By Evan Cooper. FORT DEVENS, MA – Community members from across the U.S. Army Garrison Devens Reserve Forces Training Area (USAG Devens RFTA) gathered to celebrate Nashoba Valley Celebration Day on a summer’s evening Aug. 19, 2023. The festival celebrates […]
By Ethan Green. A Marine Raider with Marine Forces Special Operations Command participated in the French Foreign Legion’s Jaguar Course, Feb. 19 – April 14, 2023. The Jaguar Course is an international, eight-week jungle warfare course held in the French […]
Story by Devyn Waits. For our Fallen Warrior commemoration this week, we remember Master Sgt. John Chapman, 24th Special Tactics Squadron combat controller. Chapman was born July 14, 1965, growing up in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. At Windsor Locks High School, […]
By Chelsea Meiller. It’s a bright, cloudless day. A gentle ocean breeze flows over the terrace as the crowd begins to take their seats. Officers, enlisted personnel, Gold Star family members and friends fill the seats on the Silver Strand […]
By Henry Rodriguez. Before heading out on any deployment, Marine Corps units are required to conduct a pre-deployment training cycle. What this cycle looks like varies greatly depending on the unit, mission, and requirements. For Marine Raiders with Marine Forces […]
By Hannah Canales. The 27th Special Operations Wing will be supporting the tenth and largest iteration of the biennial Australian-led exercise, Talisman Sabre 2023, running from mid-July to early August. Talisman Sabre is the largest bilateral military exercise between Australia […]
Courtesy story II MEF. II Marine Expeditionary Force has certified the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit as a Special Operations Capable Marine Air-Ground Task Force. The designation of MEU(SOC) is a first for the Marine Corps in more than a decade. […]
Watch these three very excellent videos about the training one has to go through to become a Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewman (SWCC) in the Naval Special Warfare (NSW) community. ********** SWCC: Making an Operator, All Hands Magazine, July 4, 2023, […]
By Anthony Bryant. SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina – Forty miles southwest of Sarajevo, enemies are holed up in an underground government facility built inside a mountain during the Cold War to protect a former Yugoslav president against nuclear attack. From a Sarajevo […]
By Edwin Wriston. The West Virginia National Guard’s Ridge Runner Irregular Warfare Exercise 23-01, co-hosted by the Irregular Warfare Center, wrapped up June 16, 2023, at Camp Dawson, Kingwood, West Virginia. The nearly two-week long exercise that spanned throughout West […]
By Petty Officer 1st Class Alex Smedegard. The sun ascends over the horizon as military personnel make their way onto the compound at Silver Strand Training Complex. After catching their breath from a grueling morning workout, the bagpipes playing in […]
By Capt. Angelica White. U.S. Marines and Sailors of the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (26 MEU), embarked aboard the three ships of the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (BAT ARG), successfully completed ARG/MEU exercise (AMX). During AMX, the 26th MEU successfully […]
Article by Chief of Naval Air Training, DVIDS. Lt. Cmdr. Jonny Kim, NASA astronaut and Navy SEAL, earned his “Wings of Gold” during a winging ceremony, Friday, March 24, onboard Naval Air Station Whiting Field. Kim, alongside 22 new aviators […]
Story by Maj. Mathhew Finnerty, MARSOC. The Cognitive Raider – a foundational concept established with the development and publication of Marine Special Operations Forces 2030 – encompasses the requirement to develop qualities of intellect, judgement, creativity, and teamwork in future […]
Story by Cpl. Henry Rodriguez II. During its 17th anniversary on Feb. 24, 2023, Marine Forces Special Operations Command and the Marine Raiders that fill its ranks celebrated a history and legacy that extends beyond the most recent years as […]
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