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Marine Corps Ends Search and Rescue in Japan, Declares 5 Marines Deceased

11 December 2018

Marines pilot a KC-130J Hercules from Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 (VMGR-152), over Northern Territory, Australia, Aug. 17, 2018. US Navy Photo

The Marine Corps has ended the search for the five Marines still missing from last week’s KC-130J crash with an F/A-18D Hornet, and those five Marines have been declared dead.

The service had been conducting an ever-growing search and rescue operation since the crash occurred 200 miles off the coast of Japan around 2 a.m. on Dec. 6, local...

https://news.usni.org/2018/12/11/marine-corps-ends-search-rescue-japan-declares-5-marines-deceased

Marines Identify Hornet Pilot Who Died After Crash with KC-130J off Japan; 5 Marines Still Missing

7 December 2018

Marines with the Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Bats Squadron 242 (VMFA (AW)-242 Bats), Marine Air Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing before taking off in the F/A-18D Hornet at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan on Nov. 21, 2018. US Marine Corps Photo

The Marines have identified the F/A-18D Hornet pilot who died in a hospital after a crash with a KC-130J off the coast of Japan.

Capt. Jahmar F. Resilard, 28, of Miramar, Fla., “was pronounced deceased after he was found during...

https://news.usni.org/2018/12/07/marines-identify-hornet-pilot-died-crash-kc-130j-off-japan-5-marines-still-missing

VIDEO: Reagan, Stennis Carrier Strike Groups Conduct Dual Operations In Philippine Sea

16 November 2018

Carriers USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) and USS John C. Stennis (CVN-74) lead ships of their respective carrier strike groups as they transit the Philippine Sea on Nov. 16, 2018. US Navy Photo

The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group and the John C. Stennis Carrier Strike Group are currently operating together in the Philippine Sea, conducting air, surface and anti-submarine warfare operations.

The Navy is placing a greater significance on combined carrier strike group maneuvers as a way of...

https://news.usni.org/2018/11/16/38542

Wasp ESG Completes Typhoon Assistance to Northern Marianas, Guam

14 September 2018

Marines with Marine Air Control Group 18 and Navy Seabees with 30th Naval Construction Regiment clear debris from Typhoon Mangkhut on Tinian. Marine Corps photo.

The Wasp Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) has finished providing disaster relief to Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) following Typhoon Mangkhut.

Mangkhut passed through the region late Monday and early Tuesday, buffeting the islands of Rota, Saipan, Tinian and Guam with steady rain and sustained winds of...

https://news.usni.org/2018/09/14/36565

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