01/07/2015: The SBX is a one of a kind radar deployed near Japan used for monitoring missile threats in the Pacific, notably from North Korea. Credit:Commander Navy Region Hawaii:10/24/14 According an Hawaii News Now story published in 2011: The SBX-1 structure towers, 28 stories high. "It's similar to a Nimiz…
10/05/2015: The Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG 60) performs vertical replenishment and refueling with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Pecos (T-AO-197.) Rodney M. Davis, stationed in Everett, Wash., is seen on patrol in the Indian Ocean in support of regional security and…
01/04/2015: The third Littoral Combat Ship, the USS Fort Worth, is on its maiden deployment in the Pacific. It is home ported in San Diego, and is currently part of the search team for the missing A320 which crashed in the Pacific. The USS Fort Worth is deployed with a…
01/01/2015: U.S. Marine Corps low altitude air defense (LAAD) gunners with Bravo Battery, 2nd Low Altitude Air Defense, Marine Air Control Group 28, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing operate and perform prescribe maintenance on LAAD surface to air weapons systems in support of Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) Course 1-15 at…
12/31/2014: U.S. Marine Corps students attending Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) Course 1-15 participate in a close air support exercise utilizing the AH-1Z Cobra aircraft at Mount Barrow, Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, Calif., Oct. 02, 2014. The AH-1 close air support exercise supported WTI 1-15 hosted by Marine Aviation…
12/30/2014: Paratroopers with the 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division, conducting a live fire training exercise under Arctic winter conditions at Donnelly Training Area near Fort Greely, Alaska, October 7, 2014. Credit:4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division Public Affairs:10/7/14
12/29/2014: In the first three photos, an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter from the Battle Cats of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 73 lifts off from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 17,…
12/28/2014: Yeoman 2nd Class Shuan Linnell, from Becker, Minn., assigned to the Battle Cats of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 73, washes an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70). Carl Vinson and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air…
