Midshipman 1st Class Taylor Connors of Pleasant View, Utah, died early Tuesday in Philadelphia “with family at his bedside,” according to an academy statement.
Marine Capt. Michael Wolff, a KC-130J Super Hercules pilot, received the Distinguished Flying Cross at a ceremony at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar for landing “successfully after losing two engines in flight.”
Crew members from the USS Essex and USS Portland — both in the Port of Los Angeles for the four-day LA Fleet Week — pitched in for the workdays, climbing ladders and wielding power washers and paint brushes.
A second squadron of F-35B Lightning IIs is fully operational at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, bringing the total number of stealth fighters there to 32.
Marine Corps Logistics Base-Albany uses two landfill gas generators fueled by waste gas produced at the adjacent Dougherty County landfill facility, steam produced with biomass and advanced micro-grid controls.
Lt. Gen. Michael Langley, a Marine with experience commanding American forces in Africa, has been recommended to serve as the next leader of U.S. Africa Command, The New York Times reported Friday. Langley, if confirmed, would be become the first Black four-star general in Marine Corps history.
Navy and Marine Corps officials said Wednesday that the potential inclusion of Finland and Sweden in the NATO alliance would boost U.S. military activity in the Arctic and the Baltic Sea.