MWSS-371 History

History

LINEAGE OF MARINE WING SUPPORT SQUADRON 371
1986 -2017

ACTIVATED 2 JUNE 1986 AT EL TORO, SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA AS MARINE WING SUPPORT SQUADRON 371, MARINE WING SUPPORT GROUP 37, 3D MARINE AIRCRAFT WING, FLEET MARINE FORCE PACIFIC

RELOCATED DURING APRIL 1988 TO YUMA, ARIZONA

PARTICIPATED IN SUPPORT OF OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM, SOUTWEST ASIA, AUGUST 1990 - APRIL 1991

ELEMENT PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION RESTORE HOPE, SOMALIA, JANUARY 1992 - MAY 1993

ELEMENT PARTICIPATED IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION SOUTHERN WATCH, IRAQ, MARCH - JUNE 2001

ELEMENT PARTICIPATED IN SUPPORT OF HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS, DJIBOUTI, OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 2001

ELEMENT PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, AFGHANISTAN, SEPTEMBER - OCTOBER 2002

DEPLOYED DURING FEBRUARY 2003 TO KUWAIT IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM

PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, IRAQ, FEBRUARY - OCTOBER 2003

PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, IRAQ, MARCH - OCTOBER 2005

PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM, IRAQ, MARCH - OCTOBER 2007

PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, AFGHANISTAN, MARCH - OCTOBER 2009

PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, AFGHANISTAN, SEPTEMBER 2011 - APRIL 2012

ELEMENT PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM, BAHRAIN, FEBRUARY - SEPTEMBER 2013

PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION INHERENT RESOLVE, SPMAGTF-CR-CC 15.2, IRAQ, KUWAIT, BAHRAIN MARCH – OCTOBER 2015

PARTICIPATED IN OPERATION INHERENT RESOLVE, SPMAGTF-CR-CC 17.1, IRAQ, KUWAIT, BAHRAIN OCTOBER 2016– APRIL 2017

3rd MAW News

9
Nov
2022

3rd Marine Aircraft Wing celebrates 80th birthday

, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing

3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) celebrates its 80th birthday on November 10th, 2022. As the Aviation

7
Nov
2022

A Leader Among Leaders: 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing Pilot Receives Award

, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing

It is rarely quiet in hangar 7 on Marine Corps Air Station Miramar’s flightline. Usually, the hum of

28
Oct
2022

Annual Marine Aircraft Group 39 symposium encourages young Marines and Sailors

Lance Cpl. Courtney Robertson, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing

“If I didn’t join, I would’ve been on drugs, homeless or even dead.” The words set a powerful tone

15
Sep
2022

Team O'Brien: Husband and Wife Assume Squadron Command on the Same Day

U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Courtney “Britney” O’Brien, left, commanding officer of Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) and Lt. Col. Michael “Snooki” O’Brien, right, commanding officer of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 314, MAG 11, 3rd MAW, laugh together on a KC-130J Super Hercules on Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, Sept. 13, 2022. The two married Marines took command of their squadrons on the same day. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Courtney A. Robertson)

Lance Cpl. Courtney Robertson, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing

The effortless three-pointers left him in awe. Then-midshipman Michael O’Brien watched the ball sail through the air before swishing perfectly into the net on the U.S. Naval Academy basketball court. He fell in love. Courtney Davidson made shot after shot. The Hanover, Pennsylvania, native was earning her legacy as the highest all-time scorer on the Naval Academy women’s basketball team.

3
Jan
2022

First USMC F-35C squadron deploys

1stLt. Charles Allen, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing

Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314 of 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) has marked a key milestone for Marine Corps history as they departed San Diego Bay with Carrier Air Wing Nine aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) as the first Marine squadron to deploy the F-35C on an aircraft carrier.

8
Nov
2021

‘Jack of all trades’: Aces stack the deck in Afghanistan

Evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport

1st Lt. Wesley Medeiros, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing

Earlier this year, the Marine Wing Support Squadron (MWSS) 373 “Aces” returned from a six-month deployment to the Middle East in support of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command (SPMAGTF-CR-CC).