ARABIAN GULF (July 10, 2021) Sailors assigned to the Harpers Ferry-class dock landing ship USS Carter Hall (LSD 50) chock and chain a UH-1Y Huey, attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 162 (Reinforced), during flight operations in the Arabian Gulf, July 10, 2021. Carter Hall is deployed to the…
US military personnel completed the first ever Patriot surface-to-air missile firing on Australian soil at Shoalwater Bay, Queensland, as part of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2021(TS21). Held every two-years. TS21 is the largest bilateral training activity between Australia and the United States, and is aimed at testing Australian interoperability with the…
Bulgarian Special Operators prepare to repel from a U.S. Air Force CV-22B Osprey assigned to the 352d Special Operations Wing during a fast-rope insertion and extraction exercise during operation Sea Breeze 21 at Ochakiv, Ukraine, June 29, 2021. This is the 21st iteration of the exercise which is an annual…
U.S. Marine Corps Col. David Banning, commanding officer of Marine Rotational Force - Darwin, gives an interview at Larrakeyah Defence Precinct, Darwin, NT, Australia, July 13, 2021. The interview allowed Banning to express his thoughts on MRF-D’s relationships with partners and allies, as well as MRF-D’s contribution to the III…
As seen in the featured photo from June 2, 2021, Vice Adm. Bill Merz, commander, U. S. 7th Fleet, is seen arriving aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6). America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of…
Bulgarian Special Operators prepare to repel from a U.S. Air Force CV-22B Osprey assigned to the 352d Special Operations Wing during a fast-rope insertion and extraction exercise during operation Sea Breeze 21 at Ochakiv, Ukraine, June 29, 2021. This is the 21st iteration of the exercise which is an annual…
ODESA, Ukraine (June 30, 2021) Ukrainian, Egyptian, United Arab Emirates, Canadian and Turkish military officers attend an air demonstration for Exercise Sea Breeze 2021 Odesa, Ukraine, June 30, 2021. Exercise Sea Breeze is a multinational maritime exercise cohosted by the U.S. Sixth Fleet and the Ukrainian Navy since 1997. Sea…
Capt. Roberto Torres, the executive director of The Interdiction Committee (TIC), explains how the Coast Guard’s drug interdiction mission is changing June 22, 2021. “We are using the newest technologies and innovative approaches to continue to be always ready,” Torres said. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 1st Class…