11th MEU Djibouti Sustainment Training: A Shot in the Dark

11/11/2014
11/11/2014: LAV-25 Light Armored Vehicles from Charlie Company, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance detachment, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), fire on fixed targets as part of a combined arms engagement range during sustainment training in D'Arta Plage, Djibouti, Nov. 9. The 11th MEU is…

11th MEU Djibouti Sustainment Training: Tank Support

11/11/2014
11/11/2014: In the first, second and fifth photos, U.S. Marines with the 1st Tank Battalion detachment, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marines, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), are seen working to replace an M1A1 Abrams tank engine during sustainment training at D’Arta Plage, Djibouti, Nov. 6. In the third…

F-35C Carrier Tests: A Photo and Video Album

11/11/2014
11/08/2014: The initial carrier tests of the F-35 have begun aboard the USS Nimitz. It is clear from our visit to Fallon and our discussion with the head of Naval Warfare that the Navy leadership is getting ready to welcome the F-35 and to leverage the asset to work more…

HMH-462 Conducts External Lift Training

11/10/2014
11/10/2014:A CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 462 begins to lift an 8,000 pound simulated cargo item during an external cargo lift exercise aboard Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, Calif., Aug. 21. The squadron conducted the training with the help of a Helicopter Support Team with Combat…

Commemoration of the Second Battle of Fallujah, Operation AL FAJR

11/08/2014
11/08/2014: The Marines and Sailors of 1st Marine Division commemorated the 10-year anniversary of the Second Battle of Fallujah, Operation AL FAJR, by hosting a ceremony at Camp Pendleton. The ceremony honored all service members who participated in the historic battle, and reunited veterans from private to general officer in…

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…