Engineer and Logistics Battalions Work Together to Fortify Infantry Battalions Positions in Marjah The heat of Marjah, Afghanistan, has turned Cpl. Alton S. Floyd's truck into a sauna. Already sweating, Floyd a wrecker operator for 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion flips the air conditioning on only to have hot, dusty, brown…
This slide shows the movement of equipment to prepare for transfer from Kuwait after Iraqi operations. [slidepress gallery='third-army-moves-hets-march-29'] Credit: Third Army/U.S. Army Central PAO, CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait, march 9th, 2010 The first photo shows Heavy Equipment transporters waiting to be unloaded from trailers in a lot at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait.…
Credit: 1st Infantry Division Headquarters, Wasit Province, Iraq, March 13th, 2010 Soldiers from Troop A, 3rd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment emplace an Unattended Ground Sensor during a nighttime operation February 25th, 2010. The sensors allow the Iraqi Department of Border Enforcement to track potential smugglers and their routes, making sure…
The Royal Engineers used an upgraded BR90 or Modular Bridging Systems recently in Afghanistan. The BR90 Systems includes five up armored cross-country vehicles, a bridge set and a span expansion system. The upgraded systems was procured by MOD under an urgent operational requirement funding effort. The system was built by…
Evolving Mission Requirements New Cutter Arrives in Alameda, California The Coast Guard Cutter Waesche transits through the San Francisco Bay for the first time en route to its homeport of Alameda, California on February 28th. 2010. The Waeshe is the second Legend Class cutter and is scheduled to be commissioned…
In the first two photos, Petty Officer 2nd Class Richard Goodley, an aviation ordnanceman, signals a MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter to approach the littoral combat ship USS Freedom during a vertical replenishment with the U.S. Coast Guard medium endurance cutter USCGC Campbell. The USS Freedom is conducting counter-illicit trafficking operations…
This slide shows underscores the key role rotorcraft as well as other airborne assets are playing the current Afghan operation. [slidepress gallery='scarface-march-15'] The first two photos show an AH-1W "Super Cobra" helicopter with Marine Light Attack Squadron 367, Marine Aircraft Group 40, Marine Expeditionary Brigade-Afghanistan, lifting off shortly after sunrise,…
The video shows a recent flight of the F-35 test aircraft BF-1. The aircraft flew four sorties on March 10th, 2010, culminating in the 40 kt approach. There are currently three F-35Bs at Patuxent River. The flight seen in the video is one of the last flights prior to the…
