Aussie Amphibious Ready Element Training at RIMPAC

08/03/2016
08/03/2016: Soldiers from The 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (2RAR), the core of the Amphibious Ready Element (ARE), have commenced integration training at the United States Marine Corps Base on Kaneohe Bay as part of Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2016, which is being conducted from 29 Jun – 4…

USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) Time-Lapse Video

08/01/2016
08/01/2016: Stars light the sky as the Navy's only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) sails through the seas of 7th Fleet. Ronald Reagan, Carrier Strike Group (CSG 5) Flagship, is on patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.…

Polish Minesweepers Train for Action

07/23/2016
07/23/2016: Polish minesweepers practice looking for mines several times a year to maintain the skills of their crew. Interviews with Polish Navy personnel both on land and at sea. Footage includes shots of Polish Navy minesweeping vessels at work in the Baltic Sea, dredging for mines and dropping sonar equipment into…

Midwinter Airdrop to Australian Antarctic 

07/15/2016
07/15/2016: In complete darkness and with temperatures below minus 30 degrees, Australia has successfully undertaken its first midwinter airdrop to Casey research station in Antarctica. A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) C-17A Globemaster III dropped 1500 kilograms of cargo for the Australian Antarctic Division onto the Casey plateau on Saturday. While…

USAF and RAAF Train for Rescue Missions

07/15/2016
07/15/2016: Royal Australian and United States Air Force personnel are conducting military search and rescue training off the coast of Townsville as part of Exercise Angel Reign 16. The scenarios have seen a number of people rescued from life rafts in the Coral Sea with United States pararescuemen  winching them to…

HMAS Adelaide for Exercise Hamel 16

07/10/2016
07/10/2016: HMAS Adelaide, the Royal Australian Navy's (RAN) second Landing Helicopter Dock, has arrived in Adelaide for the first time in support of the Australian Army's Exercise Hamel 16 (EXH16). Exercise Hamel is crucial for the Army to test and evaluate its capability as a maritime strategy focused and capable organization.…

F-35B Aerial Refueling

07/09/2016
07/09/2016: U.S. Marine Corps F35B Lighting II assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3d Marine Aircraft Wing(MAW),particpate in aerial refueling missions with KC130J Super Hercules assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352, Marine Air Group 11, 3d MAW at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz,…