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U.S. Marines from Marine Corps Installations-West, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, 1st Marine Division and airmen from the 196th California Air National Guard conducted Operation Wild Buck, to test the use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to monitor Camp Pendleton wildlife populations and develop tactics, techniques, and procedures for using UAS during emergency operations on Camp Pendleton California, Dec. 18,2018.There were two different UAS flown during the exercise, RQ-20B Puma which was controlled on the ground at Camp Pendleton, and the second was a high-flying, RQ-9 Reaper, launched from Las Vegas and controlled via satellite link from March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, CA. Both UAS sent back video feeds to Camp Pendleton’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC), where installation leadership observed and coordinated the operation. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Megan Roses)

U.S. Intel Marines with 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, use their Unmanned Aerial System "Puma" with C Company, 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment, During Exercise Koolendong, August 2018, at the Mount Bundey Training Area, Northern Territory, Australia. Koolendong was the culminating live-fire event for Marine Rotational Force - Darwin 18. It provided U.S. Marines and members of the Australian Defence Force and the French military to conduct multi-national and small-unit-leadership training. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Staff Sgt. Daniel Wetzel. Additional video provided by Sgt. Kayla D. Rivera and 2/4 Intel)

U.S. Marines with Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2, receive their unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) breast insignia during a ceremony in Rena, Norway, May 21, 2018. The Commandant recently approved the UAS breast insignia for the qualified Marines with the MOS of 7314 or 7315. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Autmn Bobby)

Unmanned aerial vehicle operators and unmanned aircraft systems officers now have their own set of wings. Read about them here https://go.usa.gov/xQRwC (U.S. Marine Corps video by GySgt. Warren Peace and Cpl. Shannon Doherty) For a descriptive transcript text document of this production, contact Kim Hardison at Kimberly.hardison@usmc.mil.

Marines with 2nd Intelligence Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force conducted Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) training at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 8, 2018.