BGuthrie Photos: VA -- Quantico -- Natl Museum of the Marine Corps -- Leatherneck Gallery

VA -- Quantico -- Natl Museum of the Marine Corps -- Leatherneck Gallery:

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1. MCMATR_100612_001.JPG: RQ-2B Pioneer: Equipped with powerful cameras, the RQ-2B Pioneer UAV provides real-time intelligence of the battlefield for the US Marine Corps. Following the success of Israeli Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in Lebanon's Beka Valley in early 1980s, the US Navy and Marine Corps initiated a joint UAV program. After a competitive fly-off, the Navy selected the RQ-2A Pioneer in 1985 for service aboard Iowa class battleships and with the USMC. The USMC fielded its first land-based RQ-2A in 1987 and introduced the improved RQ-2B in the late 1990s. The RQ-2B carries either a gyro-stabilized high-resolution TV or a Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) camera. Five-person crews perform many battlefield tasks with this UAV, to include reconnaissance, artillery spotting, battle damage assessment, control of close-air support, and assistance with search and rescue missions. Launched from runways, roads, ships, or even truck-mounted launchers; the RQ-2B has an endurance of roughly five hours and a normal combat range of approximately 100 miles. US Navy squadron VC-6, stationed at NAS Patuxent River, MD, took delivery of this RQ-2 (Bureau Number 200231) in 1996. After serving with the Navy for four years, VMU-1, one of two Marine Corps UAV squadrons, accepted the UAV in September 2001. The aircraft served for more than five years with both VMU-1 and VMU-2 at Al Taqqadum, Iraq, supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) I, II, III, and IV. The aircraft was retired from service in 2006 having flown 1,670 hours.
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Description of Subject Matter: Enter the doors of the National Museum of the Marine Corps and you enter a space that speaks to the very core of what it means to be a United States Marine. This central gallery brings to mind feelings of courage, determination, compassion, innovation and the tight bonds that are formed between comrades in arms. The artifacts, vignettes, testimonials, and images in this space honor the contributions of every Marine.

The terrazzo floor depicts the transition from ocean to shore, represent the Marines’ mission of amphibious assault. Soaring up from the floor is a 210 foot stainless steel spire, inspired by the famous Iwo Jima flag raising, suggesting the raised barrel of an artillery piece, a bayoneted rifle or an drawn Mameluke sword. Anchoring the rear of the gallery, a three level observation deck and elevator tower, resembling a ship’s superstructure, reminds visitors of the strong Navy-Marine Corps partnership. Portraits of eight Marines look over the area and the surrounding travertine walls are engraved with evocative quotes.

Suspended over the gallery are four aircraft key to Marine history: a Curtiss “Jenny” from the “Banana Wars” of the 1920’s, a pair of elegant but deadly Corsair fighters from World War II and an AV-8B Harrier “jump jet.” On the ground, an LVT-1 amphibious tractor breaches the defensive log wall on the Pacific island of Tarawa, while a Sikorsky HRS-2 helicopter disembarks a machine gun unit onto a Korean War position.

The above was from http://www.usmcmuseum.org/exhibits_Leatherneck.asp
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