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The exercise began with two fire teams patrolling from the Northside Football Field to the empty barracks. They then cleared the building of any insurgents, played by PMO Marines, for the final portion of the exercise. - The exercise began with two fire teams patrolling from the Northside Football Field to the empty barracks. They then cleared the building of any insurgents, played by PMO Marines, for the final portion of the exercise.

Marines, sailors MOUT up;for training exercise

Fourteen Marines and a sailor from the Provost Marshal’s Office along with a corpsman participated in a Military Operations in Urban Terrain training exercise at Unit Deployment Program Barracks 1395 Tuesday. The exercise began with two fire teams patrolling from the Northside Football Field to the empty barracks. They then cleared the building of

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Hye Lee, native of Seoul, South Korea and her husband Staff Sgt. Robert E. Lee, Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 engineer company gunnery sergeant and native of Seattle, sit behind a MK19 machine gun during 171's Jane Wayne Day, Oct. 23. - Hye Lee, native of Seoul, South Korea and her husband Staff Sgt. Robert E. Lee, Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 engineer company gunnery sergeant and native of Seattle, sit behind a MK19 machine gun during 171's Jane Wayne Day, Oct. 23.

Spouses learn about;MWSS-171’s duties

Marine Wing Support Squadron 171 held a ‘Jane Wayne’ Day to teach spouses about daily military life Oct. 23. Over 20 wives were given a crash course about the unit, which provides support for the flight line here and on deployments. The event was held, “To give the spouses a chance to see a day in the life of their military spouse,” said Chief

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Marines, Japanese keep waters safe outside station

Officials from the Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Provost Marshals Office, Japanese National Police and Japanese Coast Guard, patrolled 10-square-miles of restricted area outside the station’s port, Oct. 6. Joining together in 2005, Col. Michael A. Dyer, station commanding officer is the first military official in Japan to sign an official

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Lancers ‘blow’ recent records away during Exercise Southern Frontier

“Champions” from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 212 have been hard at work, dropping over 950,000 pounds of ordnance during the 2005 to 2006 fiscal year. The feat is a colossal milestone for the Marines of VMFA-212 who have blown away recent years’ numbers for the amount of ordnance dropped. This year saw a 700,000 pound increase from the 250,000

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A Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 212 Marine greets a pilot with a sharp salute upon his return from the Delamere Range Facility, Sept. 18. Together, the Marines of Exercise Southern Frontier 2006 supported and flew multiple air-to-ground, close-air support missions, opposed strikes, high explosive ordnance strikes and low altitude flights using live ordnance from their noncombatant expenditure allowance. - A Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 212 Marine greets a pilot with a sharp salute upon his return from the Delamere Range Facility, Sept. 18. Together, the Marines of Exercise Southern Frontier 2006 supported and flew multiple air-to-ground, close-air support missions, opposed strikes, high explosive ordnance strikes and low altitude flights using live ordnance from their noncombatant expenditure allowance.

Training strengthens bonds down under

Marines and sailors deployed to RAAF Base Tindal began the journey home, wrapping up Exercise Southern Frontier and completing another successful exercise down under today. For Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 212, the “Lancers”, based at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Southern Frontier is a major training evolution because it gave Marines

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