Our Squadron is for all Marines who are or were part of Marine Air Command and Control. The name honors a small team of Marines who created an all weather bombing system in 1949 at Point Magu, California that evolved to become the Air Support Radar Team (ASRT). The equipment was sent to the Korean War as part of the 1st MAW, 1st MTACS. The radio call sign was Devastate Charlie. We are part of the Marine Corps Aviation Association. Click on the MCAA logo below for more information or to join. If you want to post stories or photos send them to craighullinger@gmail.com Semper Fi

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

LtCol Benjamin Palmer


Marine Lt. Col. Benjamin J. Palmer
Benjamin J. Palmer, whose Marine career included three tours of duty in Iraq, was three weeks into a yearlong deployment in Afghanistan and just three days shy of chalking up a quarter-century with the Marine Corps when he was killed. (Marine Corps /July 3, 2011)


Growing up in Modesto, Benjamin J. Palmer enjoyed playing soprano bugle. So he thought of joining the Marine Corps in hopes of becoming part of its elite drum and bugle corps.

Instead, he became a Marine Corps specialist in air command and control and rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel.

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Thank You    Rest in Peace

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