Joint Operations at Sea

12/17/2012
12/17/2012: Ships of the USS John C. Stennis and USS George Washington Strike Groups conduct a joint operation at sea Oct. 12.  Ships and aircraft of the USS John C. Stennis and USS George Washington Strike Groups are currently exercising to hone their collective interoperability, readiness, and the capability to…

31st MEU Marines Learn Jungle Survival in the Philippines

12/12/2012
12/12/2012: Marines with Company G., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, learn jungle survival techniques from Philippine Marines during a training evolution of Amphibious Landing Exercise 2013.  Credit:31st Marine Expeditionary Unit:10/12/12

Replenishment Oiler in At-Sea Operation

12/09/2012
12/09/2012: The forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) pulls alongside the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Walter S. Diehl (T-AO 193) to conduct replenishment at sea. Bonhomme Richard is the lead ship of the only forward-deployed amphibious ready group and is operating in the U.S.…

Coast Guard Cutter Offloads $2 Million Worth of Marijuana at Port Canaveral

12/02/2012
12/2/2012: The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Confidence offloaded 2,245 pounds of marijuana, with a wholesale value of approximately $2 million, at Coast Guard Station Port Canaveral, Sunday. The crews of the Coast Guard Cutters Confidence and Dauntless intercepted a 30-foot vessel suspected of smuggling narcotics Aug. 17, south…

Working with Asians in Asia: Airbus Military Shapes Its Strategy

11/08/2012
Airbus Military has focused for some time on ways to harvest the legacy of CASA to shape a more global strategy.  The historical relationship with Indonesia has provided a very good launch point for such an effort.  CASA has a long history of working with Indonesia and has more recently…