For one week, July 26 - August 3,2014, hundreds of Marines will embark on the Emerald City to meet the men and women of Seattle, showcase equipment and aircrafts, including the MV-22 Osprey and CH-53 Super Stallion, perform band concerts, everything from classical to rock and roll, engage in community service events, including a 48 foot mural. A full schedule will be available early summer....
Marines and Sailors celebrate Sgt. Rafael Peralta’s memory with a 10-nautical mile relay run on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, June 1, 2018.
The Marines have landed in New York and New Jersey to support ongoing Humanitarian Relief operations in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.
Units supporting include:
26th Marine Expeditionary Unit
1st Marine Corps District
8th Engineer Support Battalion - Task Force Pump
6th Communications Battalion
This feature page highlights Maritime Defense Exercise-Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade (MDX-ARDB). MDX-ARDB is the first time the 31st Marine expeditionary Unit (MEU) and Amphibious Squadron (COMPHIBRON) 11 will partner with the ARDB and Mine Warfare Fleet, coming together to bilaterally rehearse tactically at Combined Arms Training Center (CATC) Camp Fuji and also training at Numazu...
Marines and Sailors from II Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) and Expeditionary Strike Group 2 conduct Maritime Prepositioning Force Exercise (MPFEX) 20, which focuses on sustaining proficiency in planning and executing maritime prepositioning operations. II MEF Forward will command and control the exercise from to Naval Support Activity Naples, Italy. MPFEX 20 provides an opportunity for II...
Sama Sama is a bilateral maritime exercise between U.S. and
Philippine naval forces and is designed to strengthen cooperation and
interoperability between the nations' armed forces.
Marlin Shield 16 is a USNORTHCOM and Royal Bahamas Defence Force (RBDF) exercise based on terrorist activity moving through the Bahamas toward the United States. Marlin Shield aims for the U.S. and RBDF to actively practice interoperability and bilateral operations through maritime and land-based training at remote locations throughout the Bahamas.
The Mississippi National Guard (MSNG) will host MARLINSPIKE 2015 on Wednesday, April 1, an interagency exercise designed for an integrated response to a maritime weapons of mass destruction threat.
Participants include Civil Support Teams from the Mississippi, Alabama, and Louisiana Army National Guard, the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, Jackson County Emergency Management...