Marine Corps Drill Instructors Smoke Recruits

Although I do get nostalgic about the Marine Corps from time-to-time, I rarely give anything related to boot camp a second thought. However, for anyone who has been through basic training in any branch of the armed services, this video is worth a watch if you want some motivation to start or end your day. […]

Marines to Pattern New Female Dress Blues After Male Style

Female integration with males in the military will be affecting uniform standards in the near future, at least for the Marine Corps. According to Marine Corps administrative messages, the goal is for women to adopt a modified dress blues coat that closely resembles the ones currently worn by males. This is a relatively simple change […]

Marine Corps Releases Names of 12 Marines Lost in Hawaii Helicopter Crash

The Marine Corps has released the names of the twelve missing Marines that have gone missing after their helicopters crashed during a recent training exercise.  The search for the Marines continues in spite of severe water conditions in the Pacific. Marine Corps officials have identified the four officers and eight enlisted Marines missing after their […]

USMC F/A-18 Crash (Update)

Although much information regarding the crash has not been released at this point, the USMC has identified the pilot involved in the Wednesday morning crash of a VMFA-232 F/A-18C Hornet in Suffolk, UK. According to a USMC press release, Major Taj “Cabbie” Sareen was “deployed as part of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – […]

Huey Door Gunners Bring the Pain

This is a great video if you like watching ridiculous amounts of lead getting thrown around! The video takes place over Yodaville, a mock town/village near Yuma, AZ. This brief snippet is part of a larger exercise called WTI or Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course, which Curt Jans covered in a fantastic series of articles […]

Burner Saturday: VMFA-122 F/A-18C Hornet

Please forgive us, oh FighterSweep faithful, for not bringing you our weekly dose of afterburner yesterday. But we haven’t forgotten about our weekly treat of reheat. This week’s edition will be a one-off, a Burner Saturday, if you will, thanks to the Werewolves of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA-) 122, who are in northeast Tennessee […]

USMC CH-46 Bows Out

An eager crowd poured out of side doors of the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum’s Udvar-Hazy Center, straining to catch a glimpse of history as one of the last USMC CH-46 Sea Knights touched down for the final time. Hundreds of iPhones were raised in the air as the onlookers offered their own salute to […]

Photo Gallery: USMC Legacy Hornets

With our latest gallery, we would like to honor the men and women of the United States Marine Corps‘ tactical aviation community who have played any role in flying, maintaining, or supporting the F/A-18 Hornet. The USMC Hornet fleet is a great example of the “Do more with less” mentality that we are used to […]

Six Marine Corps F-35Bs Go To Sea

On Monday, six F-35B Lightning IIs arrived aboard the USS Wasp for two weeks of sea trials. The two-week operational test mission fulfills a Marine Corps requirement before its first squadron of 10 F-35s reaches IOC, or Initial Operational Capability, later this summer. Two of the jets come from MCAS Beaufort, South Carolina, and the […]