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The Year in Special Operations: 2013-2014 I Photos

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Special operators as well as industry leaders from around the globe received their copies of The Year in Special Operations: 2013-2014 at the 2013 Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (SOFIC). …

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Deputy Commander of MARSOC Col. Mike Sweeney

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Davao Escapees

POW Escape from Davao, Part 2 The Pacific Theater's "Great Escape"

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On the morning of April 4, 1943, two POW work details made up of Lt. Cmdr. Melvyn H. McCoy, U.S. Navy; Maj. Mike Dobervich, Capt. Austin Shofner, and 1st Lt. …

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155mm PGK nose

XM1156 Precision Guidance Kit Heads to Afghanistan

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U.S. Army representatives have highlighted the delivery of a new combat capability into Afghanistan in time for that theater’s traditional “spring fighting season.” The new capability comes in the form …

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Camp O'Donnell

POW Escape from Davao, Part 1 The Pacific Theater's "Great Escape"

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April 1943 would become a landmark month in the history of prisoners of war (POWs). In Stalag Luft III, a Luftwaffe-run POW camp in Lower Silesia, Germany, Squadron Leader Roger …

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First F-35B Night Vertical Landing

First F-35B Night Vertical Landing

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Lockheed Martin recently released this video of the first F-35B night vertical landing. For those who have seen night vision equipment imagery of Harriers performing vertical landings, this is an …

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Assault amphibious vehicle (AAV) crewman from 2nd Assault Amphibian Vehicle platoon, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) make their way to the well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima from the USS New York on Oct. 26, 2011. The AAVs practiced loading and offloading from the Iwo Jima as part of the Amphibious Squadron 8 (PHIBRON 8)/MEU Integration Exercise, known as PMINT. Modernization of the AAVSs, as well as procurement of a next-generation Amphibious Combat Vehicle (ACV), are top priorities for the Marine Corps. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Michael J. Petersheim

U.S. Marine Corps 2012: Year in Review

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The past decade has been one of major changes for the U.S. military, none perhaps as extensively affected as the Marine Corps; 2012 was more of the same, as the …

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U.S. Air Force airmen wait to load a simulated aircraft crash victim onto a CV-22 Osprey aircraft for the Emerald Warrior exercise March 7, 2012. The primary purpose of Emerald Warrior is to exercise special operations components in urban and irregular warfare settings to support combatant commanders in theater campaigns. Emerald Warrior leverages lessons learned from Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation Enduring Freedom, and other historical lessons to provide better trained and ready forces to combatant commanders. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Charles Larkin Sr.

SOCOM: 2012 Year in Review

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The year 2012 was a special one for SOCOM. While it continued its nearly worldwide fight against terrorism and extremism, it also celebrated several important anniversaries: the 50th anniversaries of …

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Lance Cpl. Tyler Langford, anti-tank missileman, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, leads his pack mule during a hike at Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center Bridgeport, Calif., Oct. 13, 2012. Langford used skills he learned in the Animal Packers Course, taught four times a year at MCMWTC. The 16-day course teaches Marines how to use animals in the region they find themselves in as a logistical tool to transport weapons, ammunition, food, supplies or wounded Marines through terrain that tactical vehicles cannot reach. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ali Azimi

The Virtues of Stubbornness: Mules at War

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Mules don’t exist in nature. They are an artificial product of human ingenuity, and like many such products, it didn’t take long before they found a place in the grim …

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Lt. Gen. John Wissler, the U.S. Marine Corps’ Deputy Commandant for Programs and Resources, listens to a brief by Lt. j.g. Joseph Kenworthy, aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3), during visit to familiarize with amphibious assault capabilities. Kearsarge is underway providing surface orientation for Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) Midshipmen in support of Career Orientation Training for Midshipmen (CORTRAMID) East. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jonathan Vargas

Interview With Lt. Gen. John E. Wissler, Deputy Commandant of the Marine Corps for Programs and Resources Despite the drawdown, a new era for the Marine Corps

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Lt. Gen. John E. Wissler is deputy commandant for Programs and Resources, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Washington, D.C. The son of a Marine, Wissler graduated with honors from the United …

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