Criteria The Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal is awarded on a selective basis to enlisted members in the Regular Marine Corps or Marine Corps Reserve to recognize good behavior and faithful service in the U.S. ... The Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal is awarded on a selective basis to enlisted members in the Regular Marine Corps or Marine Corps Reserve to recognize good behavior and faithful service in the U.S. Marine Corps while on active duty for a specified period of time. MoreHide
Criteria The Sea Service Deployment Ribbon is awarded to members of the Navy and Marine Corps assigned to U.S. homeported (including Hawaii and Alaska) ships, deploying units, or Fleet Marine Force commands, f... The Sea Service Deployment Ribbon is awarded to members of the Navy and Marine Corps assigned to U.S. homeported (including Hawaii and Alaska) ships, deploying units, or Fleet Marine Force commands, for 12 months accumulated sea duty, or for duty with the Fleet Marine Force that includes at least one deployment of 90 consecutive days. MoreHide
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1/9 WestPac 83-84, Okinawa, Korea DMZ and 35th MAU, USS Fresno (LST-1182) Philippines.
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The Combined Arms Exercise (CAX) program at the Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), Twenty-nine Palms, California, is the Marine Corps' most advanced live-fire unit-level combined arms tr
The Combined Arms Exercise (CAX) program at the Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), Twenty-nine Palms, California, is the Marine Corps' most advanced live-fire unit-level combined arms training program for ground and air fire support with maneuver at the tactical level. The Marine Air Ground Task Force Training Command at Twentynine Palms is the premier live-fire base in the Marine Corps. Each year roughly one-third of the Fleet Marine Force and Marine Reserve units -- some 50,000 Marines in all -- participate in the base's training exercise program. It draws military personnel from all over the world for Combined Arms Exercises. A CAX involves several hundred Marines playing a war game against a fictitious enemy in which ground troops, armor, artillery, and aircraft engage enemy movements simultaneously.
The Marine Corps' Combined Arms Exercise (CAX) Training Program, developed to enable commanders and Marines to practice combat essentials skills, began in 1975 and allows for both brigade and battalion sized live-fire and maneuver exercises. The operating procedures permit Marines training at the Combat Center to maneuver both on foot and mounted on vehicles through live-ordnance impact areas. It further permits most air and ground weapons commonly found in a Marine Air Ground Task Force to be employed closely, in accordance with current doctrine in a combined arms setting.
The procedures taught at CAX (Combined Arms Exercise) are applicable across all terrain, not just desert warfare. Similar training is not possible aboard other bases. There are too many constraints," Taylor said, adding that "internal friction" such as broken equipment and loss of communications adds to the realism of CAX training. Marines can't effectively train for this set of target skills with MILES (Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement System) gear or force-on-force exercises. With new technology, services have become more inclined to depend heavily on non-live-fire target training. Combined arms skills are perishable and demand frequent sustainment.... More
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Subic Bay, Philippines 3rd Marine Division HQ 31st MAU Comm Plt, Oct. 1982 to April 1983, WestPac 82-83 on the USS Belleau Wood (LHA-3). Shellback crossing the equator at 119.05.2 deg on Oct. 16, 1982; Perth, Australia (Exercise Valiant Usher - Oct. 1982), the Pfc representative in the 1982 Marine Corps Ball in Freemantle, Australia; a practice beach landing for Berbera, Somalia in Diego Garcia, Indian Ocean (1st wave 3rd LCM - Nov. 10, 1982); Berbera, Somalia in Nov. 1982 for Operation Jade Tiger a USA presence in Somalia (1st wave 1st LCM); Wahabi Sands, Oman Dec. 1982 (Exercise Golden Lion aka Exercise Jade Tiger); Strait of Hormuz, Arabian Sea in Dec. 1982 including conducting surveillance off the coast of Iran during a battle in the Iran/Iraq war. Singapore and then returned to the Philippines on Dec. 31st 1982 during a time of heightened NPAguerrilla warfare. -- WestPac 1983 a cross-deck to the USS New Orleans (LPH-11), Korea in Feb. 1983 (Exercise Team Spirit 83), Hong Kong, Okinawa, Philippines and in April 1983 returned to 7th Comm Bn in Camp Hansen, Okinawa.
Criteria This medal is awarded to members of the Armed Forces of the United States who have been assigned, attached, or mobilized to units operating in the area of eligibility for thirty consecutive or for six... This medal is awarded to members of the Armed Forces of the United States who have been assigned, attached, or mobilized to units operating in the area of eligibility for thirty consecutive or for sixty non-consecutive days, or who meet the following criteria: Be engaged in combat during an armed engagement, regardless of the time in the area of elibility; Is wounded or injured in the line of duty and requires medical evacuation from the area of eligibility; While participating as a regularly assigned aircrew member flying sorties into, out of, or within the area of eligibility in direct support of military operations. Each day that one or more sorties are flown in accordance with these criteria shall count as one day toward the 30 or 60 day requirement; Personnel who serve in operations and exercises conducted in the area of eligibility are considered for the award as long as the basic time criteria are met. Due to the extensive time period for KDSM eligibility, the non-consecutive service period for eligibility remains cumulative throughout the entire period. The Area of eligibility encompasses all land area of the Republic of Korea, and the continuous water out to 12 nautical miles, and all air spaces above the land and water areas. MoreHide
Criteria The Sea Service Deployment Ribbon is awarded to members of the Navy and Marine Corps assigned to U.S. homeported (including Hawaii and Alaska) ships, deploying units, or Fleet Marine Force commands, f... The Sea Service Deployment Ribbon is awarded to members of the Navy and Marine Corps assigned to U.S. homeported (including Hawaii and Alaska) ships, deploying units, or Fleet Marine Force commands, for 12 months accumulated sea duty, or for duty with the Fleet Marine Force that includes at least one deployment of 90 consecutive days. MoreHide
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31st MAU, Comm Plt, HQ Co - WestPac 82-83 USS Belleau Wood (LHA-3) Oct. 1982 to Feb. 1983 then cross-decked to a partial WestPac 83 USS New Orleans (LPH-11) Feb. to April 1983.
Description Team Spirit was a joint military training exercise of United States Forces Korea and the Military of South Korea held between 1976 and 1993. The exercise was scheduled from 1994 to 1996 but cancelled Team Spirit was a joint military training exercise of United States Forces Korea and the Military of South Korea held between 1976 and 1993. The exercise was scheduled from 1994 to 1996 but cancelled in each year as part of diplomacy to encourage the Government of North Korea to disable the North Korean nuclear weapons program. The North Korea regime abandoned talks following the January 1986 Team Spirit exercises, and in late 1992, North Korea unilaterally withdrew from the South-North High-Level Talks on the pretext of the 1993 Team Spirit exercise.
Until 2007 the exercise had been called "Reception, Staging, Onward Movement and Integration of Forces" (RSOI). As of March 2008, it is called Key Resolve. North Korea has denounced the joint military exercise as a "war game aimed at a northward invasion."... More
Description This was a joint training exercise between US and South Korean Army units conducting live-fire training. Bear Hunt was conducted between 1983 to 1989.
Bear Hunt was set up to test the compatibility aThis was a joint training exercise between US and South Korean Army units conducting live-fire training. Bear Hunt was conducted between 1983 to 1989.
Bear Hunt was set up to test the compatibility and combat readiness of both the Korean and the US Military Forces in the air, ground, and sea operations.
During the exercise, units of the US Marines and the South Korean Air Force conducted live fire runs on fixed and moving targets.
Other units of the US Armed Forces and military personnel from the Republic of Korea were also involved in the exercises.... More
Description Valiant Usher is a combined U.S.-Australian live fire training exercise that takes place at the Shoalwater Bay Training Area. The exercise involves joint training between the US and Australian militarValiant Usher is a combined U.S.-Australian live fire training exercise that takes place at the Shoalwater Bay Training Area. The exercise involves joint training between the US and Australian military forces and encompasses a full range of military training, including beach-storming exercises. The exercise started in the 1980s and has had several iterations since then. Participating units have included the US Marine Corps' Bravo Company and the Navy's Expeditionary Unit. Valiant Usher is one of several annual military exercises conducted by the US 7th Fleet in the Pacific, which also include Tandem Thrust, Valiant Blitz, Keen Edge, and RIMPAC.... More
Description The United States will conduct military exercises in the Persian Gulf area next month featuring a landing on the coasts of Oman and Somalia by up to 1,000 Marines, Pentagon officials said Friday.
TheThe United States will conduct military exercises in the Persian Gulf area next month featuring a landing on the coasts of Oman and Somalia by up to 1,000 Marines, Pentagon officials said Friday.
The maneuvers, to begin at the end of this month and to run 10 days, will be the first in the region since the massive 'Bright Star '82' exercise involving about 5,000 U.S. troops a year ago in Egypt, Oman, Sudan and Somalia.
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The exercises are designed to test the ability of the Rapid Deployment Force to project its power into the Persian Gulf, a vital oil region the United States has committed itself to defend against any threatened Soviet penetration.
Egypt will not be participating in the current exercise, code-named 'Jade Tiger.'
The commander of the RDF, Gen. Robert Kingston, said following the 'Bright Star' maneuvers last November that he would prefer to return to Egypt in deep summer to test U.S. forces in a desert environment at its worst.
Pentagon officials, who declined to be identified, said up to 1,000 Marines will hit the beaches at Oman in exercises involving Air Force F-16 fighters and Airborne Warning and Control System Aircraft now based in Saudi Arabia. Oman is on the eastern elbow of the Arabian Peninsula and part of its coastline on the Gulf of Oman is opposite Iran. ... More
Subic Bay, Philippines 3rd Marine Division HQ 31st MAU Comm Plt, Oct. 1982 to April 1983, WestPac 82-83 on the USS Belleau Wood (LHA-3). Shellback crossing the equator at 119.05.2 deg on Oct. 16, 1982; Perth, Australia (Exercise Valiant Usher - Oct. 1982), the Pfc representative in the 1982 Marine Corps Ball in Freemantle, Australia; a practice beach landing for Berbera, Somalia in Diego Garcia, Indian Ocean (1st wave 3rd LCM - Nov. 10, 1982); Berbera, Somalia in Nov. 1982 for Operation Jade Tiger a USA presence in Somalia (1st wave 1st LCM); Wahabi Sands, Oman Dec. 1982 (Exercise Golden Lion aka Exercise Jade Tiger); Strait of Hormuz, Arabian Sea in Dec. 1982 including conducting surveillance off the coast of Iran during a battle in the Iran/Iraq war. Singapore and then returned to the Philippines on Dec. 31st 1982 during a time of heightened NPA guerrilla warfare. -- WestPac 1983 a cross-deck to the USS New Orleans (LPH-11), Korea in Feb. 1983 (Exercise Team Spirit 83), Hong Kong, Okinawa, Philippines and in April 1983 returned to 7th Comm Bn in Camp Hansen, Okinawa.