January 31, 2011 — Sometimes, the hardest line of work is the one where not doing your job is a good thing.For the Tactical Recovery Team with the Crash, Fire and Rescue section of the Marine Wing Support Squadron 373, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), nothing could be closer to the truth.These Marines are trained as first-responders to countless urgent scenarios MORE
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January 29, 2011 — Most naturalization ceremonies for U.S. citizenship take place in locations such as Ellis Island, N.Y., or other national landmarks.However, for service members deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, their ceremony took place at Kandahar Airfield.Of the 96 service members present, four were Marines serving with 3rd Marine MORE
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January 25, 2011 — Nineteen U.S. Marines were commended by U.K. Royal Air Force Group Capt. Guy van den Berg, the commanding officer of the 903rd Expeditionary Air Wing and airfield manager, for their superior service while working in a joint environment aboard Camp Bastion Jan. 25.The Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 373, MORE
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January 23, 2011 — Navy medical personnel have been to countless battlefields over the years, side-by-side with Marines – keeping them in the fight. So when Marine aviation officially took to the skies on May 22, 1912, the development of naval flight surgeons was not far behind.Today, Naval flight surgeons play an organic and critical role in every Marine and Naval MORE
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January 22, 2011 — When coalition forces on the ground can't afford to wait for a convoy or are out of reach for a helicopter resupply, the KC-130J provides the flexibility and capability of making a mass aerial delivery to the front lines.The Marines of Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, Detachment A, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), completes section MORE
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January 13, 2011 — U.K. and U.S. forces work together on a daily basis to accomplish the coalition mission. To demonstrate how these two forces successfully come together as a team, aviation and ground forces completed Operation Aero Hunter Jan. 13.The operation consisted of two phases. The first part was a patrol to flush insurgents out of a village; the second part MORE
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January 10, 2011 — Beneath cloudy, gray skies, the “Blue Knights” of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), transferred the responsibilities of their area of operations to the “Black Knights” of VMM-264.Lt. Col. Craig C. LeFlore, the VMM-365 commanding officer, relinquished the area of responsibility to Lt. Col. Jeffrey P. Hogan, MORE
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January 09, 2011 — When coalition forces and supplies need to be moved quickly throughout the Regional Command (Southwest)’s area of operations, the Marines of Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 362, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward), are here to carry the weight.Using the CH-53D Sea Stallion, the “Ugly Angels” of HMH-362 provide assault support transport of combat MORE
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January 09, 2011 — Coalition forces present in Afghanistan continuously patrol the country’s vast landscape and cities while conducting operations and gathering information from local citizens.Sometimes this can lead to hostile insurgents who seldom desire negotiation – which is when more than just bullets start flying.On standby at the flightline, or already MORE
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January 02, 2011 — As Afghan and coalition forces conduct operations in Helmand and Nimroz provinces, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Forward) continues to support them by ensuring coalition aircraft always have a place to land.The expeditionary airfield specialists of Marine Wing Support Squadron 373 “Aces” are the Marines in charge of ensuring that airfields and landing MORE
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