Release from Marine Rotational Force – Darwin ***** DARWIN, AUSTRALIA — Marine Rotational Force – Darwin can confirm a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey crash on Melville Island, north of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia while transporting troops during a routine…
Marine Aviator Killed in F./A-18D Hornet Crash
***** ARLINGTON, Va. — A Marine Corps aviator was killed in the crash of his F/A-18D Hornet strike fighter on Aug. 24. The two-seat Hornet, with only the pilot on board, crashed near Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, at…
Navy Expeditionary Combat Forces Enable Distributed Maritime Operations During LSE 2023
Release from U.S. Fleet Forces Command ***** 23 August 2023 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – Sailors and Marines assigned to Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) refined their warfighting concepts and tactics in live, virtual, and constructive training events throughout the month…
NOAA cuts ribbon on renovated Ketchikan, Alaska port facility
Release from NOAA ***** August 21, 2023 Today, federal, tribal, state and local officials joined NOAA leadership to cut the ribbon on the agency’s newly renovated port facility in Ketchikan, Alaska. The celebration was held to dedicate the facility and…
Navy, Marine Corps Conclude Large Scale Exercise 2023
Release from U.S. Fleet Forces Command ***** 18 August 2023 NORFOLK, Va. – More than 25,000 Sailors and Marines across the globe participated in the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps-led Large Scale Exercise (LSE) 2023, Aug. 9-18. One of the…
Farewell, FLIP! Renowned Navy-Owned Research Platform Retired after 60 Years of Service
Release from the Office of Naval Research ***** Aug. 16, 2023 By Warren Duffie, Jr., Office of Naval Research ARLINGTON, Va.- A dynamic era in naval oceanography recently ended as the iconic Floating Instrument Platform – popularly known as FLIP –…
VMGR-153 provides Transportation of JTF-50 Personnel and Equipment from Oahu to Maui
Release from Marine Corps Base Hawaii ***** U.S. Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 153 (VMGR-153) load cargo onto a KC-130J Hercules assigned to VMGR-153, Marine Aircraft Group 24, 1st Marine Air Wing, at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe…
Mahoney Nominated for Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps
***** ARLINGTON, Va. — Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced Aug. 14 that the president has nominated Marine Corps Lieutenant General Christopher J. Mahoney for appointment to the grade of general, with assignment as assistant commandant of the…
Fairbanks Morse Defense, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Collaborate on Developing Alternative Fuel Technology for Marine Engines
Release from Fairbanks Morse Defense ***** BELOIT, Wis. – August 8, 2023 – Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the Department of Energy’s largest multidisciplinary laboratory, and Fairbanks Morse Defense (FMD), a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management, have entered into…
3,000 Sailors and Marines Arrive in Middle East aboard USS Bataan, USS Carter Hall
Release from U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Public Affairs ***** From U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Public Affairs MANAMA, Bahrain – More than 3,000 U.S. Sailors and Marines of the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit…
