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FA18 jets fly at MCAS Futenma 15 years after return agreement, harm continues with 115 decibel noise
FA18 combat jet stopping by hooking the hook at the back of the plane to the wire hung over the runway, around 5:30 p.m. on April 12 at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan (photograph by Keizo Shinzato)
April 13, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo
On the evening of April 12, exactly 25 years after the agreement was made to completely close U.S. Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Futenma in 1996, four FA18 combat jets from MCAS Iwakuni in Yamaguchi Prefecture arrived one after another to MCAS Futenma, exposing the surrounding cities and towns to explosive noise. Their training continued into the night. Though a quarter of a century has passed since the return agreement, there is no change in the reality of U.S. military aircraft flights causing harm to surrounding residents, and the severity of the situation only continues to increase.
OKINAWA, Japan
During exercise Hagåtña Fury 21, Marines and Sailors with Combat Logistics Regiment 3 honed expeditionary advanced base operations and distributed maritime operations capabilities across U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, alongside elements of 3d Marine Division and 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, from February 18 to March 1.
The overall operation was designed to test CLR-3’s ability to conduct distributed command and control of forces providing EABO sustainment across INDOPACOM via a robust communications network, while executing various mission profiles in support of III Marine Expeditionary Force “Fight Now” concepts. During the exercise, CLR-3 simultaneously conducted command and control of forces from 3d Landing Support Battalion, 3d Transportation Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Battalion 4, and Combat Logistics Battalion 3, to include Marine Air-Ground Task Force enablers, across Hawaii, Guam, and Okinawa.
Marines field new rifle optic for better accuracy, hit probability February 23 Chief Warrant Officer 4 Dave Tomlinson, infantry weapons officer at Marine Corps Systems Command, demonstrates the Squad Common Optic attached to the M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle. The SCO is an improved optic that improves target acquisition and probability of hit with infantry assault rifles. They began fielding the system in 2021. (Matt Gonzales/Marine Corps) The Marine Corps recently began fielding a new rifle optic to improve shooter accuracy at distances with both the M4 carbine and M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle. The squad common optic is a magnified day optic that has both an illuminated and nonilluminated aim point that’s built to increase effective target acquisition and probability of hit, according to a press release from Marine Corps Systems Command.
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