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U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 1, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing hold a relief and appointment ceremony on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, March 25, 2025. The relief and appointment ceremony formally signified the transfer of responsibility and authority from Sgt. Maj. Eric Smack to Sgt. Maj. Erick Richburg as MWHS-1 sergeant major. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Benjamin Catindig and Lance Cpl. Thalia Rivera)

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Antonio Carbajal, the chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense specialist chief of Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, explains standardized CBRN training across 1st MAW during exercise Kaioke Response at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 26, 2024. During the exercise, CBRN sections from each of 1st MAW’s Marine Wing Support Squadrons consolidated to standardize training and operating procedures across the wing. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Thalia Rivera)

U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing conduct training events as a part of Exercise Outlaw Wrath 24 at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, Sept. 2024. This exercise provided MWSS-171 with the opportunity to train for expeditionary airfield support missions and maintain readiness in supporting Marine Corps and joint aviation elements throughout the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Pfc. Saul Hernandez)

U.S. Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 171, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing conduct training events as a part of Exercise Outlaw Wrath 24 at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, Sept. 2024. This exercise provided MWSS-171 with the opportunity to train for expeditionary airfield support missions and maintain readiness in supporting Marine Corps and joint aviation elements throughout the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Pfc. Saul Hernandez)

U.S. Marines with Marine All-Weather Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA(AW)) 224, Marine Aircraft Group 31 (MAG), 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) and Republic of Korea Air Force conduct joint flight operations at Suwon Air Base, Suwon, South Korea, July 12 - Aug. 16, 2024. VMFA(AW)-224, known as the Fighting Bengals, are supporting MAG-12, 1st MAW under the Unit Deployment Program, which aims at providing squadrons experience operating in the Indo-Pacific. The Fighting Bengals traveled to South Korea to enhance their standard of readiness and lethality with the ROK/U.S. Alliance. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by LCpl. Madison Sharpe)

U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 232 participated in the Nyutabaru Aviation Training Relocation (ATR) at Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) Nyutabaru Air Base, Japan, Dec. 7 to Dec. 21, 2023. The ATR program allows U.S. aviation units in the Indo-Pacific, such as VMFA-232 and Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 12, to train away from their home station to reduce local noise impacts while increasing operational readiness and interoperability. During this year’s ATR program at Nyutabaru Air Base, MAG-12 forces trained alongside the JASDF’s 305th Tactical Fighter Squadron to build upon each other’s tactics and reinforce their combined operational readiness through safe and realistic training. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Jose Angeles)

For 248 years, Marines around the world have celebrated their illustrious history. For over 100 years, Marine aviation has provided unique capabilities to the Marine Corps to accomplish its missions. And for over 82 years, Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron (MWHS) 1 has provided support to aviation units across the Marine Corps. This birthday video is a commemoration of the service of MWHS-1 Marines, past and present.

U.S. Marines conduct a loading exercise of AGM-84D Harpoon missiles aboard Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, Japan, April 28, 2020. During the exercise, Marine Aircraft Group 12 squadrons focused on naval missions and simulated anti-ship long range fires in order to enhance the Marine Corps' ability to effect sea control and denial in the Indo-Pacific, in-line with Force Design 2030. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Pfc. Katie Markwald)