The 31st MEU continued the Marine Corps' push to experiment with expeditionary advanced base operations during its two deployments in 2023. The service remains on track to recertify all roughly 300 operators of the amphibious combat vehicle on how to operate it safely in water. The Air Force recovered the flight data recorder from the Air Force CV-22B Osprey that crashed off the coast of Japan on Nov. 29, and the data is intact. By Tara Copp, AP
4 months ago The services have newly confirmed leaders heading into 2024. Three locations use the Reaper drone — and the Corps plans to open a support unit in Cherry Point, North Carolina. The landing ship medium will be the Corps' first modern stern landing vessel. Navy divers recovered the remains of the seventh of the eight crew members from a U.S. military Osprey aircraft that crashed off southern Japan. The announcement comes one week after eight Air Force Special Operations Command service members died in an Osprey crash off the coast of Japan. By Tara Copp, AP
5 months ago The search continues for the remains of two more missing airmen. By Tara Copp, AP
5 months ago The Air Force has recovered three bodies, is in the process of recovering another three troops and is still searching for two more. Load More