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Corps Leadership to Personally Test New Gear
After years of wandering around
training areas and foreign countries complaining aloud about what
officer approved the cumbersome, impractical piece of equipment
currently acting as the bane of your existence, the Corps has
answered. Officers in charge of standards and approval requirements
for new equipment, specifically body armor and personal gear will
themselves be required to perform in said gear. [...]
Gen. Mattis Awards Marine Bronze Star
Sgt. Joshua Acevedo spent 2010 fighting
through heavy Taliban resistance in Hemland province, Afghanistan.
Stationed at Patrol Base Hernandez in southern Hemland , Acevedo and
his men were on the front line.The orders given to Acevedo and his
Marines were to “create disturbance and prep the area for an
eventual southern shift toward the Taliban-controlled city of
Durzay.”Ten days after [...]
Fallen Marine Sgt. Honored at Warship Christening Ceremony
November 15, 2004, while conducting
combat operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom Marine
sergeant Rafael Peralta gave his life to protect his fellow Marines. Peralta, while engaged in close combat
against insurgents in Fallujah during Operation Al Fajr saw a grenade
thrown at his element and dove on top of it, saving the lives of his
teammates. At [...]
Infantry to Adopt M4 as Standard Assault Rifle
26 October, Marine Corps Base Quantico-
Commandant General Robert Neller has approved a proposal to replace
the M16A4 with the M4 carbine as the standard rifle issued to
infantrymen and security forces. The Corps now has until September 2016
to phase out all M16A4s.Responsible for the proposal for the
upgrade is Chris Woodburn, the deputy Maneuver Branch head for [...]
Corps to Preview Potential AMTRAC Replacement
By the end of 2020 the Marine Corps
will have a new chariot to deliver them to battle- after 43 years of
service, the AMTRAC is being replaced. The Modern Day Marine Expo in late
September has been chosen as the event where four of the five
potential applicants will be displayed for the Corps to see; the [...]
Marksmanship Symposium- Corps Dedicated to Improvement
According to MARADMINS 471/15, come
October 19th, 2015, the Marine Corps’ foremost experts in weapons
and marksmanship will meet at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia
for a symposium on how to potentially improve an already efficient
system. Running until the 22nd of October,
those in attendance will work together in working groups with the aim
of improving five main components [...]
