The U.S. Marine Corps is investigating the deaths of two Marines at its Camp Lejeune, N.C., training base.

Cpl. Alexis Alcaraz, 22, of the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines, 2nd Division, was found unresponsive during a training hike Thursday morning and died in the camp’s hospital. On Friday, Lance Cpl. Ricardo Rodriguez, 25, of Foxtrot Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines, who returned to the United States in July from serving in Africa, was found unconscious near his barracks and died after he was hospitalized. Rodriguez was deployed to Afghanistanin 2013…”

Forrás : http://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/08/19/two-marines-die-at-camp-lejeune.html?ESRC=marine.nl

“By Kris Osborn | Tuesday, August 18th, 2015 6:46 pm
Posted in Air

The Marine Corps is working on training V-22 Osprey crews faster in order to keep pace with the growing demand for the tilt-rotor aircraft, officials said.

With its ability to hover like a helicopter and fly like an airplane, cargo carrying capacity, 280-knot speed and 450 nautical mile combat radius, the Osprey is proving to be an indispensable asset for amphibious and expeditionary Corps units involved in training exercises, humanitarian missions and other operations.

“We are producing them,” Lt. Gen. Jon Davis, deputy commandant for aviation, recently told reporters. “We can’t train the crews fast enough.”..”

Forrás : http://www.dodbuzz.com/2015/08/18/marine-corps-sees-growing-demand-for-v-22-osprey/

“Stars and Stripes | Aug 19, 2015 | by Matthew M. Burke

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A mysterious commando has been spotted across Asia, accompanying U.S. Marines from Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, since they arrived in Okinawa on the Unit Deployment Program in February.

The pattern on his cammies is not digital; it’s closer to the forest green of the Vietnam era. He wears a beret instead of a Marine Corps brimmed “cover” and prefers tea and crumpets and Manchester United to American fare and the NFL. (He is mystified by the Marine Corps staples of dip and country music.)

The 25-year-old British Royal Marine — who asked that his name be withheld and face obscured because it would preclude him from his intended career in British Special Forces — is the first participant in a new exchange program between the countries. The program places young British officers with U.S. Marine platoons for about 18 months. It is designed to familiarize Marines on both sides of the Atlantic with their allies and increase interoperability for future maneuvers…”

Forrás : http://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/08/19/british-royal-marine-first-to-embed-with-us-marines-new-program.html?ESRC=marine.nl

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