Marines


Atlantic Alliance 2025

MFR SEAL - FLAT - 2022
4th Marine Division, 4th Marine Logistics Group, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, 4th ANGLICO
East Coast, United States of America
ABOUT 

Atlantic Alliance 2025 (AA25), formerly Bold Alligator, is a major East Coast naval exercise running from June 27 to July 15. Key objectives include enhancing naval maneuvering, command-and-control coordination with the Marine Corps and allies. AA25 will feature training events like air assaults, reconnaissance, amphibious assaults, and simulated naval combat.

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Name:  MFR CommStrat
Address:  2000 Opelousas Ave, New Orleans, LA 70114
Phone: (504) 697-9335

eMail:  mfrcommstrat@usmc.mil

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U.S. Marine Corps Maj. John J. Carter, an aircraft maintenance officer with Marine Fighter Training Squadron (VMFT) 402, lands an F-5N Tiger II aircraft during Atlantic Alliance 2025 at Joint Base Cape Cod, Massachusetts, July 2, 2025. VMFT-402’s purpose in Atlantic Alliance is to support and enhance Navy-Marine Corps amphibious operations by providing advanced fighter training and integrating air combat capabilities into joint and allied exercises along the East Coast. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Emely Gonzalez)
Families of Detroit Montford Point Marines presented with Congressional Gold Medals by 1/24
Therian Neal Brown (left) and Dr. James J. Neal, goddaughter and son of Montford Point Marine Mr. James Neal, are presented with a Congressional Gold Medal Oct. 23, 2015 by Lt. Col. Michael F. Arnone, Inspector-Instructor 1st Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, and Sgt. Maj. Joseph S. Gregory, Inspector-Instructor sergeant major of 1/24. Brown and Dr. Neal accepted the medal on behalf of Mr. Neal at Harper University Hospital in Detroit, Mich. The Congressional Gold Medal is the highest civilian honor bestowed by Congress for distinguished achievement. The President of the United States, President Barack Obama signed into law, the legislation to award the Congressional Gold Medal to Montford Point Marines on Nov. 23, 2011. This award recognizes Montford Point Marines' contributions to the Marine Corps and the United States of America from 1942 to 1949, when approximately 20,000 African American recruits were trained at a segregated base called Camp Montford Point.

 



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