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MALS-14 adapts and overcomes challenges;;Accomplishes 'unprecedented' aviation maintenance support mission

In a few short months, they took a plan and executed it, improvising, adapting and overcoming challenges all the way. The result was an "unprecedented" aviation repair and maintenance mission accomplishment conducted while afloat. According to Lieutenant Col. Richard P. Flatau, commanding officer, Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 14 and commander

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MAG-39 remembers Marines killed in helicopter crash

Service members gathered in a maintenance hangar May 24 to honor and remember five Marines died May 19 while supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Capt. Andrew D. LaMont, 32, San Diego, Calif., Capt. Timothy L. Ryan, 30, St. Louis, Mo., Staff Sgt. Aaron D. White, 27, Oklahoma City, Okla., and Lance Cpl. Jason W. Moore, 21, San Diego, Calif., from

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MAG-13 AISD maintains flight line communications

The computer gurus of Marine Aircraft Group-13, from Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., are busy doing their part to keep Marine operations at here connected and Operation Iraqi Freedom online. Sgt. Morgan T. Jordan and Lance Cpl. Earl R. Sjogren, MAG-13 Aircraft Information Systems Department, have been responsible for establishing and

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MAG-13 pilots test new revolution in close air support

Pilots of Marine Aircraft Group 13, from Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., have put the latest development in close air support to the test while flying in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The Targeting Pod-Video downlink system (T-Pod V), developed at the Harrier Program Office at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., broadcasts the video

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Sgt. Joshua Lintz embraces his wife Sondra as he prepares to board the bus for the first leg of a long journey to Iraq. Lintz is an aviation ordinance technician with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 16 and this makes his second deployment to Iraq in less than two years. - Sgt. Joshua Lintz embraces his wife Sondra as he prepares to board the bus for the first leg of a long journey to Iraq. Lintz is an aviation ordinance technician with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 16 and this makes his second deployment to Iraq in less than two years.

MAG-16 Marines pave way for follow on forces

More than 100 Marines and sailors with Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, and its subordinate units, departed Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Jan. 10 for their scheduled deployment to Iraq. The deploying personnel dropped their packs and gear in piles outside the MCAS Miramar armory, picked up their weapons, and amidst tearful

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Sgt. Maj. Abelardo Flores speaks to service members attending a post and relief ceremony at Al Asad, Iraq, April 29. Sgt. Maj. Brian K. Jackson relieved Flores as the Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, sergeant major. Flores is a Carrizo Springs, N.M., native. - Sgt. Maj. Abelardo Flores speaks to service members attending a post and relief ceremony at Al Asad, Iraq, April 29. Sgt. Maj. Brian K. Jackson relieved Flores as the Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, sergeant major. Flores is a Carrizo Springs, N.M., native.

MAG-16 Sgt. Maj. bids farewell to the Corps, 30-year career

"Generation after generation of Marines have grown gray in war, in both hemispheres, and in every corner of the seven seas that our country and its citizens might enjoy peace and security." These words, written several generations of Marines ago by Lt. Gen. John A. Lejeune, 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps, describe with uncanny accuracy the

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MALS-14 adapts and overcomes challenges;;Accomplishes 'unprecedented' aviation maintenance support mission

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MAG-13 pilots test new revolution in close air support

MAG-16 Marines pave way for follow on forces

MAG-16 Sgt. Maj. bids farewell to the Corps, 30-year career