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Marine corporal saves civilian couple kayaking in treacherous waters off California coast February 24 Brig. Gen. Dan Conley, right, the commanding general of Marine Corps Installations West, poses with Cpl. Jordan Perez, a combat engineer with 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, in the 21 Area of Camp Pendleton, California, Feb. 19. (Lance Cpl. Alison Dostie/Marine Corps) In mid-February, a married couple, taking advantage of Southern California weather, went kayaking in the Pacific Ocean. At some point, the couple kayaked into the amphibious vehicle 21 Area Boat Basin training area off the shore of Camp Pendleton, California, where “unforgivable” waves flipped the two into the water, according to a Marine Corps press release.
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Hawaii 1st to receive new amphibious warships as part of Marine littoral regiments The Associated Press February 23 U.S. Marines disembark a landing craft, utility during a tactics exercise in Sweden for Baltic Operations (BALTOPS), June 10, 2019. (Lance Cpl. Antonio Garcia/Marine Corps) A new class of U.S. Navy vessel is expected to be deployed for the first time in Hawaii as part of a sweeping force redesign. The light amphibious warship can pull onto beaches and costs between $100 million and $130 million, the Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported. The ships with lengths between 200 feet and 400 feet (61 meters and 122 meters) are part of a new U.S. Marine Corps littoral regiment, which will include troops with ship-killing missiles operating in small units from the islands dotting the western Pacific.
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.