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Top Marine Corps Medical Officer Visits Blount Island to Assess Prepositioned Capabilities - U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Guido Valdes, the Medical Officer of the Marine Corps, speaks with Blount Island Command leaders during a brief on Marine Corps prepositioning programs April 22, 2026, at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, Florida. The Marine Corps’ senior medical advisor and health services director visited the command to gain ground-level insight into prepositioned medical capabilities supporting global operations. (Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)


Top Marine Corps Medical Officer Visits Blount Island to Assess Prepositioned Capabilities

U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Guido Valdes, the 24th Medical Officer of the Marine Corps, met with Blount Island Command leadership April 22 in Florida to assess how Navy-provided health services integrate with Marine Corps prepositioning programs and expeditionary logistics.
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2nd MLG Leaders Visit Blount Island to Examine Prepositioning, Logistics Integration - U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Maura Hennigan, commanding general of 2nd Marine Logistics Group, speaks with senior leaders following a walkthrough of the USNS Sgt. William R. Button, berthed along the slipway April 15 at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, Florida. Dozens of senior leaders from 2nd MLG participated in a conference hosted by Marine Corps Logistics Command, focused on strengthening a shared understanding of mission, structure, capabilities and innovation efforts, while building relationships to enhance warfighter support. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)


2nd MLG Leaders Visit Blount Island to Examine Prepositioning, Logistics Integration

U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Maura Hennigan, commanding general of 2nd Marine Logistics Group, led dozens of senior logistics leaders in touring the hub of service-managed, forward-positioned equipment April 15 at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, Florida.
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Blount Island Command Team Supports First-Ever MPF Offload in Mindanao - U.S. Marines assigned to I Marine Expeditionary Force stage vehicles during a maritime prepositioning force offload March 14, 2026, at the Port of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines. The operation supported the rapid distribution of forward-positioned equipment for Exercise Balikatan 2026 and demonstrated how prepositioning processes support distributed sustainment by conducting offload, distribution and regeneration across afloat platforms, ashore nodes and transportation networks. Balikatan is a longstanding annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the U.S. military designed to strengthen the alliance, improve combined capabilities and demonstrate commitment to regional security and stability. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nicholas Martinez)


Blount Island Command Team Supports First-Ever MPF Offload in Mindanao

A Marine Corps technical assistance and advisory team deployed in March from Jacksonville, Florida, in support of a first-of-its-kind maritime prepositioning force offload in the Indo-Pacific region.
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Marines Visit Jacksonville Emergency Centers to Strengthen Readiness, Partnerships - Capt. Shawn Hall of the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department provides a tour to a U.S. Marine Corps leadership team from Blount Island Command and Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island during a visit March 26, 2026, in the emergency operations center at the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department headquarters building in Jacksonville, Florida. The engagement highlighted how local partnerships and infrastructure support broader military objectives, linking community coordination to global force readiness and sustainment. (Official Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)


Marines Visit Jacksonville Emergency Centers to Strengthen Readiness, Partnerships

A U.S. Marine Corps leadership team visited City of Jacksonville and Jacksonville Port Authority emergency officials March 26 in Florida to strengthen coordination, improve response integration and reinforce partnerships that support military readiness.
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Blount Island Fishing Brings Service Members, Veterans Together in Conservation Effort - Gordon Ignacio, an information technology specialist at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, participates in a fishing tournament March 18, 2026, in a stormwater pond on the installation in Florida. Hosted by the facility’s environmental team, the event supported required natural resource surveys under the Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan, using the pond to assess habitat conditions and water quality indicators tied to installation resilience. Despite a sharp temperature drop limiting catches, the effort reinforced workforce cohesion and highlighted the role of Marines, civilians, contractors and veterans in sustaining environmental stewardship alongside logistics operations that enable Marine Corps global response. (Official Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)


Blount Island Fishing Brings Service Members, Veterans Together in Conservation Effort

Service members, civilians and contractors who sustain Marine Corps prepositioning operations worldwide gathered March 18 at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island for a fishing tournament that combined workforce camaraderie with environmental stewardship.
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Marine Corps Major Retires in Jax After Strengthening Audit Readiness at Blount Island - U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Robert Harwood Jr. receives a U.S. flag March 6, 2026, during the conclusion of his retirement ceremony at The Beacon on Naval Station Mayport, Florida. Harwood retired after more than two decades of enlisted and commissioned service supporting Marine Corps logistics operations worldwide. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)


Marine Corps Major Retires in Jax After Strengthening Audit Readiness at Blount Island

After more than two decades supporting Marine Corps logistics operations worldwide, U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Robert Harwood Jr. retired March 6 in Jacksonville following a career that strengthened accountability and readiness across the Marine Corps’ global prepositioning programs.
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Norwegian Logistics Chief Visits Blount Island to Reinforce Arctic Prepositioning Partnership - Norway Army Maj. Gen. Anders Jernberg, commander of the Norwegian Defense Logistics Organization, listens as Deatra Thompson, contracted captain of the USNS Dahl, explains crane operations while aboard the maritime prepositioning ship Feb. 27, 2026, at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island in Jacksonville, Florida. The visit highlighted Arctic prepositioning and allied sustainment supporting NATO readiness in the High North. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)


Norwegian Logistics Chief Visits Blount Island to Reinforce Arctic Prepositioning Partnership

Norway Army Maj. Gen. Anders Jernberg, commander of the Norwegian Defense Logistics Organization and the Norwegian armed forces’ top logistics officer, visited Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island to reinforce the decades-long Marine Corps Prepositioning Program–Norway partnership and explore expanding sustainment capacity in Europe.
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Future Marine Officers Get Inside Global Logistics Engine at Blount Island - Retired Marine Corps Maj. Thurman Bobbett, head of the maintenance branch at Blount Island Command, leads Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps students through corrective and preventive procedures inside a warehouse Feb. 23, 2026, at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, Florida. Gunnery Sgt. John Lambert, who completed Officer Candidates School and is scheduled to commission as a second lieutenant after earning his degree in December, walks beside Midshipman 4th Class Chance Anderson of Warner Robins, Georgia. (Official Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)


Future Marine Officers Get Inside Global Logistics Engine at Blount Island

With Officer Candidates School ahead of him this summer, Midshipman 2nd Class Caedon Hampton of Groveland, Florida, said seeing Marine Corps logistics firsthand helped clarify the kind of officer he hopes to become. Hampton, a platoon commander at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, visited Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island on Feb. 23 with six other Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps students to observe how prepositioning and maritime logistics enable global readiness.
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Marines Lay Expeditionary Matting for POW/MIA Memorial Aircraft Move - U.S. Marines assigned to Blount Island Command lay aluminum expeditionary airfield matting Feb. 12, 2026, at the National POW/MIA Memorial and Museum site in Jacksonville, Florida. The matting , which was drawn from prepositioning sets at Marine Corps Support Facility Blount Island, will support the movement of a restored S-3 Viking aircraft onto the developing Legacy Plaza at the National POW/MIA Memorial and Museum site at Cecil Field. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by Dustin Senger)


Marines Lay Expeditionary Matting for POW/MIA Memorial Aircraft Move

Five Marines assigned to Blount Island Command arrived Feb. 12 at the Chapel of the High-Speed Pass carrying 12 containers of aluminum expeditionary airfield matting normally maintained for Marine Corps prepositioning programs.
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Navy, Marine Corps leaders tour 125th Fighter Wing, F-35A operations - U.S. Air Force Col. Mansour Elhihi, right, commander of the Florida Air National Guard’s 125th Fighter Wing, briefs local military leaders during a tour at Jacksonville Air National Guard Base, Florida, Feb. 6, 2026. Inviting Jacksonville’s military leaders from Blount Island Command, Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Naval Station Mayport, and Navy Medical Readiness and Training Command to the Florida Air National Guard’s 125th Fighter Wing for a briefing on its missions and F-35A Lightning II aircraft fosters inter-service partnerships and strengthens relationships with the local military community. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Marissa Welker) (This photo was altered for security purposes by blurring out identification badges.)


Navy, Marine Corps leaders tour 125th Fighter Wing, F-35A operations

U.S. Navy and Marine Corps commanders attended a mission briefing and tour Feb. 6 at the 125th Fighter Wing, Jacksonville Air National Guard Base in Florida to strengthen joint readiness.
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