Distributed Aviation Operations (DAO) during Exercise Nordic Response 24 at Oulu, Finland, March 8, 2024. Exercise Nordic Response is an opportunity for the 2nd MAW to refine the DAO warfighting concept, which focuses on generating aviation combat power through the dispersion of aviation squadrons, command-and-control agencies, aviation logistics, and aviation…
U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Scott F. Benedict commanding general of 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing and 2nd MAW and allied participants during Exercise Nordic Response 24 in Alta, Norway, March 6, 2024. Exercise Nordic Response 24 is designed to enhance military capabilities and allied cooperation in high-intensity warfighting scenarios under…
The photos are of Marine Corps operations in Assault Support Tactics 2 as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 2-24, at Landing Zone Star, near Chocolate Mountains Aerial Gunnery Range, California, April 11, 2024. WTI is an advanced graduate-level course that provides advanced tactical training to enhance and employ…
U.S. Marines, assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One, debrief after conducting a Forward Arming and Refueling Point exercise during Assault Support Tactics 4 as part of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 2-24, at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, April 16, 2024. WTI is an…
Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 (Reinforced) and 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), performs flight operations while the Wasp (WSP) Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) conducts a simulated strait transit during Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) in the Atlantic Ocean, April 26, 2024. The WSP ARG-24th MEU is conducting COMPTUEX, their final…
The 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit embarks aboard the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group for routine operations and the completion of integrated at-sea training exercises in the Pacific Ocean in January 2024. The Boxer ARG comprises the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4), amphibious transport dock USS Somerset (LPD 25), and…
U.S. East-Coast based Naval Special Warfare Operators (SEALs), 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) Green Berets, Alaskan Coast Guardsmen and Norwegian Special Operations Commandos conduct joint operations to strengthen interoperability and refine skills in the Arctic region near Kodiak, Alaska Feb. 23, 2024, during Arctic Edge 2024. AE24 is an annual…
U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, prepare to depart Luleå-Kallax Air Base, Sweden, Feb. 29, 2024, during Bomber Task Force 24-2. The Air Force routinely operates across the globe and remains flexible and agile to respond to the changes in…
