Last week, we reported on a military exercise taking place on the Twentynine Palms Marine base, in which the Marines were training to “rescue” civilians out of a foreign country. Managing editor Tami Roleff has more information about the non-combatant evacuation operation…
“Basically we are told this country, they need help, and they have a lot of US citizens that they need to evacuate. So it’s our job to basically come here, secure this landing zone, without being harassed by protesters. And it’s our job to basically ensure that all Americans get evacuated.”
SSgt Damian Salaman said Marines are sent in to help with evacuations overseas for a variety of reasons: including civil unrest, military uprisings, environmental concerns, and natural disasters. The evacuations are recommended (or ordered) by the Department of State, and the Defense Department sends in the Marines. The NEO training was part of Weapons and Tactics Instructors course at the Combat Center in Twenty
Last week, we reported on a military exercise taking place on the Twentynine Palms Marine base, in which the Marines were training to “rescue” civilians out of a foreign country. Managing editor Tami Roleff has more information about the non-combatant evacuation operation…
“Basically we are told this country, they need help, and they have a lot of US citizens that they need to evacuate. So it’s our job to basically come here, secure this landing zone, without being harassed by protesters. And it’s our job to basically ensure that all Americans get evacuated.”
SSgt Damian Salaman said Marines are sent in to help with evacuations overseas for a variety of reasons: including civil unrest, military uprisings, environmental concerns, and natural disasters. The evacuations are recommended (or ordered) by the Department of State, and the Defense Department sends in the Marines. The NEO training was part of Weapons and Tactics Instructors course at the Combat Center in Twenty
King Stallion Summer: CH-53K to enter operational test in July
By Dan Parsons | April 23, 2021
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A fleet of four CH-53K King Stallions this summer will begin the final leg of testing for the U.S. Marine Corps’ new heavy-lift helicopter ahead of its entry to service in 2023, but work remains to ensure that milestone doesn’t slip to the following year.
The Marine Corps is in the final throes of wringing out its several engineering and manufacturing developmental 53K models ahead of initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E) with aircraft representative of what Marines will fly. Marines now have their hands on three production aircraft and are training to fly and maintain them at Marine Corps Air Station New River in North Carolina.
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The Marines on the Combat Center in Twentynine Palms will hold a non-combatant evacuation operation exercise today (Friday April 16). The exercise will be held at the Lance Corporal Torrey Gray Field on the base from 1 to 10 p.m. Roads around the field will also be closed during that time: Sturgis Road, Fifth and Sixth Streets, and the Del Valle track and field. Areas closed from 4 to 10 p.m. are Third Street between Bourke and Del Valle, and Del Valle Road from First to Fourth Streets.
Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 24 begin to check role-players through their Evacuation Control Center set at Del Valle Field aboard the Combat Center, as part of a Non-combatant Evacuation Operation exercise in 2016.