Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 272 work on completing an expeditionary airfield maintenance exercise on Stoval Airfield during Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course 2-18 (WTI) at Dateland, Ariz., on March 15, 2018. WTI is a seven-week training even hosted by MAWTS-1 cadre, which emphasizes operational integration of the six…
Medical providers aboard Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) perform the first robot assisted surgery on board a ship as part of Pacific Partnership 2018 (PP18). PP18’s mission is to work collectively with host and partner nations to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase stability…
Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel have joined the French Armed Forces of New Caledonia to practise Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief (HADR) as part of Exercise Croix du Sud 2018 (Ex CDS18), 14-25 May. The exercise is held every two years and with eleven participating nations, it is the largest…
U.S. Marines with Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1 prepare to refuel F-35 Lightning IIs during a Distributed Short Takeoff Vertical Landing Operation in support of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 2-18 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., March 30. [maxgallery id="117909"] WTI is a seven-week training event…
Exercise Chong Ju is an annual live-fire training exercise conducted at the Australian Army’s Combined Arms Training Centre at Puckapunyal training area in northern Victoria to showcase capabilities to Army’s next generation of combat leaders. Exercise Chong Ju 2018 included demonstrations from the M1A1 Abrams tank, ASLAV (Australian Light Armoured…
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Robert Gevedon with V1/3 conducts an interview at range 111. TWENTYNINE PALMS, CA, UNITED STATES 05.09.2018 Video by Lance Cpl. Jeremiah Naranjo Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms
As the Aviation aspect of Marine Corps capabilities are transformed over time, first Osprey, then the F-35 and then the CH-53K and onwards, working how the Ground Combat Element benefits from and contributes to the kind of innovations in operations that are possible is a major challenge. One way the…
An overview on the Air University and its mission. MONTGOMERY, AL, UNITED STATES 05.11.2018 Video by Senior Airman Robert Dantzler and Thomas Meneguin Maxwell Public Affairs