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U.S. Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 234, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, and Marine Wing Support Squadron 473, 4th MAW, MARFORRES, did their part following the storm conducting refueling and resupply missions to Marathon, Florida, in wake of Hurricane Irma to aid and assist the affected areas of the Florida Keys, beginning on Sept. 10, 2017.

 

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Reserve Marines complete first Joint Fires Observer primer course
Michelle Muller, a tactical air control party program manager for Marine Forces Reserve, plots coordinates on a map during the final exercise of the Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company primer course at Avon Park Air Force Range in Avon Park, Florida, Aug. 11, 2017. The purpose of taking the students out to participate in a dry-fire exercise was to provide a live training event that would increase training value more so than what the Deployable Virtual Training Environment can provide. The DVTE is a computer system that teaches Marines how to plot coordinates to find a target and destroy it, all through a virtual simulation.
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Marine Forces Reserve units contribute to hurricane relief efforts
As states across the southeast began to deal with the blow of Hurricane Irma, which destroyed homes and left millions without power, Americans once again proved their ability to come together in the...