The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is comprised of elite individuals shaped by extensive training and education. Often the first on the ground in combat situations, Marines must be prepared for any crisis across the globe. The same goes for USMC’s tens of thousands ...
The MRIC is a surface-to-air missile (SAM) system that has a range greater than the U.S. Marine Corps’ (USMC)FIM-92 Stinger low-altitude short-range air defense (SHORAD) missilescarried aboard Polaris MRZR utility task vehicles for shoulder-firing and aboard“Avenger” HMMWVs in a four-...
After six months at Basic School in Quantico, Jim went on to Marine Air Control training and Ron entered the flight training program. Ron thinks they were in Vietnam at the same time in the 1968-1969 timeframe and did contact each other a couple of times over the years; primarily ...
The U.S. Marine Corps has awarded L3Harris Technologies (NYSE:LHX) a competitive 10-year, $750 million single-award IDIQ contract for multi-channel handheld and vehicular radio systems. The L3Harris Falcon IV® family of manpack and handheld radios selected by the USMC have been broa...
A Chronology Of Marine Helicopters In Vietnam 1962-1975see also Order of Battle The first Marine Corps helicopters to serve in Vietnam arrived just four months after the first American helicopters were deployed in-country. On 15 April 1962, a Sikorsky H
logisticians in the Marine Corps are and should be warfighters (“Every Marine a rifleman”, as the USMC tenet goes), but the warfighters should not have to worry about where and how to get re-supply. The idea of a single point of contact and a simplified chain is now clo...
Military Housing. If you choose to live on base housing, you will live in one of two communities. Discover the Yuma waiting list (for E9+ 10-12 month average). Of course living on base alwayshas its own set of problems, which are consistent with every other base in the Marine Corps....
1st Marine Regiment dispatched to Philippines 33 Marines received MOH for Boxer Rebellion efforts (Dan Daly) Gysgt Dan Daly MOH for single handily held off Chinese attks through a whole night. MOH in Banana War for efforts in Haiti by leading attk of 35 Marines against a strong 400 force ...
"Prior to the final test trials that decided on the winning design for the new Marine Corps bayonet, a number of trial-test bayonets were manufactured as part of the program of the Ontario Knife Company." These bayonets were then used to test different blade designs and vario...
From his first patrol where his new found fellow Oregonian dies in front of him, to the wayward 500- pound bomb that kills and maims several of his company, the young marine sees that the death around him is like a slow flesh-eating virus. Ignoring the old military axiom never volunteer...