05/31/2015:U.S. Marines walk into an MV-22B Osprey on the flight deck of the USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), at sea, March 13, 2015. The Ospreys are seen transporting U.S. Marines for an airfield seizure training operation. The Ospreys are with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Reinforced), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit…
2015-05-22 Six aircraft arrived for the opening of OT-1 (first phase of operational testing) on May 18, 2015 aboard the USS Wasp. The six aircraft are from Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501, Marine Aircraft Group 31, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, Beaufort, South Carolina, and Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121,…
05/20/2015: The “Chargers” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 14 and the “Raptors” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 71 conduct a Helicopter Visit, Board, Search, and Seizure (HVBSS) training exercise with a Range Support Craft (RSC) 1 in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of San Diego, Feb. 18,…
05//2015: Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Dennis Lewis watches a landing craft air cushion return to the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS New York (LPD 21) after transporting 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit gear and personnel assigned to Djibouti for bilateral training with the French, May 6, 2015.…
05/18/2015: USS Laboon Operations in the Mediterranean MEDITERRANEAN SEA (May 13, 2015) [maxgallery id="77630"] Credit:U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. Sixth Fleet:5/13/15 Boatswain’s Mate 2nd Class Marcus Jones, from Anderson, S.C., uses hand signals to direct an Israeli helicopter during flight operations aboard USS Laboon (DDG 58) May 13, 2015. Laboon, an…
05/17/2015: Marines guide role players evacuees as they board a MV-22 Osprey during a training Noncombatant Evacuation Operation aboard Barstow-Daggett airport in Daggett, California, Feb. 12, 2015. The training evacuation was conducted by the Marines of Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command 15.2 during their certification exercise.…
05/15/2015: U.S. service members from Joint Task Force 505 drop off humanitarian aid and transport Nepalese service members using U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Ospreys, at Manthali, Nepal, May 8. The Nepalese government requested assistance after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the country April 25. The U.S. government ordered JTF 505…
05/15/2015: U.S. Marines and Nepalese soldiers deliver 4,000 pounds of supplies to include food, hygiene kits, and shelter from Kathmandu, Nepal to areas effected by the earthquake May 7 to support the international humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operation after the country was struck by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake. The…
