22 February 2022 CMC and SMMC visit 11th MEU while deployed Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. David H. Berger, and Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, Sgt. Maj. Troy E. Black, visited the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) during a scheduled port visit in Pearl Harbor, HI, Feb. 19. While aboard...
04 February 2022 Naval Safety Command Established NORFOLK, Va. - Marking a significant new chapter, the Naval Safety Command (NAVSAFECOM) was established during an official ceremony at Joint Forces Staff College today. The command, formerly known as Naval Safety Center, bears increased authorities and responsibilities...
11 January 2022 Passionate, Ambitious Marine Secures 2021 CNATT Marine of the Year Award SAN DIEGO – Marine Sgt. Julie Swett, an aviation ground support equipment/mobile facilities technician instructor at the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit (CNATTU) North Island, took time to reflect on her 2021 CNATT Marine of the Year achievement recently announced by CNATT...
07 January 2022 Corpsman Adapts from Combat to Recruiting SAN DIEGO - Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Sear Munoz, now a Navy Recruiter at Navy Talent Acquisition Group Southwest, was wounded on June 21, 2014 when the MRAP he was traveling in was hit with a car bomb in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan. Munoz, who was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 2d Marine...
28 October 2021 NIWC Atlantic Sets Stage for Marine GPS Test Event at White Sands WHITE SANDS, N.M. - NIWC Atlantic wrapped up its support of a month-long test event on Sept. 22 at White Sands, N.M., where new GPS technology capable of boosting U.S. Marine Corps dominance on the information warfare front was assessed...
13 September 2021 NIWC Atlantic Lightens the Load for Marine Intel Units CHARLESTON, S.C. - Engineers at NIWC Atlantic’s Expeditionary Warfare Department spent years consolidating the Marine Corps’ primary intelligence system known as DCGS-MC. The major modernization effort resulted in a lightweight version of the system, which completed its first round of fielding to...
25 August 2021 NIWC Atlantic Completes Integration of 1,000th Light Vehicle for the Marines CHARLESTON, S.C. — Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic integrated its 1,000th Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) for the U.S. Marine Corps on Aug. 13, a significant accomplishment since fully consolidating its integration operations to Charleston a short eight months ago...
13 August 2021 505th Command and Control Wing Supports Navy Large Scale Exercise 21 HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. - U.S. Airmen from the 505th Combat Training Squadron and the 505th Communications Squadron, Hurlburt Field, Fla., are supporting the U.S. Navy Large Scale Exercise 21 – the biggest U.S. Navy exercise in a generation, according to Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday,...
19 April 2021 NIWC Atlantic Advances New Technologies during Joint Civilian-military Exercise CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. – Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Atlantic wrapped up a joint civilian-military exercise on April 14 at Camp Lejeune, N.C., where over 60 emerging technologies were evaluated by the Navy and Marine Corps for future warfighter application...
09 December 2020 Marine Corps Assistant Commandant Explores Emerging Concepts, Capabilities at Naval Postgraduate School On a trip to observe emerging technologies in practice, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Gary Thomas, accompanied by five other general officers, visited the Naval Postgraduate School Dec. 9, to engage directly with university faculty and students from key labs and institutes about the...