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HIMARS: Making III MEF Ready to Fight Now

Throughout history, the Marine Corps has used the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System in order to gain an advantage against its adversaries. With the Commandant’s Planning Guidance and Force Design, it is vital that III Marine Expeditionary Force utilize HIMARS to maintain force readiness throughout the Indo-Pacific and be ready to fight at a moment’s notice. In 1996, Lockheed Martin developed the first HIMARS. After years of testing and development, in 2005 the Marine Corps began integrating them into units for training exercises...

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U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jacob Maurer, a native of Warwick, Pennsylvania and explosive ordnance technician with Combat Logistics Battalion 22 (CLB-22), poses for a portrait at the state-run, federally-supported Community Vaccination Center at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pa., April 27, 2021. U.S. Marines and U.S. Navy Sailors with CLB-22, from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, are deployed in support of the federal vaccine response. U.S. Northern Command, through U.S. Army North, remains committed to providing continued, flexible Department of Defense support to the Federal Emergency Management Agency as part of the whole-of-government response to COVID-19. - U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jacob Maurer, a native of Warwick, Pennsylvania and explosive ordnance technician with Combat Logistics Battalion 22 (CLB-22), poses for a portrait at the state-run, federally-supported Community Vaccination Center at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pa., April 27, 2021. U.S. Marines and U.S. Navy Sailors with CLB-22, from Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, are deployed in support of the federal vaccine response. U.S. Northern Command, through U.S. Army North, remains committed to providing continued, flexible Department of Defense support to the Federal Emergency Management Agency as part of the whole-of-government response to COVID-19.

Return to Tun Tavern: U.S. Marines and Sailors vaccinate their neighbors in Philadelphia

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania holds a special place in U.S. Marine Corps history. In 1775, Capt. Samuel Nicholas, the first commissioned officer in the Continental Marines who would later go on to become the first Commandant of the Marine Corps, was directed by Congress to raise two battalions of Marines. Tun Tavern, an infamous saloon that no longer physically stands but remains tattooed across the heart and soul of every U.S. Marine, became the first Marine Corps recruiting station looking for a “few good men...”

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Former NFL players help Marines break in new fitness center near Mount Fuji

4/08/2026 - https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2026-03-31/camp-fuji-warr-fitness-center-21234623.html

Medal of Honor recipient Meyer completes grueling Marine recon course

4/06/2026 - https://www.stripes.com/branches/marine_corps/2026-04-06/dakota-meyer-completes-recon-course-21293447.html

Camp Blaz Marines join Finegayan Elementary's Mes CHamoru event, donate sports equipment

4/03/2026 - https://www.guampdn.com/news/camp-blaz-marines-join-finegayan-elementarys-mes-chamoru-event-donate-sports-equipment/article_bb67fad5-8044-489c-9ca9-17f3bb38496e.html

Marines exemplify Spirit of America at historic Marine Barracks Washington

4/01/2026 - https://www.dcnewsnow.com/celebrate-250/marines-exemplify-spirit-of-america-at-historic-marine-barracks-washington/#/questions/5882795

Marine Expeditionary Unit Arrives in the Middle East—Here’s What We Know

3/30/2026 - https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/marine-expeditionary-unit-arrives-in-the-middle-eastheres-what-we-know-2d290820?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqchYXcC08LpulfG6Gr50_VIhXayd9mI8cZh6ZyK_DGOC2Qa_hQnCD_u&gaa_ts=69ca9ead&gaa_sig=La3lUR6ysl4XoDWNm9XP-0Ugwey_Ksxbh8Ttyg2nw0RrJ8TuAwbTjsEU5U8z1FtDl9gJmxD76E3zSuO