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Today is March 10, 2010 1918 · Brigade assembled.The Army Brigade is also ready. The organization of the division is complete and Major General Omar Bundy, USA, has assumed command.Division begins moving to the Toulon Sector southeast of Verdun where it would be assigned to the X Corps of the 2nd French Army. 1984 · The USS Samuel Nicholas (FFG-47), an Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate was commissioned. General Paul X. Kelley, Commandant of the Marine Corps, was guest speaker for the commissioning ceremonies and called the USS Nicholas, "a manifestation of our world-wide commitment to security". The USS Nicholas is the second ship built at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, to bear the name of the Marine Corps first Commandant. The former ship served in the Pacific during World War II and also earned honors for service during the Korean and Vietnam Wars. She was sold in 1970. 1991 · Five Marine prisoners of war were among the 21 POWs who arrived at Andrews Air Force Base, Washington, D.C. The Marine POWs were freed on March 5th and were transported from Iraq by an International Red Cross aircraft. They were: Lieutenant Colonel Clifford M. Acree, Major Joseph J. Small III, Captain Michael C. Berryman, Captain Russell A.C. Sanborn and Warrant Officer Guy L. Hunter. The POWs were met by Secretary of Defense Richard Cheney and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Colin Powell. Also greeted by their families and thousands of other well-wishers, the POWs were then taken to the National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland. 1992 · The commemorative naming of the Marine Corps Artillery Detachment's Headquarters building at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in honor of Major General Wilburt S. Brown, USMC (Deceased), was approved by the Commandant of the Marine Corps. Major General Brown was a pioneer in the coordination of naval gunfire, artillery, and air support as well as a noted instructor in those areas. 1996 · More than 4,200 Marine reservists from 38 different states participated in Exercise Battle Griffin 96 held in Norway. It was the largest Marine Reserve exercise scheduled for 1996. The exercise tested the Corps Norway Air-Landed Marine Air-Ground Task Force program, the Corps only land-based prepositioning program and involved staging Marine Corps equipment in specially constructed caves in Norway. The exercise also provided Marines an opportunity to train for combined-arms operations in an extreme, cold-weather environment. 1998 · Marines from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit took part in Exercise Valiant Usher 98-1 in Australia. The exercise included combined arms and sustainment operations at Shoalwater Bay Training area and adjacent Townshend Island. It gave the Marines the opportunity to simultaneously use a variety of weaponry while being supported by naval gun fire. 1999 · The 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) participated in Exercise Alexander the Great in Greece. The annual, bilateral exercise with the Greek military was designed to improve cooperation and interoperability of sailors and Marines of both Greek and U.S. forces. 2002 · The Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV), also known as Joint Venture or HSV-X1, was tested for potential operational and tactical roles within a Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) for the first time during Battle Griffin-02 in Norway. The 313-foot, wave-piercing catamaran was originally built by Incat Australian Pty, Ltd. but later modified by the Navy. Joint Venture was the naval service’s first high speed vessel and had been shared and operated jointly by Navy and Army crews since March 2001. 2003 · Retired Colonel Truman W. Crawford, former commanding officer and director of the U.S. Marine Drum and Bugle Corps, died of complications from pneumonia at the age of 68 at the Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania. Nationally known as an instructor, arranger, and a judge, Col Crawford entered the Marine Corps as an enlisted man in 1967 to head the Marine Corps band. He retired from service in 1998. 2004 · Four Marines assigned to Marine Corps Air Bases Western Area died when their twin-engine UC-35D transport jet, typically used by military VIPs for traveling, crashed while on an instrument landing approach to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, following a routine training mission. The incident was under investigation.
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