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Maple Flag 50 is an international exercise designed to enhance the interoperability of Coalition aircraft crews, maintainers and support specialists in a simulated combat environment.

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Montford Point Marine receive Congressional Gold Medal

(From left to right) Retired Chief Warrant Officer 4 James T. Averhart, the National President of Montford Point Marines Association, Lt. Gen. Richard P. Mills, the commander of Marine Forces Reserve, James A. Gray II, the New Orleans District E Councilman, Retired Master Gunnery Sgt. James Carr, the National Vice President for MPMA and Master Gunnery Sgt. Ronald C. Johnson, the Deputy Director of the host chapter for MPMA, gather for a photo after Feltus Sterling (bottom left) and D. K. Cooley (bottom right) were presented the Congressional Gold Medal at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel, March 21, 2014. Sterling and Cooley are original Montford Point Marines that served when segregation laws of the 1940s prohibited African-American recruits to train at Camp Lejeune, N.C. The Congressional Gold Medal is the highest civilian award conferred by Congress and is awarded to all original Montford Point Marines. Montford Point Marines Participated in the Pacific Theater Campaigns of World War II, including the Battle of Iwo Jima. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Codey Underwood)

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Photo by: Cpl. Codey Underwood | VIRIN: 140324-M-FF989-015.JPG

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42 Radar Squadron works with U.S. Marines during Exercise Maple Flag 50
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MWSS-473 participates in exercise Maple Flag 50
Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 473, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve participated in exercise Maple Flag 50, May 24 to June 9, 2017. Exercise Maple Flag is an international...

MWSS-473 Marines complete engineering projects at Canadian Forces Forward Operating Location Inuvik
Eighteen Marines with Engineer Company, Detachment Bravo, Marine Wing Support Squadron 473, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, completed engineering projects to increase force protection...

Navy Corpsmen hold training with Canadian Armed Forces medical technicians
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Faces of the Force: Lance Cpl. Xander Gonzales
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MWSS-473 arrives at CFB Cold Lake for exercise Maple Flag
Approximately 300 Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 473 arrived at Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake for exercise Maple Flag, May 26, 2017....

MWSS-473 trains in obstacle breaching during Maple Flag 50
Marines with Engineer Company, Detachment Bravo, Marine Wing Support Squadron 473, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, trained in obstacle breaching as part of exercise Maple Flag 50, May...