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Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Aircraft Handling) 3rd Class Airman Kareem Crump, from Chicago, assigned to air department’s flight deck crash and salvage division, directs an F/A-18F Super Hornet, attached to the Diamondbacks of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 102, on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) while underway in the Pacific Ocean, Oct. 2, 2024.

USS George Washington Conducts Flight Operations
The Independence-class littoral combat ship USS Mobile (LCS 26) prepares to come alongside the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) for a fueling-at-sea, Oct. 1, 2024.

USS Theodore Roosevelt Refuels USS Mobile in Pacific Ocean
Eighth Army Soldiers participate in the 2024 Republic of Korea Armed Forces Day parade in Seoul, South Korea, Oct. 1, 2024.

ROK Armed Forces Day Parade 2024
U.S. Marines with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing refuel an AH-1Z Viper during exercise Fuji Viper 24 at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, Sept. 25, 2024.

Marines conduct aircraft refueling at Camp Fuji in support of Exercise Fuji Viper 24
Special Operations Command Armed Forces of the Philippines service members rehearse a joint maritime interdiction operation scenario during exercise Tempest Wind 24 in Bacuit Bay, Philippines, Aug. 27, 2024.

Tempest Wind 24 | Philippines, U.S. maritime interdiction operation training
The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) transits the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 29, 2024.

Sunrise Over Theodore Roosevelt
A U.S. Marine assigned to Reconnaissance Company, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, rappels from an MH-60S Sea Hawk aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) in the Philippine Sea, Sept. 22, 2024.

Recon Marines Conduct Rappel Training Aboard USS Boxer
Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) participate in a chief petty officer pinning ceremony on the ship’s forecastle as the Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Stuart (FFG 153) sails alongside while conducting multilateral operations in the Timor Sea, Sept. 27, 2024.

USS Dewey (DDG 105) Conducts Chief Petty Officer Pinning Ceremony While Operating in the Timor Sea
A U.S. Marine with III Marine Expeditionary Force fast-ropes from a UH-1Y Venom helicopter assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 367 during a helicopter rope suspension techniques course at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 26, 2024.

HMLA-367 supports helicopter rope suspension training
Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Aircraft Handling) 3rd Class Airman Kareem Crump, from Chicago, assigned to air department’s flight deck crash and salvage division, prepares an F/A-18F Super Hornet, attached to the Flying Eagles of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 122, for launch on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) while underway in the Pacific Ocean, Sep. 23, 2024.

USS George Washington Conducts Flight OperationsCMV-22B Ospreys Conduct Flight Operations on George Washington
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171018-O-IW468-480.JPG Photo By: Elizabeth Fraser

2017 October 18 - ARLINGTON, Virginia - Marines from the Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C. (8th and I); "The President's Own" United States Marine Band; and the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) Caisson Platoon participate in the full honors funeral of U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Walter G. Critchley in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Oct. 18, 2017. In November 1943, Critchley was assigned to Company F, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, which landed against stiff Japanese resistance on the small island of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll of the Gilbert Islands, in an attempt to secure the island. A battle lasted several days in which approximately 1,000 Marines and Sailors were killed and more than 2,000 wounded. Critchley died on the first day of the battle, Nov. 20, 1943. Initially, after the fighting on Tarawa, U.S. Service Members were buried in a number of battlefield cemeteries on the island. In 1946 and 1947, the 604th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company conducted remains recovery operations on Betio Island (but Critchley’s remains were not recovered). On Feb. 10, 1949, a military review board declared Critchley’s remains non-recoverable. In June 2015, a nongovernmental organization, History Flight, Inc., notified the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) that they had discovered a burial site on Betio Island and recovered the remains of what they believed were 35 U.S. Marines who fought during the original battle. The remains were then turned over to DPAA in July 2015 and through laboratory analysis and circumstantial evidence, Critchley’s remains were identified. (U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery / released)


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