Credit: 154th Wing Public Affairs, July 10th, 2010 The video shows various segments of the F-22 Raptor flyover during a July 10th, 2010, morning ceremony where the Air National Guard’s 154th Wing welcomed the first of its new inventory of F-22’s. The F-22 is the cornerstone USAF air superiority fighter,…
Credit: U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area, July 4th, 2010 The Gulf oil spill is a major crisis requiring crisis management. But the US regulatory system gets in the way of rapid action. An example has been the problem of putting the specialized asset the Whale to work in providing for…
Pictured here are recent at sea operations of the USMC working with allies. A key dimension of the global USN and USMC activity is working with allies for preparing for contingency operations. Sailors from the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group and embarked Marines from the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit are participating…
101st Combat Aviation Brigade [101 CAB] Ghostriders conducting preventative maintenance inspections [PMI] on helicopters to keep the aircraft in the fight Credit: 101st Combat Aviation Brigade Ghostriders , American Forces Network Afghanistan, Zabul, Afghanistan, June 18th, 2010.
This slide show highlights some of the participants in this year’s Pacific-based multinational naval exercise, Rim of the Pacific which is a biennial, multinational exercise designed to strengthen regional partnerships and improve multinational interoperability. [slidepress gallery='rim-of-the-pacific-2010'] Credit: US Navy Visual News Service, June 26th, 2010 The first photo shows the…
Six heavy equipment operators with Marine Wing Support Squadron 274 are building an Assault Strip on Forward Operating Base (FOB) Edinburgh, Afghanistan. Credit: Marine Wing Support Squadron 274, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (Fwd) Public Affairs, FOB Edinburgh, Afghanistan, June 23rd, 2010
Members of the U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement, Detachment 406 and the visit, board, search and seizure team embarked aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS San Jacinto prepare to board and inspect a skiff suspected of participating in recent pirate activity. San Jacinto is part of Combined Task Force 151,…
An Operational Detachment Alpha Team prepares to roll out for a Medical engagement in Khakrez, Afghanistan. They load up medical supplies and check vehicles, while the Afghanistan National Army joins the convoy for increased security. [slidepress gallery='convoying-medical-supplies-in-afghanistan'] The first two photos show a quick stop from a medical convoy heading…