime Law Enforcement
KOROR, PALAU 09.14.2023 Story by Staff Sgt. Courtney White 1st Marine Logistics Group U.S. Marines with Task Force Koa Moana 23 concluded the Task Force Koa Moana RQ-20B Puma Training Course with a graduation ceremony at the Palau Joint Operations Center,…
JB Charleston, MCAS Beaufort search-and-recovery team locates F-35B debris field
Release from 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing ****** JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. – Personnel from Joint Base Charleston and Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, in close coordination with local authorities, have located a debris field in Williamsburg County. The debris was…
F-35B Loss is the Fourth for the Marine Corps
***** ARLINGTON, Va. — The pilot of a Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II strike fighter ejected safely near Charleston, South Carolina, on September 17, but search-and-recovery efforts for the aircraft are ongoing, a Marine Corps official said. “The search-and-recovery efforts…
