Videos

Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 conducts hoist training with 1st Special Forces Group-Airborne, U.S. Army, off the coast of Kin Blue Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 5, 2019. This training was conducted to increase efficiency while conducting hoist and rescue missions over the open water. The ability to successfully rescue stranded individuals from the water with tiltrotor aircraft provides additional life-saving response options, strengthens readiness and increases joint interoperability between 1st Marine Aircraft Wing and 1st Special Force Group-Airborne. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Ryan Persinger)

Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462 and Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 152 conduct joint training, June 11, 2019. HMH-462 flew from Marine Corps Air Station Futenma to MCAS Iwakuni to work together with VMGR-152. During their stay they conducted air refueling and assault support, demonstrating the operational flexibility and tactical supremacy this platform brings to the Indo-pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Ryan Persinger)

Marines and families with Marine Wing Support Squadron 172, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, participate in a change of command ceremony May 23, 2019, on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan. The Change of Command ceremony represents the transfer of responsibility, authority and accountability from the outgoing commanding officer, Lt. Col. Prescott N. Wilson, to the incoming commanding officer, Lt. Col. James S. Pryor. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Ryan Persinger)

Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, participate in a unit memorial run on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, April 3, 2019. The memorial run was in honor of four Marines killed during a flight mishap one year ago, on April 3, 2018, near El Centro, California. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Dakota Heathwarr)

Sgt. Maj. Restituto D. Paz is relieved by Sgt. Maj. Joe N. Wilbourn as the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (VMM-265) Sergeant Major on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 8, 2019. Remarks on Sgt. Maj. Paz's commitment and service to the unit were given by Lt. Col. Mark E. Woodard, the commanding officer of VMM-265, as well as, Sgt. Maj. Paz himself and the appointed Sergeant Major. (U.S. Marine Corps motion imagery by Cpl. Kristiana Montanez)