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MLG sailors get taste of Danish
Story by Sgt. Rachael Moore | 2nd Marine Logistics Group | Date: 05.08.2011For more than 30 years the Royal Danish Army has hosted the Danish Contingent, or Dancon, a 25-km march, wherever its troops are deployed. Read More
2nd Marine Aircraft Wing takes flight for Operation Rawhide II
Story by Cpl. Rashaun X. James | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) | Date: 03.20.2011Recently an operation bringing together five of the six functions of the aviation combat element began here in the Regional Command Southwest area of operations in Afghanistan. The initiative, Operation Rawhide... Read More
The Pegasus has landed: HMH-463 arrives in southwestern Afghanistan
Story by Cpl. Rashaun X. James | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) | Date: 03.10.2011A pair of Hawaii-based heavy helicopter squadrons traded reins during a transfer of authority ceremony at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, March 10. Read More
World’s largest plane touches down at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan
Story by Lance Cpl. Samantha H. Arrington | 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) | Date: 03.07.2011With its wingspan of 290-feet and a heft totaling 628,000 pounds, the Antonov An-225 dwarfs most other aircraft. But this giant of aviation accomplished a feat that even it would have been incapable of just a... Read More
VMGR-352 Detachment takes off for MCAS Miramar
Story by Sgt. Deanne Hagstrom | Marine Corps Air Station Miramar / 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing | Date: 02.04.2011Marines of Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, Detachment A, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), are preparing for their last take-off – this time to their home station Marine Corps Air Station... Read More