Norwegians, Brazilians and USMC at Bold Alligator 2017

11/15/2017
11/15/2017: Brazilian Marines, Norwegian Army Soldiers and U.S. Marines stage their gear and prepare for further operations during Exercise Bold Alligator 17 at Camp Lejeune, N.C. Oct. 28, 2017. BA 17, now in its seventh iteration, is a large-scale, multinational amphibious exercise designed to showcase complex shaping operations to improve U.S.…

External Lifts for the Osprey

11/11/2017
11/11/2017: Landing Support Specialists with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa, conduct helicopter support team drills with an MV-22C Osprey at Morón Air Base, Spain, Oct. 4, 2017. SPMAGTF-CR-AF deployed to conduct limited crises-response and theatre-security operation in Europe and North Africa. MORóN AIR BASE, MORóN, SPAIN 10.03.2017 Video by Sgt.…

F-22 Air Refueling over Iraq

11/07/2017
11/07/2017: F-22 receives fuel from a KC-10 during a refueling mission over Iraq, Oct. 27, 2017. The F-22 possesses a sophisticated sensor suite allowing the pilot to track, identify, shoot and kill air-to-air threats before being detected. It is on regular rotation now to CENCOM and is providing the kind of…

Exercise Southern Katipo 2017

11/05/2017
11/05/2017: A combined platoon of Royal Tongan Marines and Australian Army soldiers from A Company, 1st Battalion The Royal Australian Regiment attacked an enemy position in mountainous terrain at Okaramio, near Havelock on New Zealand’s South Island, as part of Exercise Southern Katipo 2017 – New Zealand’s largest biennial field…

French Desert Commando Course 2017

11/01/2017
11/01/2017: Members of the Combined Joint Task Force Horn of Africa participated with French forces in a French Desert Commando Course in the Arta region of Djibouti. The course consists of up to seven phases that teach participants combat life-saving skills, field tactics, land navigation, weapons training, trap setting, survival cooking,…

Deck Landing Qualifications Onboard the USS Essex

10/30/2017
10/30/2017: U.S. Marine Corps pilots assigned to Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, fly CH-53E Super Stallions and MV-22B Ospreys while participating in deck landing qualifications aboard the USS Essex (LHD-2) during Exercise Dawn Blitz, Oct. 21, 2017. Dawn Blitz is a scenario-driven amphibious exercise conducted between Expeditionary Strike…