USS Laboon Operations in the Mediterranean

05/20/2015
05/18/2015: USS Laboon Operations in the Mediterranean  MEDITERRANEAN SEA (May 13, 2015) [maxgallery id="77630"] Credit:U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. Sixth Fleet:5/13/15 Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Marcus Jones, from Anderson, S.C., uses hand signals to direct an Israeli helicopter during flight operations aboard USS Laboon (DDG 58) May 13, 2015. Laboon, an…

SPMAGTF-CR-Conducts NEO Exercise

05/17/2015
05/17/2015: Marines guide role players evacuees as they board a MV-22 Osprey during a training Noncombatant Evacuation Operation aboard Barstow-Daggett airport in Daggett, California, Feb. 12, 2015. The training evacuation was conducted by the Marines of Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command 15.2 during their certification exercise.…

Ospreys Support Nepal Aid Effort

05/15/2015
05/15/2015: U.S. service members from Joint Task Force 505 drop off humanitarian aid and transport Nepalese service members using U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Ospreys, at Manthali, Nepal, May 8. The Nepalese government requested assistance after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the country April 25. The U.S. government ordered JTF 505…

U.S. Marines and Nepalese Soldiers Deliver Aid on MV-22 Osprey

05/15/2015
05/15/2015: U.S. Marines and Nepalese soldiers deliver 4,000 pounds of supplies to include food, hygiene kits, and shelter from Kathmandu, Nepal to areas effected by the earthquake May 7 to support the international humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operation after the country was struck by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake. The…

Visiting HMS Queen Elizabeth

05/09/2015
05/09/2015: At the end of March 2015, Second Line of Defense visited HMS Queen Elizabeth in Scotland.  These photos were shot during the visit by the RN/RAF team and are credited to them. [maxgallery id="118173"] The first photo shows the ski jump on the flight deck for the F-35B.  The…

CAG 17 Aboard USS Carl Vinson

05/05/2015
05/05/2015:Aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing 17 conduct flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) in the U.S. 5th area of responsibility. The Carl Vinson Strike Group is deployed to the area supporting Operation Inherent Resolve, conducting maritime security operations in Iraq and Syria as directed,…