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Friday, July 25, 2014 Vol. 49, No. 29 Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C.
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VMFA-122 arrives in Hawaii for RIMPAC Page 12
ARFF beats the heat Page 8
F-35 arrives to Fightertown Page 13
VMFA-122 lands in Hawaii for RIMPAC 2014
Photo by Lance Cpl. Alissa Schuning
A Marine with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122 prepares an F/A-18C Hornet for takeoff aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii, July 2. Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122 is in Hawaii in support of Rim of the Pacific Exercise 2014, the world’s largest international maritime warfare exercise. The squadron is currently a part of the Unit Deployment Program with Marine Aircraft Group 12, based out of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan. Lance Cpl. Alissa Schuning
Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni
MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII -- Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122 arrived aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii to participate in the Rim of the Pacific Exercise 2014, June 25. Rim of the Pacific is the world’s
largest multinational maritime exercise hosted by the U.S. Pacific Fleet and provides realistic training that increases participants’ abilities to plan, communicate and conduct complex maritime operations. This year’s RIMPAC consists of 23 nations, 49 surface ships, six submarines, and more than 200
aircraft and 25,000 personnel. Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122, currently a part of the Unit Deployment Program with Marine Aircraft Group 12 based out of Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, is scheduled to be a part of the Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force during the exercise.
4th LEB conducts SRT training Sgt. Marcy Sanchez Public Affairs Chief
MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT PARRIS ISLAND, S.C. - An abandoned building with little to no visibility, an unforeseen environment that can house the most dangerous of situations, lives depending on action. These are the situations Special Reaction Team members train for and react to with split-second
“Our primary mission is to support the Marine Corps by conducting close air support for the special purpose MAGTF that has been formed for this exercise,” said Lt. Col. Douglas DeWolfe, commanding officer of VMFA-122. During RIMPAC 2014, the MCWL is slated to conduct En-
hanced Marine Air Ground Task Force Operations and an Advanced Warfighting Experiment to evaluate the hypothesis that if a SP-MAGTF is properly trained, organized and equipped, it will serve as the Geographic Combatant Commander’s force of see
Vmfa-122, page 12
ARFF, MWSS-273, NREAO, fuels qualify for FRT
decisions determining life or death. Marines with 4th Law Enforcement Battalion, Force Headquarters Group, Marine Corps Forces Reserve, trained on SRT tactics and fundamentals designed to familiarize the Marines with operations in a Special Reaction Team during an SRT course aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, July see
sRT, page 4
Sgt. Marcy Sanchez Public Affairs Chief
Staff Sgt. Grant Nolte, a military police officer with 4th Law Enforcement Battalion, Force Headquarters Group, Marine Corps Forces Reserve, conducts suspect barricade and vehicle ambush training during Special Reaction Team training aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, July 16.
Marines and civilians with Aircraft Rescue & Firefighting, Marine Wing Support Squadron 273 & Air Station fuels sections and the Natural Resources Environmental Affairs Office com-
pleted a week-long Facility Response Team (FRT) course increasing proficiency in nautical spill response procedures aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, July 1417. The course enabled the students to evaluate environmental and nautical
conditions and tactics in order to hastily respond to an oil spill in the waterways leading to MCAS Beaufort. “It’s a five-day FRT class to requalify and qualify as Facility Response Team responders,” said see
fRT, page 6