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Archive: September, 2017

ATC maintains safety in the sky September 26, 2017 — Air traffic controllers (ATC) with Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Kaneohe Bay conducted training and monitored flight operations at the air traffic control tower, MCAS Kaneohe Bay, Sept. 20, 2017. MORE

Hawaii Marines with VMM-268 come home from deployment September 26, 2017 — From the land down under, where kangaroos and koalas call home, MV-22B Osprey aircraft with their crews arrived back in Hawaii from their deployment with Marine Rotational Force, Darwin (MRF-D), Australia. MORE

Local, State and Federal agencies unite with MCBH for Exercise Lethal Breeze 2017 September 18, 2017 — Across the base, cellphones ring and buzz as a mass text alerts residents and employees to seek shelter in place for a lockdown. Sirens and screams can be heard from the marina as bodies and smoke fill the picture of a terrorist attack. MORE

Running for the fallen; Fisher House hosts Hero and Remembrance Run, Walk or Roll September 18, 2017 — While some were sleeping, thousands of others participated in the sixth annual Fisher House Hero and Remembrance Run, Walk or Roll 8-kilometer run on Ford Island aboard Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Sept. 9, 2017. MORE

Hawaii Marines push through reconnaissance screener September 18, 2017 — Reconnaissance is one of the United States Marine Corps’ forces that gather information and raw data that gets handed it in, filtered, analyzed, processed and then given out to the command element of a Marine Air-Ground Task Force. MORE

U.S. Marines compete in cook-off competition for Chef of the Quarter September 6, 2017 — While the food is cooking, the aroma spreading throughout Anderson Hall, food service specialists are being judged in the kitchen on sanitation, time management and how well they execute cooking the meals during the Chef of the Quarter cook-off competition aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), August 23, 2017. MORE

Swim, Bike & Run: Tradewind Triathlon held aboard MCBH September 1, 2017 — Marine Corps Community Services (MCCS) Hawaii hosted the Tradewind Triathlon aboard Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Aug. 27, 2017. MORE

Marine officer works from home in Hawaii shaping Exercise Bougainville II September 1, 2017 — The unforgiving desert terrain and billowing pillow-rock formations at Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii can seem alien to Marines who are mainland natives, but to Capt. Evan Ota, the operations officer for 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, it’s more than familiar - it’s home. MORE

MMEA Roadshow makes it's way to Hawaii September 1, 2017 — U.S. Marines assigned to various units aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii got the opportunity to talk one-on-one with their monitor and learn more about the FY18 First Term Alignment Plan during the Manpower Management Enlisted Assignments Retention Roadshow aboard MCB Hawaii, Aug. 21-22, 2017. MORE

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Archive: September, 2017

CATC Camp Fuji provides a premier training venue for U.S. forces and JSDF September 29, 2017 — Located at the base of the highest mountain in Japan, Mount Fuji, is a premier training venue that MORE

Tracking ammo gets easier: Corps launches innovative information module September 27, 2017 — The Corps holds 1.2 billion pieces of ammunition stored in 160 places across the globe and tracking it all can have its challenges. MORE

Tablets Bring Firepower to the Future for Marines September 26, 2017 — Marines from MAWTS-1 conducted and organized a digitally-aided close air support fire mission using Target Handoff System tablets at Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, Calif, on Sept. 22, 2017. CAS is a vital asset to ground forces because it allows medical evacuation and removes hostile air targets and mechanized ground forces. Without CAS dozens of ground forces may not still be here today. MORE

F-35B Hot Loads With AIM-120's September 25, 2017 — MARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, Ariz. – Hot-loading is when an aircraft lands and has ordnance loaded while the engine is still running. Marines from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 conducted a hot-load in F-35B Lightning II’s at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Az. on Sept. 21, 2017. This hot-load was conducted using AMRAMM AIM-120 missiles. VMFA-121 is a part of Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing. MORE

Teaching, Breaching, Beaching: 2nd AAB prepares for Bold Alligator September 25, 2017 — Marines with 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion performed amphibious breaching operations in preparation for their participation in the combined, joint exercise, Bold Alligator, at Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 20, 2017. MORE

Expeditionary Marines and Sailors wrap up Hurricane Irma relief efforts in Key West September 21, 2017 — The Marines and Sailors of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) aboard amphibious assault ship MORE

15th MEU, America ARG complete combat rehearsal Alligator Dagger September 20, 2017 — The 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) and the America Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) concluded MORE

Hawaii Marines with VMM-268 come home from deployment September 19, 2017 — From the land down under, where kangaroos and koalas call home, MV-22B Osprey aircraft with their MORE

Joint Task Force - Leeward Islands distributes water to the people of Saint Martin September 19, 2017 — U.S. service members with Joint Task Force - Leeward Islands began water purification projects on MORE

31st MEU Completes Deployment, Returns to Okinawa September 19, 2017 — WHITE BEACH NAVAL FACILITY, Okinawa, Japan – The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and Amphibious MORE