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Higgins takes flight, makes history April 24, 2015 — Since 1946, the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, or Blue Angels, has performed jaw-dropping shows all across America. However, in the nearly 70 years the squadron has been around, there have been several females on the team who were left out of the cockpit during the performances — that is, until now. MORE

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“You’re Only as Good as Your Last Flight”: A Fighter Pilot Shares Her Story of Triumph in the Face of Adversity June 10, 2020 — If you had asked a 15 or 16-year-old Meleah Martin what she wanted to do after high school, her answer probably would have included earning a scholarship to play lacrosse at the collegiate level and a nice career outside of the military. Little did she know that just over seven years later she would be a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and a Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet pilot. “I was born and raised in Walkersville, Maryland, and lived on the same street my entire life through high school,” said Capt. Meleah Martin, now a pilot with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 323. “We never moved around and I’m not from a military family or anything like that.” The only child of insurance professionals, Martin had no intentions of joining... MORE

What it Takes to Move a Mountain: The Regimental Air Assault December 18, 2019 — In a magnificent display of combat power, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing demonstrated its ability to lift a regiment of Marines and their equipment over long distances in a very short period of time in Southern California, Dec. 10, 2019. Muddy and exhausted with dark clouds looming, the Marines trekked across a rain-soaked field, their footprints embedding into the mud with every weighted step. They marched toward the distant sound of rotor blades. U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallions and MV-22B Ospreys with 3rd MAW waited on the horizon, ready to fulfill their role and extract the warriors following a training event that began with inserting Marines from 1st Marine Division. Overhead, two UH-1Y Venoms secured an unseen 3-dimensional perimeter, ready to provide support if needed. This is what a regimental air assault looks like. MORE

Pearl Harbor through the eyes of John Campbell December 9, 2019 — John E. Campbell was born in 1920 in Porterville, California, joining the Marine Corps at the age of MORE

In the Life of Marines: Pilot May 24, 2018 — Military occupational specialties are the foundation of the Marine Corps. Each MOS is a cog, working MORE

VMM-364 conducts confined area landings June 1, 2016 — Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 364 “Purple Foxes” practiced section and MORE

HMHT-302 demonstrates CH-53E capabilities with 2nd Transportation Battalion August 28, 2015 — Ancient Rome was not built in a day, but perhaps it could have been if there were Marines from MORE

Higgins takes flight, makes history April 27, 2015 — Since 1946, the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, or Blue Angels, has performed jaw-dropping shows all across America. However, in the nearly 70 years the squadron has been around, there have been several females on the team who were left out of the cockpit during the performances — that is, until now. MORE

Pilot’s rare flight through Marine Corps April 22, 2015 — Playing a favorite instrument, kicking in doors, and flying an aircraft are some of the different MORE