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The Marine Corps Prepositioning Program-Norway (MCPP-N) caves currently house over 2000 major end items to include M1A1 Main Battle Tanks, Amphibious Assault Vehicles, Light Assault Vehicles, Howitzers, Trucks, and Engineer Equipment in support of a Marine Infantry Battalion Task Force and composite aviation squadron.
More than 4,500 Sailors and Marines from the Boxer Amphibious
Ready Group (ARG) and 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) departed San
Diego for a deployment to the U.S. 3rd, 5th and 7th Fleet areas of
operations (AOO), Feb. 12.
USS Makin Island (LHD 8) summarizes the first half of its deployment to the U.S. 3rd, 5th, and 7th fleet area of operations. Makin Island is deployed in the U.S. 5th fleet area of operations in support of maritime security operations designed to reassure allies and partners and preserve the freedom of navigation and the free flow of commerce in the region. (U.S. Navy video by Mass...
At the request of the Libyan Government of National Accord (GNA), the United States military conducted precision air strikes against ISIL targets in Sirte, Libya, to support GNA-affiliated forces seeking to defeat ISIL in its primary stronghold in Libya.
First staged in 1999, this annual event provides an opportunity to train emergency responders to quickly set up and operate clinics in the event of a public health emergency. The clinics are a cooperative effort of the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS), Cameron County Department of Health and Human Services, Hidalgo County Health and Human Services, City of Laredo Health...
At the request of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) and U.S. Forces-Afghanistan (USFOR-A), approximately 300 Marines will deploy to Helmand Province Afghanistan in Spring 2017 in support of the NATO-led Resolute Support mission. Task Force South West, made up of Marines from II Marine Expeditionary Force and led by Brig. Gen. Roger Turner, Jr., will train and advise key leaders within the Afghan...
