Archive for the ‘On Target’ Category

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  Marine Corps focuses on sexual assault prevention, awareness

  On Target  //  April 25th, 2012  //  By Sgt. Aaron D. Hostutler

  “Sexual assault has no place in this department,” said Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. “It is an affront to the basic American values we defend and to the good honor of our service members and their  [Read more...]

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  First Group of Women to Attend Infantry Training

  Features, On Target  //  April 20th, 2012  //  By Lance Cpl. Chelsea Flowers

  The Marine Corps plans to send the first group of female Marines through the previously male-only Infantry Officers Course at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., this year. The change is part of a research initiative to  [Read more...]

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  Reduction By the Numbers: “A smaller, but still lethal force”

  Features, On Target  //  April 18th, 2012  //  By Lance Cpl. Daniel Wetzel

  Prior to Department of Defense budget cut talks, the Marine Corps planned to reduce troops from 202,000 to 186,800 to accommodate a post-war Marine Corps. Due to budget changes and the planned withdrawal from Afghanistan,  [Read more...]

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  Celebrating 100 Years of Marine Corps Aviation

  Features, On Target  //  April 11th, 2012  //  By Lance Cpl. Chelsea Flowers

  “Flying … means a new and wonderful weapon of warfare, the value of which is not appreciated in this country.” – 1st Lt. Alfred A. Cunningham, 1916 This May, Marine Corps aviation will celebrate its  [Read more...]

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  Insurgents Inside the Wire

  On Target  //  March 26th, 2012  //  By Lance Cpl. Chelsea Flowers

  According to allegations, Lance Cpl. Harry Lew kept falling asleep on his post in Afghanistan. As punishment, two other lance corporals in his unit made Lew do push-ups, leg lifts and side planks. They poured sand  [Read more...]

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  The Marine Corps’ Non-Lethal Capabilities

  On Target  //  March 13th, 2012  //  By Lance Cpl. Chelsea Flowers

  Earlier this week, we hosted our first Facebook town hall meeting to discuss the capabilities of the Marine Corps’ new non-lethal system, the Active Denial System. The ADS uses a 95-gigahertz, millimeter wave beam that  [Read more...]

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  Marines help Afghans stand on their own

  Features, On Target  //  March 7th, 2012  //  By Lance Cpl. Daniel Wetzel

  When the Marine Corps was preparing for Operation Al-Fajr in the fall of 2004, they enlisted the help of as many Iraqi soldiers as they could find, many of which turned around and went home  [Read more...]

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  21st Century Sailor and Marine Initiative

  Features, On Target  //  March 6th, 2012  //  By Lance Cpl. Chelsea Flowers

  Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus held an All Hands call on board USS Bataan March 6 and announced the 21st Century Sailor and Marine initiative. Mabus said the initiative was designed to better prepare  [Read more...]

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  Stolen Valor Unconstitutional?

  Features, On Target  //  February 22nd, 2012  //  By Sgt. Priscilla Sneden

  Today, a federal appeals court in San Francisco will begin to hear arguements in one of the first cases of prosecution under the Stolen Valor Act. Originally posted Sept. 16, 2011 “Congress shall make no  [Read more...]

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  Women get one step closer to combat

  Features, On Target  //  February 10th, 2012  //  By Lance Cpl. Chelsea Flowers

  For the last several years, in the wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan, women have fought and died in combat zones. Although not serving in infantry units, female medics, military police officers and intelligence officers  [Read more...]