The RIAT Airshow 2017

07/22/2017
07/22/2017:  A video produced by the American Forces Network Europe provides a look at this year's RIAT Airshow.  And Nick Harding provided an overview as well in an article published on July 17, 2017 on this year’s RIAT Airshow. The Royal International Air Tattoo is the World’s biggest military airshow and this year did…

LHD 6 in the Talisman Saber 17 Exercise

07/21/2017
07/21/2017: CORAL SEA (July 16, 2017) MH-60R Sea Hawks, assigned to the "Saberhawks" of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 77, land on and take off from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) during Talisman Saber 17. Talisman Saber is a biennial U.S.-Australia bilateral exercise…

USCGC Healy Prepares for Arctic Deployment

07/20/2017
2017-07-20 The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, a 420-foot Medium Icebreaker homeported in Seattle, conducts a shakedown cruise around the Puget Sound, May 22, 2017. As part of Healy's preparations for their Arctic West Summer 2017 deployment, they conducted flight operations with an aircrew from Coast Guard Sector Field…

Saber Strike 17

07/19/2017
2017-07-19  About 11,000 U.S. and NATO service members from 20 countries took part in the 2017 Saber Strike exercise. The exercise took place in various regions in the Baltics and Poland from May 28-June 24. Saber Strike 17 is a long-standing Joint Chiefs of Staff-directed, U.S. European Command-scheduled, U.S. Army…

Of course I got the Hell Shot Out of Me. But it Didn’t Kill Me: Naming a new US Navy Destroyer

07/17/2017
2017-07-17: Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr., commander of U.S. Pacific Command, speaks to an audience attending the commissioning of the newest Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, USS John Finn, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, July 15, 2017. The ship is named for Navy Lt. John W. Finn, the first Medal of Honor…

Talisman Saber 2017 PACOM 

07/17/2017
2017-07-17  In it's 7th iteration, Talisman Saber 2017 is a great opportunity to for U.S. PACOM forces to exercise combined combat capabilities and enhance their interagecy and joint warfighting skills using multi-domain battle concepts. TS 17 increases interoperability, flexibility, and readiness all of which are force multipliers in maintaining security…