Two U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18C Hornet aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 312 taxi at Panama Pacifico Airfield, Panama, April 5, 2025. During a short-term visit VMFA-312 continues day to day operations in support of an expanded strategic security partnership with Panama. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Mya Seymour)
This video features a compilation of U.S. Marines with 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) in training and operational environments. This video ends with a message regarding reenlistment opportunities available for enlisted Marines during fiscal years 2025 and 2026. 2nd MAW is the aviation combat element of II Marine Expeditionary Force. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Anakin Smith)
The ice-cold breeze blew right into the face of Hospital Corpsman First Class (HM1) Robert Zaruba, a Florida native and Aeromedical Safety Corpsman (AMSC) with 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), as he and a fellow corpsman stepped out from the parked commercial plane and into the Arctic Circle.
“Me and another one of my fellow corpsmen stepped out into the cold,” said Zaruba. “We were like, WOW, we’re not in Kansas anymore Toto.’”
This stark change in scenery contrasted to his corner office located inside the 2nd MAW headquarters building at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, where he is currently stationed. In Norway, Zaruba and a team of six corpsmen and two U.S. Navy medical corps officers were...
03.27.2025 | MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, NORTH CAROLINA, US |
Story by Cpl. David Ornelasbaeza
