“by Brendan McGarry on December 29, 2014

Here at Kit Up!, we’re gearing up for the upcoming SHOT Show in Las Vegas. Our company, Military.com, will be sending two correspondents to this year’s event, which is just a few weeks away.

In addition to the latest assault rifles, pistols and other types of firearms, we’ll be checking out noteworthy gear, from scopes to sunglasses.

Along those lines, we hope to swing by the Rudy Project’s booth for a demonstration of the company’s latest protective lenses. The Italian maker of sunglasses and helmets is out with a new product called the ImpactX 2, which is being billed as a “new generation of unbreakable photochromic lenses.”..”

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MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina — Shots rang out through the combat town as the Marines continued to put rounds through their targets. Impact after impact, the bullets tore through the metal targets and disappeared into the vast expanse of the Dodge City range.

Scout snipers with second and fourth Reconnaissance Battalions along with Marines from 2nd Marine Division and II Marine Expeditionary Force participated in the Urban Sniper Course, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, Dec. 1-19.

The 16-day course conducted by Expeditionary Operations Training Group provided the Marines individual and team-level training on advanced precision marksmanship, aerial sniper skills, and maritime sniper skills in order to support the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit maritime raid force and battalion landing team during urban, rural, and visit board search and seizure operations…”

Forrás : http://www.military.com/daily-news/2014/12/22/sniper-training-2nd-marine-division.html?ESRC=marine.nl

BARRIGADA, Guam– U.S. Marines from Marine Corps Activity Guam (MCAG) delivered approximately 4,700 toys to the Salvation Army and Catholic Social Service Dec. 18.

The mission of the Toys for Tots program is to collect toys during their annual drive and distribute them as Christmas gifts to less fortunate families in the community of Guam and its outlying islands in the Pacific.

“The Toys for Tots campaign is more than just a regular community service event, it is an official activity of the United States Marine Corps and is incorporated in the actual mission,” said Capt. Rafiel Warfield, MCAG Toys for Tots coordinator…”

Forrás : http://www.military.com/daily-news/2014/12/19/marines-collect-toys-for-tots-in-guam.html?ESRC=marine.nl

USS IWO JIMA, At Sea — The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit began a fresh chapter by embarking on its 2015 deployment Dec. 16. The MEU’s crisis response mission is scheduled to last around seven months and remains similar to those of the last several decades—to provide the President with a forward-deployed, flexible, sea-based force tasked and ready to respond to wherever it may be called. As the MEU and Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group steam east across the Atlantic, it’s appropriate for current MEU Marines and Sailors to look back at those who have gone before.

The 24th MEU story began during the Vietnam era, when in 1971 it was branded the 34th Marine Amphibious Unit and focused on operations in the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean and Caribbean Seas. Throughout the 70s and 80s, the MEU provided a continued presence throughout these three bodies of water. In 1982, it was re-designated as the 24th MAU before being re-designated again in 1988 as the 24th MEU…”

Forrás : http://www.military.com/daily-news/2014/12/22/24th-meu-january-2015-deployment.html?ESRC=marine.nl

DETROIT — The family of a former U.S. Marine imprisoned in Iran says he is going on a hunger strike and has dictated a letter asking President Obama not to forget him as dialogue continues between the two countries over Iran’s nuclear activities.

Amir Hekmati told the family by phone Tuesday about the hunger strike, Sarah Hekmati said in an email to The Associated Press.

“We are truly devastated by this news but know that he is struggling and losing hope for a resolution to his case,” his sister said…”

Forrás : http://www.military.com/daily-news/2014/12/17/marine-veteran-held-in-iran-to-start-hunger-strike.html?ESRC=marine.nl