06/18/2017: U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (may 13, 2017)- USS Bataan (LHD 5) performs a connected replenishment-at-sea with the USNS Laramie (T-AO 203) while underway. Bataan and its ready group are deployed to U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations in support of maritime security operations designed to reassure allies and…
06/13/2017: U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command, conduct sustainment training while forward deployed in the Middle East, April 26, 2017. SPMAGTF Marines consistently train to enhance their ability to respond to any mission they may encounter while conducting USCENTCOM’s crisis response…
06/10/2017: Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 363 participates in an MV-22 Osprey tail gun shoot during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 3-17, at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., May 15. ITX is a combined-arms exercise enabling Marines across 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing to operate as an aviation combat…
06/08/2017: Japan hosts for the first time the 5th annual U.S-Japan amphibious and mine warfare staff talk about evolving amphibious operational capabilities. Sgt. Cheyenne Newman went to Kure to find out more about how Japan and the U-S use their relationship to build a stronger amphibious force. KURE, HIROSHIMA, JAPAN 05.24.2017…
2017-06-08 By Danny Lam The successful test of an interceptor by the Missile Defense Agency May 30 caused Vice Adm. James Syring to claim that CONUS is “safe” until 2020, or at least 3 years ahead of DPRK ICBMs. Let’s begin by taking this claim at face value. VAM Syring’s…
06/08/2017: Royal Australian Navy patrol boat HMAS Wollongong has completed an official visit to Fiji, including a four-day exercise within Fiji’s Exclusive Economic Zone with the Republic of Fiji Navy Ship Kula. Wollongong is on a South West Pacific deployment, which includes visits to the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia, as part of the…
06/07/2017: MOUNT BUNDEY TRAINING AREA, Australia U.S. Marines with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Marine Rotational Force Darwin, execute a company sized attack in new terrain as part of Exercise Southern Jackaroo 2017, May 17, 2017. Southern Jackaroo 2017 is a multi-lateral combined arms training activity…
06/07/2017: Australian Army soldiers from 20th Surveillance and Target Acquisition Regiment provide the Australian Defence Force with an artillery spotting and tactical reconnaissance capability. They form a significant component of the entire intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance collection capability available to deployed forces. 20th Surveillance and Target Acquisition Regiment uses the…
