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A shell of a time aboard MCBH July 15, 2020 — The environmental team with Marine Corps Base Hawaii is making it their mission to maintain mission readiness while protecting endangered green sea turtles during the months of May through August aboard MCBH and Marine Corps Training Area Bellows. Most adult green sea turtles that feed throughout the main Hawaiian Islands migrate to French Frigate Shoals in the Northwest Hawaiian Islands to nest. However, an increasing number of green sea turtles are now nesting on the beaches of the main Hawaiian Islands. Members of base environmental are monitoring and managing nesting sites across the beach aboard MCTAB... MORE

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MRF-D, ADF complete Exercise Koolendong September 10, 2020 — U.S. Marines from Marine Rotational Force – Darwin and Australian Army soldiers and have completed a live-fire, high-end warfighting exercise in the Northern Territory. Conducted at the Mount Bundey Training Area from 1 to 11 September, Exercise Koolendong enhanced our ability to mutually support one another in a combined arms environment and improved the ability of the combined force to rapidly respond to crises and assist allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific region. MRF-D Commanding Officer, Col. David Banning stated Koolendong was designed to build proficiency and interoperability among the Marines and ADF to better respond to a variety of security challenges and crises in the region... MORE

Marine Corps expedites fielding of Common Aviation Command and Control System September 9, 2020 — Program Executive Officer Land Systems recently completed fielding all full-rate production units of the Common Aviation Command and Control System. The task was accomplished nearly two years ahead of schedule, saving the government millions of dollars in the process. CAC2S modernizes the Marine Corps aviation command and control capability used by the Aviation Combat Element of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force, replacing dissimilar systems and providing Marines with the hardware, software and facilities necessary to effectively provide comprehensive air command, control and coordination... MORE

Task force Marines increase unit readiness with small unmanned aircraft system September 8, 2020 — The crisis-response capabilities of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Southern Command reached new heights. Task force U.S. Marines certified as small Unmanned Aircraft System operators at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, after months of training for the capability to use these small drones to get aerial depictions of a given terrain. This is the first iteration of the SPMAGTF-SC out of the last six years to have eight Marines certified as SUAS operators... MORE

U.S. Marine Crash Fire Rescue joins Slink Fire battle September 7, 2020 — U.S. Marine firefighters arrived on scene to support firefighting efforts for the Slink Fire near Coleville, California, September 4. The Marines, Crash Fire Rescue personnel with Marine Wing Support Squadron 373, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, I Marine Expeditionary Force, joined the interagency firefighting force that has been battling the Slink Fire since it started August 29. “The Interagency requested support from the DoD for Crash Fire Rescue because of the increased number of aircraft supporting the fire moving toward the base,” said Col. Daniel Wittnam, commanding officer, MCMWTC... MORE

Marine Corps Activates Network Activity - NCR to Provide Unity of Command and Effort to the Enterprise Network September 2, 2020 — The Marine Corps is modernizing how it commands and controls its enterprise network. Now a dedicated group will upgrade the Corps’ ability to prevent and counter adversarial cyber-attacks and minimize network disruptions and outages. Today in Quantico, Virginia, the Marine Corps stood up Network Activity - National Capital Region, the second network focused unit following the model pioneered by the 1st Network Battalion out of Camp Pendleton, California. The network activity will command and control the Marine Corps Enterprise Network within the NCR... MORE

Emergency responders adopt Lexipol September 1, 2020 — A time consuming, oftentimes tedious, but absolutely vital task necessary to keep Marine Corps Fire and Emergency Services operating aboard Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, California is now being pushed into the computer age by a new type of knowledge management system specific to the emergency services community. “Lexipol knowledge management system allows members of fire and police departments to stay on top of new state and federal legislation, case law and evolving best practices affecting their agencies,” said Ryan Tworek, deputy fire chief, MCLB Barstow Fire and Emergency Services... MORE

MARFOREUR/AF Commander visits HMS Queen Elizabeth, Senior U.K. Naval Leaders August 28, 2020 — The commander of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa, Maj. Gen. Stephen M. Neary, visited Royal Navy’s newest aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth in Portsmouth, United Kingdom, August 27, 2020. During the visit, Neary met with the carrier’s leadership and toured the HMS Queen Elizabeth to increase understanding of the U.S. Marine Corps’ future operations with the UK Carrier Strike Group. U.S. Marines from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211, along with approximately six F-35B aircraft, will support the ship’s inaugural deployment in 2021. VMFA-211 will work alongside the UK’s 617 squadron as Carrier Strike Group-21... MORE

Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton works with Fallbrook Public Utility District to develop and build Conjunctive Use Project August 28, 2020 — Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton has long worked to foster positive relations with neighboring communities. Over the years, there has been some dispute over water rights in the area, specifically with the Santa Margarita River. Being the only freshwater resource in the area, the river is highly valuable to the installation and to the Fallbrook community. In an effort to keep these positive relations, and to maximize efficiency in collecting this limited natural resource, the Conjunctive Use Project allows Camp Pendleton and the neighboring Fallbrook community to collect this water in a mutually beneficial way... MORE

Good neighbors: MCI-West installations do their part during California's flex alert August 26, 2020 — Due to the recent heat wave over the weekend, the California Independent System Operator issued a state-wide flex alert for energy consumption to prevent rolling blackouts across the state. A flex alert is a notification requesting consumers decrease electricity usage for a set period of time. In California’s case, the flex alert went out in expectation of a high demand for electricity usage due to the heat wave. Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton and the other installations that comprise Marine Corps Installations West received that alert and quickly began communicating a plan to lower their electrical footprint... MORE

Flying high | RQ-21 soars into history with first Australian flight August 21, 2020 — A U.S. Marine Corps RQ-21A Blackjack was flown for the first time in Australia as part of the annual Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, August 8. Marine Unmanned Arial Vehicle Squadron 3, MRF-D’s Air Combat Element, launched the surveillance aircraft in support of bilateral training between the U.S. and Australian Defence Forces, marking a series of firsts for the Hawaii-based unit. “This is the RQ-21A’s first deployment since we declared the squadron [fully operational], it’s very exciting for us” said U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Trevor Ellingson, an unmanned aircraft systems officer with VMU-3... MORE