Release from Headquarters Marine Corps ***** CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan – 12th Marine Regiment redesignated to 12th Marine Littoral Regiment (MLR) on November 15, 2023, during a ceremony at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan. This redesignation is the first step in…
Tactical Resupply UAS ready for the fleet
Release from Naval Air Systems Command ***** Nov 1, 2023 Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. — The Navy and Marine Corps announced Initial Operational Capability (IOC) for the TRV-150C Tactical Resupply Unmanned Aircraft System (TRUAS) Oct. 27 at Marine…
Service Chiefs from US Navy, Royal Navy, and US Marine Corps Sign Revised Strategic Charter, Strengthening the Special Relationship
Release from Vice Chief of Naval Operations Public Affairs ***** Oct. 18, 2023 ATLANTIC OCEAN – Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti and Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Eric Smith embarked HMS Prince of Wales (PWLS) and met…
HII AWARDED $244 MILLION CONTRACT TO INTEGRATE MINOTAUR SOFTWARE PRODUCTS INTO MARITIME PLATFORMS
Release from HII ***** Contract Extends HII’s ISR Mission Support Across Domains MCLEAN, Va., (Oct. 17, 2023) — HII (NYSE: HII) announced today that its Mission Technologies division was awarded a $244 million task order to integrate Minotaur software products into…
24th Marine Expeditionary Unit Composites for Deployment
By Sgt. Jacqueline Peguero-Montes, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit , 12 Oct 2023 MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit formed as a Marine Air-Ground Task Force, signified with a composite ceremony, Oct. 12, 2023 at Camp Lejeune. The…
12th Marine Regiment to be Re-Designated 12th Marine Littoral Regiment
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…
