System Qualification Trials onboard HMAS Melbourne

01/19/2017
01/19/2017: HMAS Melbourne (FFG 05) has conducted a three week Systems Qualification Trail (SQT) off the east coast of Australia. The SQT, following a period of dry docking and maintenance for much of the year, is a series of measured trails designed to validate the ship’s combat systems. The successful SQT…

Australia’s New Centre for Defence Industry Capability Opens

01/18/2017
01/18/2017: The Hon Christopher Pyne MP has officially opened the Centre for Defence Industry Capability and announced the Defence Innovation Hub as operational and calling for submissions. Credit: Australian Ministry of Defence:12/5/16 The formation of the Centre was announced earlier in 2016 with the release of the Defence White Paper.…

Aussie Patrol Boat Training for Border Security

01/17/2017
01/17/2017: HMAS Ararat is one of the Royal Australian Navy’s patrol boat fleet based in northern Australia.  The fleet operates 365 days a year to defend against potential civil maritime threats, including illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing, narcotics trafficking and irregular maritime arrivals.  In order to provide this continuous capability,…

Steel Knight 2017

01/16/2017
01/16/2017: Steel Knight 17 is a Division Level exercise encompassing live-fire ranges and simulated combat across the scope and scale of warfighting,. It is designed to enhance the readiness and lethality of the 1st Marine Division in Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Camp Pendleton, Calif., and Marine…

Green Knights Depart For Relocation to Japan

01/14/2017
2017-01-14  NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN – Marine Corps F-35Bs from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, transit the Pacific from Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Jan. 9, 2017, with its final destination of Iwakuni, Japan. VMFA-121 is the first operational F-35B…

VMFA-121 on the Way to Japan

01/12/2017
01/12/2017: MARINE CORPS AIR STATION MIRAMAR, California (January 10, 2017) Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 121, an F-35B squadron with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, departed Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, transferring to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Jan. 9, 2017. The first location to receive the Marine Corps' F-35B,…

Semper Fi: 100 Year Marine Corps Reserve and to Marine John. J. O’Leary

01/12/2017
01/12/2017: Retired 1st Lt. John J. O'Leary, a Marine veteran of World War II, celebrated his 100th birthday Dec. 23, 2016. O'Leary fought on Guam and witnessed the bombardment of Iwo Jima as a member of 3rd Joint Assault Signal Company. Semper Fi from SldInfo.com on Vimeo.   Video by…