The Regimental Combat Team - 1 headquarters group (better known as the 1st Marines) will deploy from Camp Pendleton early Monday morning to Afghanistan to replace Regimental Combat Team - 7 in southern Helmand Province, which has recently seen a substantial increase in fighting. Approximately 250 Marines and their families will be present shortly after 11:30 p.m. this Sunday night to see the Marines off.
The 1st Marines, which conduct ...
American troops in Afghanistan work under tremendously stressful conditions most of us cannot even imagine, with the threat of a surprise attack from an insurgent or stepping on a hidden bomb hanging over them 24/7. Still, our troops "go out of their way to protect civilians, every day," says 1st Lt. Kenneth Kunze, a public affairs officer at Camp Pendleton
More than half of the 20,000 Marines currently ...
Over the past two weeks, 13 NATO nations teamed up with the Air National Guard and Volk Field Air National Guard Base in Wisconsin to conduct an international exercise designed to increase target accuracy among member nations serving in Afghanistan, thereby reducing errant strikes, according to the Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs.
Exercise Ramstein Rover 2010, which concludes today, provided training to more than 40 joint terminal attack controllers (JTACs ...
Sadly, 46 sailors took their lives last year. Suicide is the third-leading cause of death in the United States Navy, accounting for 13 percent of fatalities in 2009, officials say. The numbers aren't as high as they are in the Army and Marine Corps, but they are still troubling.
The Navy recognizes the seriousness of suicide and has developed additional training methods to help. Sailors themselves, from pay grades ...
San Diego ships about to deploy - The San Diego-based destroyers USS Halsey and USS Sterett and guided missile cruiser Cape St. George will be heading out this month as part of a strike group on routine deployment in the western Pacific, Indian Ocean and Arabian Gulf. The strike group will be led by the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln and will also include destroyers USS Momsen and USS Shoup. The ...
