At one coastal outpost, Marines scan the horizon using radar systems and small unmanned aircraft to track adversarial activity. Miles away at a second location, a forward command element directs tactical operations on the ground while an adjacent fueling site rapidly rearms and refuels aircraft to keep them airborne in support of operations.Executing a single expeditionary advanced base requires significant planning and coordination but operating two distinct EABs simultaneously represents an advanced capability that showcases the planning capacity, command flexibility, and distributed lethality of the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit.By establishing a forward sensing site alongside a separate forward command and control element with an
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In the United States Marine Corps infantry, the squad leader serves as the link between higher-level guidance and the Marines executing the mission on the ground. While responsible for tactical operations and mission accomplishment, squad leaders also carry the responsibility of developing, mentoring and caring for their Marines.
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"We landed under the cover of night, stepping into the exact nightmare we had just watched on television,” said U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Major Hector Rivera, reflecting on his unit’s arrival at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, during his time as the senior enlisted leader of 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. “But piercing through that darkness, one sight cut straight to the bone: a young Afghan boy standing amidst the panic, holding a steadfast salute. He refused to lower his hand until all 300 Marines had stepped off our aircraft and marched into the darkness to hold the line.”To Rivera, that young boy he saw on Aug. 14, 2021, embodied those 20 years of partnership and served as a lasting
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In the quiet, dust motes of a Parisian sculptor’s studio in 1918, Charles Raphaël Peyre stood face-to-face with the raw reality of the Western Front. Before him stood Pvt. Carl J. Millard — a twice-wounded Marine from the 5th Regiment, sent directly from the hellscape of Chateau-Thierry. Still clad in his mud-caked combat gear and gripping his Springfield rifle, the exhausted private embodied the fierce defiance Peyre had only read about in the front-line dispatches. Peyre knew immediately that this was the stance he had to freeze in bronze.
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Norwegian, British, and U.S. forces will deploy to the strategic island of Jan Mayen to conduct Operation Atlantic City from August 26 to September 4, 2026. The operation is part of Arctic Sentry, NATO’s enhanced vigilance activity for the High North, and will strengthen the Alliance's ability to operate jointly in challenging Arctic conditions.
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