Senior Chief Fire Controlman (AEGIS) Michael Wilson, 45, has been identified as the 25th U.S. service member and sixth active-duty sailor to die from COVID-19. The Suffolk, Virginia, native died April 29 at a civilian hospital in Newport News after testing positive for the virus four days earlier, according to a Navy press release. Wilson …
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The AT-4 84mm rocket launcher is the key anti-armor weapon for any modern on-the-go infantry squad. I think the biggest question about this piece of equipment today is simply: why are we even using it anymore? It’s been around since the late 1980s and since then we’ve developed weapons like the Javelin and upgraded the …
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CAMP PENDLETON — It’s kind of like Fight Club. Except it’s mental, not physical, and Marines can’t stop talking about it. In the recently concluded first pilot of the new 14-week Infantry Marine Course, junior grunts and their instructors blew off steam and passed downtime with game after game of chess. For Marines, famous for …
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Kicking off President Biden’s withdrawal from operations in Afghanistan, the military reported Tuesday it has already moved the equivalent of 60 C-17 loads of material out of the country and turned over more than 1,300 pieces of equipment to the Defense Logistics Agency for destruction. A day after it formally began withdrawing troops from the …
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The Navy is reviewing its role in an at-sea accident that killed eight Marines and one sailor, marking the fourth investigation into what leaders have called a truly preventable tragedy. Vice Adm. Scott Conn, the head of U.S. Third Fleet, was directed to launch a command investigation into the Marine Corps assault amphibious vehicle accident …
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