Exercising External Lift for USMC First Battalion

05/20/2018
Marines with 1st Battalion, 12th Marines and Combat Logistics Battalion 8 perform an external lift with a CH-53E Super Stallion to move an M777 Howitzer to its firing position as a part of Integrated Training Exercise 3-18 aboard the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., April 27,…

USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) Air Wing Exercises with French Navy

05/18/2018
The slideshow highlights French and US training aboard USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77).  The ship is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting carrier air wing exercises with the French navy. [maxgallery id="117117"]  05.15.2018 Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class David Mora  USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77

The Dutch Ministry of Defense Highlights its Role in the Netherlands

05/17/2018
The Dutch government has released a new White Paper on Defence. In this video, the Dutch MoD makes its case about the importance of a close relationship between society and the military in terms not dissimilar to developments in the Nordic countries as well. We are the Ministry of Defence.…

UAS as Part of 26th MEU

05/16/2018
U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (April 3, 2018)  U.S. Marines with Light Armored Reconnaissance, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment (BLT 2/6), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fly an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) in the U.S. 5th Fleet Area of Operations, April 3, 2018.  The 26th MEU…

Disaster Response Exercise at Pacific Partnership 2018

05/15/2018
TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka (May 6, 2018)  In this slideshow, the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 attached to Military Selafit Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 1) exercises its capabilities in a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief field train exercise in support of Pacific Partnership 2018 (PP18). [maxgallery id="116575"] PP18’s…

NORAD’s 60th

05/14/2018
The North American Aerospace Defense Command held a 60th Anniversary Ceremony on Peterson Air Force Base Colorado, May 12, 2018.  [maxgallery id="116897"] The ceremony and static display of various NORAD aircraft was the culmination of a three-day event, which included a media tour of Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station, the…

2018 USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Deployment  

05/14/2018
PACIFIC OCEAN (May 5, 2018)  Theodore Roosevelt is currently deployed in the Pacific Ocean.   These photos highlight various aspects of that deployment as seen from shipboard. [maxgallery id="116603"] PACIFIC OCEAN 05.04.2018 Photo by Seaman Michael Colemanberry  USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)