Tag: US Marine Corps

SOFREP remembers the two military veterans who were slain in a mid-October shooting in Raleigh, North Carolina.

A U.S. Marine Corps High Mobility Artillery Rocket System with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, III Marine Expeditionary Force, exits a hide before a simulated fire mission while training at Ie Shima Training Facility, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 21, 2022.

A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242 conducts a short take off from Ie Shima, Japan, Oct. 18, 2022.

U.S. Marines and Sailors with 2d Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, in support of U.S. Marine Corps Forces, South, participated in a bilateral jungle training event in Manaus, Brazil, Sept. 19-29, 2022.

U.S. Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 464 complete nighttime simulated supply deliveries at an undisclosed location, Oct. 12, 2022.

U.S. Marines with command element 5th Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force Darwin (MRF-D) 22, completed their six-month rotation in Australia.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Aaron Lucas, a CH-53E Super Stallion crew chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 464, discusses the role of a crew chief at an undisclosed location, Oct. 13, 2022.

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Manny, the depot mascot for Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) San Diego, attends the U.S. Navy’s 247th birthday cake cutting ceremony aboard MCRD San Diego, Oct. 13, 2022.

A U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18D Hornet aircraft with Marine All Weather Fighter Attack Squadron 533, takes off from Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, during an incentive flight, Sept. 30, 2022.

Donald G. Cook was a USMC captured by the VC days after arriving in Vietnam and spent the next three years as a prisoner of war.

Force Recon Marines acquire the short-barreled version of the M27 rifle but look ahead to a new weapon that the US Army has in development.

Space Force and the US Air Force and considering waiving disqualification for enlistment if recruits test positive for certain drugs.