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VIDEO: Japan Certifies First Regimental Landing Team in Exercise with U.S. Marines

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldiers depart an MV-22B Osprey, assigned to the “Greyhawks” of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 161, on the flight deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD-25) on Jan. 31, 2019. US Navy Photo

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. – In the morning chill, Marine Corps and Japanese military officers watched a platoon of Japanese amphibious assault vehicles swim ashore in choppy, storm-driven seas, landing with a Marine Corps AAV trailing at the rear.

The...

https://news.usni.org/2019/02/08/video-japan-certifies-first-regimental-landing-team-exercise-u-s-marines

2018 Navy, Marine Corps On-Duty Deaths

The following names are those of Marines and sailors who died in 2018 while at sea, in combat or during training accidents, according to USNI News records and Navy and Marine Corps reports.

Cpl. Alejandro Romero, USMC
Bravo Company, 3rd RECON, 3rd MARDIV, III MEF
Jan. 22

Marine Corps Cpl. Alejandro Romero.

Romero, 22, was training at the Multi-Mission Parachute Course in Arizona when his main canopy failed to fully deploy on his the exit from the aircraft.

He was unable to completely cut away the...

https://news.usni.org/2018/12/28/2018-navy-marine-corps-on-duty-deaths

Camp Pendleton Marines Join Federal Mission at U.S.-Mexico Border

U.S. Northern Command border support operations at Bisbee, Arizona on Nov. 6, 2018. US Army Photo

SAN DIEGO, Calif. — A contingent of active-duty Marines deployed this week to the California-Mexico border to join the growing border support mission ordered by the Trump administration.

The about 1,100 Marines tapped for the mission are assigned to Special-Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force 7 from the Camp Pendleton, Calif.-based I Marine Expeditionary Force, according to U.S. Northern Command....

https://news.usni.org/2018/11/10/camp-pendleton-marines-join-federal-mission-u-s-mexico-border

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