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USMC retires first AH-1Z helo to boneyard as deliveries continue
17 May 2021
by Gareth Jennings
The US Marine Corps (USMC) has begun retiring a limited number of its Bell AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters to the ‘boneyard’ despite deliveries to frontline units continuing.
An AH-1Z recently arrived at the boneyard at Davis-Monthan AFB is prepped for long-term storage as part of the USMC’s wider restricting plans. (309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group )
Images of the first helicopter being prepped for long-term storage at the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (AFB) facility in Arizona were published on the official Facebook account of the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG) facility on 14 May.
University of Wisconsin-Madison NROTC Commissions Five New U. S. Navy and Marine Corps Officers Photo By Scott A. Thornbloom | MADISON, Wis. (May 8, 2021) U. S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Lucas Latterell receives his.. read moreread more Photo By Scott A. Thornbloom | MADISON, Wis. (May 8, 2021) U. S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Lucas Latterell receives his first salute from U. S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. William Harris during a commissioning ceremony held on top of the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center, May 8. Latterell was a member of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC). Harris is the former Assistant Marine Officer Instructor at UW-Madison NROTC. The NROTC program is overseen by Naval Service Training Command, and was established to develop midshipmen mentally, morally, and physically so as to assume the highest responsibilities of
More Marines Are Coming To Hawaii. Will Kaneohe Be Ready For Them? - Honolulu Civil Beat
More Marines Are Coming To Hawaii. Will Kaneohe Be Ready For Them?
Hawaii is scheduled to get about 2,700 more Marines along with their spouses and children in coming years but the military lacks a plan for accommodating the restructured force. Reading time: 9 minutes.
Oahu residents could be getting a lot of new neighbors and seeing a lot of changes in Kaneohe Bay over the next decade as the Marine Corps embarks on plans to radically restructure its entire force by 2030.
The Marines are retiring old vehicles and weapons and buying new ones with an emphasis on sea operations, as well as relocating thousands of troops from the Japanese island of Okinawa to bases in Australia, Guam and Hawaii.
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Marines Retooling Infantry Training for Complex Warfare in Pacific
May 6, 2021 2:51 PM
U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry – West, take simulated artillery fire during the last event of a five-day capstone exercise for the Infantry Marine Course on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., on April 30, 2021. US Marine Corps
CAMP PENDLETON, CALIF. After 20 years of counterinsurgency and low-end conflict in the Middle East, the Marines are rapidly retooling for a different kind of fight.
As the service has shed legacy equipment like tanks and heavy artillery to reshape itself into a mobile, Pacific island-hopping force, it’s retooling how it trains the Marines of the future to fit into a more complex way of war while reinforcing its creed of “every Marine a rifleman.”