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Video by Lance Cpl. Eliza Fremont
VMFA-214 train with missiles on MCAS Iwakuni
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March 25, 2025 | 1:20
U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 214, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing from Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, loaded ordnance onto F-35 Lighting II aircraft on Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March 25, 2025. This exercise marked the first time VMFA-214 loaded live ordnance on aircraft since their arrival to MCAS Iwakuni under the Unit Deployment Program, which allows units based in the U.S. to gain operational experience in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Eliza Fremont)
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The Middle East District provides engineering, design, construction execution, and related services and support to mission partners in the USCENTCOM area of responsibility (AOR) to increase regional security and stability in support of enduring U.S. interests; on order, supports contingency operations.

 

The Middle East District is a subordinate element of the Transatlantic Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

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OUR VISION: Engineering solutions for the Nation’s toughest challenges

OUR MISSION: The Middle East District provides design, construction, execution and related engineering and reach-back services to mission partners across the CENTCOM AOR in order to enable regional security and stability; on order provides support to contingency operations

OUR FOUNDATION: A professional team rooted in the Army Values reinforced by Trust, Dignity, and Respect throughout and dedicated to our mission and the organization

 

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