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Last Piece of CH-53K Helicopter Trainer Triad Declared ‘Ready for Training’

Marine Corps aviators in the CH-53K Containerized Flight Training Device (CFTD) experience a highly immersive virtual environment. Sikorsky photo.

The final of three CH-53K heavy-lift helicopter trainers has been declared “ready for training,” and an industry/government team next month will begin training the squadron that will conduct the new helo’s initial operational test and evaluation.

The Composite Maintenance Trainer (CMT) just recently reached RFT, Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky announced...

https://news.usni.org/2020/12/02/last-piece-of-ch-53k-helicopter-trainer-triad-declared-ready-for-training

Contractors Fixing Hurricane-Damaged Marine Housing Went Months Without Being Paid

Blue tarps line the roof of a home in Paradise Point on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C. on Feb. 1, 2019. US Marine Corps Photo

After Hurricane Florence dumped more than two feet of rain on Camp Lejune, N.C., last year contractors from across the East Coast came to repair damaged buildings and infrastructure on the Marine Corps base. However as the work has gone on, companies contracted to do the housing repair work have gone months without pay.

One contractor, Tyler Construction Group was...

https://news.usni.org/2019/08/07/contractors-fixing-hurricane-damaged-marine-housing-went-months-without-being-paid

Senate Panel Pushes Navy, Marine Corps to Fix Base Housing Problems

Chief of Naval Personnel Vice Adm. Robert P. Burke testifies with his service counterparts about Military Personnel Policies and Military Family Readiness during a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel on Feb 27, 2019. US Navy Photo

The chairman of a Senate panel overseeing military personnel pushed the Navy and Marines to fix ongoing military housing problems that include black mold and sewage backing up into base housing.

“This is not a witch hunt,” but “we know...

https://news.usni.org/2019/03/04/senate-panel-pushes-navy-marine-corps-fix-base-housing-problems

Camp Lejeune Marines May Shelter On Base During Hurricane Florence

The Marine Corps encouraged personnel living at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina to shelter in place ahead of the arrival of Category 4 Hurricane Florence, despite state officials asking residents along the coast to evacuate inland ahead of the storm.

Brig. Gen. Julian Alford, commanding general of Marine Corps Installations East-Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, said that even though state officials wanted coastal towns cleared out ahead of the storm – which is expected to bring massive amounts of...

https://news.usni.org/2018/09/12/36499