U.S. Marine Training Newsletter
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NJ genealogy students prove 'rock' in boy's collection actually jawbone of US Marine dead almost 70 years
19 Apr 2024 01:59 GMT
It was a jaw-dropping find.
Twenty years ago, a young Arizona boy picked up an unusual looking rock for his collection.
On Tuesday, Ramapo College genealogy students confirmed that it wasn’t a rock at all, but a jawbone that once belonged to Captain …
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AV’s Switchblade 300 Selected for U.S. Marine Corps’ Organic Precision Fires-Light Program
18 Apr 2024 20:24 GMT
AeroVironment (AV) was selected by the U.S. Marine Corps for the first phase of the Organic Precision Fires-Light (OPF-L) program of record. AV’s Switchblade 300 Block 20 loitering munition system (LMS) will provide the Marine Corps with organic, anti- …
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Jawbone found by rock-collecting child identified as U.S. Marine who died in 1951 training accident
18 Apr 2024 19:55 GMT
A jawbone discovered two decades ago in Arizona by a boy with a rock collection was positively identified as belonging to a U.S. Marine who died in a 1951 training accident decades later.
Last year, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office turned over the piece …
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Jawbone of U.S. Marine Who Died in 1951 Found in Boy's Rock Collection
18 Apr 2024 19:39 GMT
A jawbone found in an Arizona boy's rock collection in 2002 has been identified more than 20 years later as belonging to U.S. Marine Corps Captain Everett Leland Yager
Yager — who was long referred to as “Rock Collection John Doe” — died in a military …
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U.S. Marine stationed at Ft. Leonard Wood sentenced for child pornography
17 Apr 2024 15:15 GMT
FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — A U.S. Marine Corps private has been sentenced in federal court for taking child pornography across state lines.
According to a release from the U.S. Western District Attorney’s Office, 23-year-old Gevoni Rayon Brown was sentenced …
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Jaw bone of U.S. Marine Captain who died in 1951 found in Arizona child's rock collection
16 Apr 2024 22:28 GMT
YAVAPAI COUNTY, Ariz. - A child in Arizona unknowingly had the jaw bone of a U.S. Marine Captain who was killed in 1951 during a military training exercise in his rock collection. His remains were previously recovered in Riverside County, California and …
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US Marines Order Loitering Munitions From Teledyne FLIR
17 Apr 2024 13:31 GMT
Teledyne FLIR has secured a $12-million contract to supply loitering munitions for the US Marine Corps Organic Precision Fires-Light (OPF-L) program.
The agreement supports the agency’s objectives to employ a deployable weapon system that protects …
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US Marines Bolster Amphibious Power with $25 Million Combat Vehicles Order
16 Apr 2024 18:57 GMT
… , which are crucial for crew training and ongoing maintenance of these … ACV Beyond US Shores
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CBOA 2024 _ Training Day Highlights
17 Apr 2024 16:48 GMT
DTRA kicks off this year’s CBDP’s annual Chem Bio Operation Analysis or CBOA at U.S. Marine Corp Station, Camp Lejeune from April 13-18, 2024.
CBOA is a week-long scenario-based live field experiment to assesses technology from both the operator and …
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In photos: PH-US Marine Exercise (MAREX) 2024
16 Apr 2024 04:23 GMT
BARIRA, Maguindanao del Norte (MindaNews / 16 April) — Troops from the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the US Marine Corps conduct advanced rifle marksmanship training and immediate action drills at the 1st Marine Brigade Firing Range inside …