Aerial Delivery Training Mission

05/30/2014
05/30/2014: Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163 (Reinforced) and Combat Logistics Battalion 11 (CLB-11), 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct an aerial delivery exercise during Realist Urban Training Marine Expeditionary Unit Exercise (RUTMEUEX) 14-1 at Fort Hunter Liggett, Calif., March 21, 2014.  Credit:11th Marine Expeditionary Unit:3/21/14

Exercise Cold Response

05/25/2014
05/24/2014: Shots from roadside staging, Multinational Brigade HQ, and flightline ops, at Harstad/Narvik Airport near Evenes, Norway. Marines from the 2nd Marine Division along with integrated Norwegian military arrive to convoy equipment and vehicles to the training area for Exercise Cold Response.  Credit:American Forces Network Ramstein-Regional News Bureau:3/12/14

Reinforcing Baltic Defense

05/24/2014
05/24/2014: In light of the crisis in Ukraine, NATO is boosting its presence in Alliance member state waters in Eastern Europe. NATOChannel is on board HNoMS Valkyrien, the current flagship of one of NATO’s four naval fleets, the Standing NATO Mine Counter-Measures Group ONE (SNMCMG1), made up of five ships.…

Flying From Bagram Air Field, February 2014

05/22/2014
05/22/2014: A rugged mountain range surrounds Bagram Air Field on three sides, including this mountain on the north end of the runway. There were strong winds at Bagram Air Field the morning of Feb. 15, 2014, which enabled the normal haze in the valley to clear. [slidepress gallery='flying-from-bagram-air-field'] Credit:455th Air…

The USNS Howard O. Lorenzen

05/21/2014
05/21/2014:The USNS Howard O. Lorenzen (T-AGM-25), a 534-feet-long Missile Range Instrumentation Ship, operated by the Military Sealift Command, departs Oregon via the Columbia River. Credit Video: Oregon National Guard Public Affairs Office:5/16/14 The Oregon Military Department released photos Monday of a 534-foot U.S. Navy ship that sailed down the Columbia…

Marines in Baliktan Exercise, 2014

05/20/2014
05/20/2014: A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey, with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 stationed at Okinawa, lands during Balikatan 2014 in Crow Valley, Philippines May 15, 2014.  Balikatan is an annual bilateral exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and U.S. armed forces designed to strengthen interoperability and country-to-country…