Marine Aviation
100 Years of Aerial Support
The achievements of Marine Aviation since 1912 remind us of a legacy of valor that continues today.
Marine Aviation
Toward Chaos
Responding Quickly and Decisively
Where chaos looms, the Few emerge. Marines move toward the sounds of tyranny, injustice and despair—with the courage and resolve to silence them.
Toward Chaos
Your Impact
A DIFFERENCE THE WORLD WILL NOTICE
Standing up against tyranny and injustice are Marines: elite warriors who courageously and honorably face down the threats of our time.
Your Impact
Recruit Training
12 Weeks
This is the ultimate proving ground for those who are driven by purpose, guided by values and aspire to earn the title reserved only for the Few.
Recruit Training
How To Prepare
PHYSICAL FITNESS STANDARDS
Those who aspire to become Marines must first pass the Initial Strength Test (IST), and all Marines are required to pass an annual Physical Fitness Test (PFT) and Combat Fitness Test (CFT). This information will help you prepare for all three.
How To Prepare
Service Options
Enlisted and Officer
Active or Reserve, enlisted or officer, as one of the Few, you will forever be known by the title you earn: United States Marine.
Service Options
Montford Point
Marines
A LEGACY OF DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Once the Marines minted at Montford Point were given the chance to prove themselves, it became impossible to deny that African-Americans were capable and deserving of the title "Marine."
Montford Point Marines
Aviation
Marine Aviation's ability to deploy rapidly and take off and land from makeshift airfields is one of its distinctions. Because of this, there isn't a force more capable of responding quickly in any environment around the world than the MAGTF.
Aircraft
The complementary integration of fixed-wing, rotary-wing, tilt-rotor and unmanned aircraft equips Marines with multiple capabilities to engage on any terrain on earth.
AVIATION COMBAT ELEMENT
One way to ensure victory on the ground is with dominance in the air. Marines achieve success through the air by maintaining and employing their own aircraft in support of the MAGTF's mission.
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Marine Corps shooting teams: Competition breeds excellence (Part 2) - News
MARINE CORPS BASE Quantico, VA. (September 3, 2012) — The majority of the team's competitions occur midyear, between April and August. They compete in inter-service competitions such as the Army inter-service pistol competition at Fort Benning, Ga., and the rifle inter-service match at MCB Quantico.
Marine Corps shooting teams: Competition breeds excellence (Part 1) - News
MARINE CORPS BASE Quantico, VA. (September 3, 2012) — A Marine stares through the rifle combat optic of his weapon at a target just 200 yards away. His finger rests lightly on the trigger as he breathes in slowly and steadily.
The Art of Military Bearing - News
July 17, 2012 — Marines put a lot of stock in bearing. One of the 14 Marine Corps Leadership Traits is defined as: "The way you conduct or carry yourself. Your manner should reflect alertness, competence, confidence, and control."
Marines complete 7th annual memorial challenge - News
MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. (August 11, 2012) — Running through the salty water of the Pacific Ocean with a 30 pound ruck sack, Marines sang cadence while sweat dripped down their faces as they ran the 7th annual PFC Ryan Jerabek USMC Memorial Challenge here, Aug. 11.
Patriotism reason for serving country - News
Love for country coursed through PFC Cody Mauro's, Platoon 2122, Company F, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, veins from a very young age and the best and only way he thought he could show it was by becoming a United States Marine.
When a platoon of 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion Marines was pinned down on the rooftops of a small town by guerrilla fighters, a forward air controller called for air support.
Joint training puts the sting in Scorpion Fire - News
Marines with 1st Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company and 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion from Camp Pendleton, Calif., conducted combined arms attacks with air and ground assets to enhance proficiency controlling fixed wing and rotor wing aircraft during Scorpion Fire, a two-week training evolution beginning Aug.6, at two training sites outside of Yuma, Ariz.
Marines strike FAST during training - News
As the smoke cleared in the small room, a Marine bellows "Room clear!"
NAVAL AIR STATION SIGONELLA, Sicily (June 21, 2012) — Reserve Marines and sailors with Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-12.2 participated in familiarization fire and sustainment exercises with crew-served machine guns and non-lethal weapons systems, June 8-9.