Members of the 505th Operations Squadron from Nellis AFB, Nev., helped prepare the Marine Corps’ Regimental Combat Team-8 for deployment to Afghanistan during Exercise Spartan Resolve at Camp Lejeune, N.C. The squadron’s joint integration team supplied a Theater Battle Management Core System to introduce marines to the systems and protocol for requesting Air Force airborne intelligence-surveillance-reconnaissance assets and monitoring real-time execution of ground support. They also trained the marines on the tactics, techniques, and procedures for employing remotely piloted aircraft like the MQ-1Predator and MQ-9 Reaper. “Our goal is to ensure the regimental staff understands the capabilities and limitations of assets like the Predator and Reaper that will be at their disposal while they’re in Afghanistan,” said Lisa Jalbert, an RPA specialist with the JIT. (Camp LeJeune report by Casey E. Bain)
The top Air Force commander on on the Japanese island of Okinawa has clamped down alcohol and issued a curfew for junior enlisted Airmen and Guardians at Kadena Air Base for the next month. The order came roughly two weeks after a U.S. Marine was arrested for allegedly robbing and…