Stories

A crew chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 366, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, leads Marines with 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment to board a CH-53E Super Stallion during Exercise Deep Water 2020 at Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C., July 29, 2020. The purpose of the exercise is to increase 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing’s interoperability and readiness on a scale that simulates peer-level threats. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Yuritzy Gomez) - A crew chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 366, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, leads Marines with 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment to board a CH-53E Super Stallion during Exercise Deep Water 2020 at Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C., July 29, 2020. The purpose of the exercise is to increase 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing’s interoperability and readiness on a scale that simulates peer-level threats. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Yuritzy Gomez)

The pilot of an AV-8B Harrier assigned to Marine Attack Squadron 223 flies above Boca Chica Field, Naval Air Station Key West, Fla., March 25, 2015. Marines with VMA-223 traveled to Key West to conduct air-to-air training March 18 – April 12.The squadron conducted the training to refine its ability to provide offensive air support, armed reconnaissance and aerial defense for the Marine Air-Ground Task Force. - The pilot of an AV-8B Harrier assigned to Marine Attack Squadron 223 flies above Boca Chica Field, Naval Air Station Key West, Fla., March 25, 2015. Marines with VMA-223 traveled to Key West to conduct air-to-air training March 18 – April 12. The squadron conducted the training to refine its ability to provide offensive air support, armed reconnaissance and aerial defense for the Marine Air-Ground Task Force.

Marines with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2, Marine Aircraft Group 14, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, conduct a series of inspections on the RQ-7B Shadow unmanned aerial vehicle and its launching system minutes before takeoff aboard Hurlburt Field, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Feb. 5, 2015. VMU-2 flew the Shadow UAV as part of a training exercise and to provide aerial support to Marines Special Operations Command training in the surrounding area. Using the Shadow, the VMU-2 team is able to relay communications between units, provide reconnaissance and surveillance, as well as laser guide aerial or ground attacks on the objective. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Olivia McDonald/Released) - Marines with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2, Marine Aircraft Group 14, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, conduct a series of inspections on the RQ-7B Shadow unmanned aerial vehicle and its launching system minutes before takeoff aboard Hurlburt Field, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Feb. 5, 2015. VMU-2 flew the Shadow UAV as part of a training exercise and to provide aerial support to Marines Special Operations Command training in the surrounding area. Using the Shadow, the VMU-2 team is able to relay communications between units, provide reconnaissance and surveillance, as well as laser guide aerial or ground attacks on the objective. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Corporal Olivia McDonald/Released)

A student body consisting of one junior Nicaraguan lieutenant, a Nicaraguan Navy petty officer and six soon-to-be Nicaraguan Marine Corps corporals listen attentively as Marines give them a class on leadership principles at Naval Base El Bluff, near Bluefields, Nicaragua Sept. 19. Seven Marine non-commissioned officers and one staff NCO participated in a subject-matter expert exchange to give a leadership fundamentals course to eight members of the Nicaraguan Navy and Marine Corps. - A student body consisting of one junior Nicaraguan lieutenant, a Nicaraguan Navy petty officer and six soon-to-be Nicaraguan Marine Corps corporals listen attentively as Marines give them a class on leadership principles at Naval Base El Bluff, near Bluefields, Nicaragua Sept. 19. Seven Marine non-commissioned officers and one staff NCO participated in a subject-matter expert exchange to give a leadership fundamentals course to eight members of the Nicaraguan Navy and Marine Corps.

Guatemalan Army Special Forces soldiers or "Kaibiles" observe how a U.S. Marine positions himself to post security during a jungle patrol exercise at Poptun Training Camp in Poptun, Guatemala, Sept. 11. Patrolling in jungle terrain was part of the subject-matter expert exchange between Kaibil soldiers and Marines of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010. - Guatemalan Army Special Forces soldiers or "Kaibiles" observe how a U.S. Marine positions himself to post security during a jungle patrol exercise at Poptun Training Camp in Poptun, Guatemala, Sept. 11. Patrolling in jungle terrain was part of the subject-matter expert exchange between Kaibil soldiers and Marines of Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010.

Guatemalan Marines execute U.S. Marine Corps martial arts bayonet thrusts, Sept. 7, at Puerto Santo Tomas de Castilla Naval Base in Guatemala. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010 taught Marine Corps martial arts techniques to Guatemalan Marines for six days. Marines with CP10 are currently deployed to the Caribbean, Central and South America conducting subject-matter expert exchanges and providing humanitarian civic assistance to host nations. - Guatemalan Marines execute U.S. Marine Corps martial arts bayonet thrusts, Sept. 7, at Puerto Santo Tomas de Castilla Naval Base in Guatemala. Marines with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Continuing Promise 2010 taught Marine Corps martial arts techniques to Guatemalan Marines for six days. Marines with CP10 are currently deployed to the Caribbean, Central and South America conducting subject-matter expert exchanges and providing humanitarian civic assistance to host nations.