Simultaneous Target Acquisition and Destruction Missile Defense Test

11/08/2014
11/08/2014: The Missile Defense Agency, U.S. Pacific Command, and U.S. Navy Sailors aboard the USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) successfully conducted a flight test of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system, resulting in three successful near-simultaneous target engagements over the Pacific Ocean by the Aegis Baseline (BL) 9.C1…

Osprey Working During a Helicopter Support Team Exercise

11/07/2014
11/07/2014: Perhaps the name should change, but one can see the Osprey in its workhouse role in these photos.  [maxgallery id="68972"]  Credit: Ist Marine Logistics Group:8/22/14 An MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 165, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, descends as Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 13, 1st Marine Logistics…

Joint High Speed Vessel in Bold Alligator 2014

11/07/2014
11/06/2014: In a USN story written by by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Steve Hill, Expeditionary Combat Camera and published on 11/5/14: CHARLESTON, S.C. (NNS) -- Spearhead-class joint high speed vessel USNS Choctaw County (JHSV 2) is conducting proof-of-concept testing during Exercise Bold Alligator 2014 as an afloat forward staging…

Bold Alligator 2014: Long Range Raid to Support Embassy Under Seige

11/07/2014
11/07/2014: Bold Alligator 2014 is a crisis response exercise and continues the work of BA 2012 and BA 2013. It is about calibrating insertion forces against various threats.  The forces are American and coalition with several nations contributing ships, and combat personnel to both the planning and execution of the…

Coastal Riverine Squadron Four in Bold Alligator 2014

11/07/2014
11/06/2014: In a story by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jared Aldape, Bold Alligator 2014 Public Affairs: MOREHEAD, N.C (NNS) -- Sailors assigned to Coastal Riverine Squadron 4 completed a training milestone by completing a successful visit, board search and seizure (VBSS) within a simulated environment during exercise Bold Alligator,…

Bold Alligator 2014: Shaping Insertion Forces for Crisis Response

11/04/2014
11/01/2014: Bold Alligator 2014 is a crisis response exercise and continues the work of Bold Alligator 2012 and Bold Alligator 2013. It is about calibrating insertion forces against various threats.  Insertion Forces Front Line Defence The forces are American and coalition with several nations contributing ships, and combat personnel to…

Iwakuni Maintainers for F/A-18 Hornets

11/02/2014
11/02/2014: Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115 Maintainers makes sure their fighter jets are operational and ready when they go up in the sky. Credit:American Forces Network, Iwakuni JAPAN:8/18/14 And this story was published earlier this year about the maintainers working to keep the F-18s flying in Thailand during an exercise.…