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Back in the early days of the F-35 program, the powers that be were full of excitement and optimism as they looked toward the future. The plane they were developing would create jobs in nearly every state in the U.S., it would be the most advanced airframe ever to take to the skies, and it […]
United States Marine Corps Force Recon Training | Swift, Silent, Deadly This video is a compilation of US Marine Corps Force Reconnaissance training: Combined-arms raid 00:00 Marksmanship training 02:09 Fast rope and deck clearing drills 03:47 Dive Operation 05:53 Proficiency jump training 08:10 Load and launch combat rubber raiding crafts 10:30 Night infiltration 11:32 Sharpen mountaineering skills 13:50 Jungle environment training 16:40 Free-fall and […]
The commander of the 1st Marine Division, Maj. Gen. Eric Smith is apparently cracking down on hazing. “I’m not here to inflict group punishment, but my assessment is that I’ve just been flipped the bird by lots of lance corporals, so I am headed their way to demonstrate this is an unwise [course of action],” […]
Local media in Japan’s Okinawa Prefecture have reported the crash of a helicopter today, just before noon local time. According to the Okinawa Times, the CH-53 went down near Takae. Local emergency personnel were called. So far, there have been no reports of any fatalities, though the Okinawa Times article did mention U.S. personnel on their […]
“I always had good ideas – at least I thought they were very good ideas. And one day, walking out of my operations officer’s office, I noticed ‘chaos’ written on this whiteboard. I said, ‘What’s this about?’” James Mattis said before attendees at a recent conference. America’s Secretary of Defense, James Mattis, is perhaps the […]
Being a Marine doesn’t mean the same thing for everybody. Despite being the smallest military branch employed by the United States, a wide variety of occupational specialties, combat theaters, and operational requirements assures us all that our time in boots will be a unique conglomeration of pride and misery, custom tailored to fate and our […]
A hot-load is when live ordinance is loaded on an aircraft that has its engine running. Recently the US Marine Corps Fighter Attack Squadron 121 performed a hot-load on an F-35B with AMRAMM AIM-120 missiles. The exercise was a validation/verification conducted during Weapons and Tactics Instructors course 1-18. WTI is an exercise that takes service members […]
A US Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey crashed in Syria on Friday with roughly two dozen Marines on board. Only two Marines suffered minor injuries in the crash, but the aircraft has been characterized as “a total loss.” According to officials, it was a “miracle” that more of the Osprey’s passengers weren’t injured in the crash, […]
History was made on Monday as the first female Marine Infantry Officer graduated from what many consider to be among the most grueling of training courses conventional war fighters can undergo. The Marine Corps Infantry Officer Course, a 13-week crash course in leadership, infantry skills, and character, has seen 36 women attempt it since 2015, […]
Awesome display by the F-35B! Enjoy! Even though Miramar is not “Fighter Town USA” and home to “Top Gun’ any longer it is still a major air base. A Marine Corps F-35B performs aerial maneuvers during the 2017 Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Air Show at MCAS Miramar, Calif., Sept. 22, 2017. The theme for […]
A female Marine graduated from the Corps’ grueling Infantry Officer Course on Monday, marking a historic feat as the first woman to earn the 0302 infantry officer military occupational specialty. The woman, who has asked to keep her identity private, will now be assigned to the 1st Marine Division at Camp Pendleton, California, the service said […]
A Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey approaches a landing zone in St. John, in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Sept. 17, 2017, to return personnel and equipment to the USS Kearsarge following humanitarian operations in Hurricane Irma’s aftermath.” – US Department of Defense Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Santino D. Martinez This article is courtesy of Fighter Sweep.
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