USS America Arrives in San Diego: Enabling the Tiltrotar Assault Force

09/16/2014
2014-09-16  The arrival of the USS America in San Diego marks the completion of a two-month transit around South America from Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Miss. America is the first ship of its class, replacing the Tarawa-class of amphibious assault ships. As the next generation "big-deck" amphibious assault ship, America…

Medicine and War: Part Two

09/15/2014
07/15/2014: This second video in a three-part video series looks at how medical advances that began 100 years ago are still used today, by both military and civilian hospitals. It asks medical, military and history experts whether dealing with today’s combat injuries– such as IED strikes and post traumatic stress…

USS America at Sea

09/13/2014
09/13/2014: In this slideshow, various aspects of the USS America training its crew and working with allies are highlighted. Two tiltrotor MV-22 Osprey, assigned to the "Argonauts" of Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron (VMX) 22, transport distinguished visitors from Trinidad and Tobago to the future amphibious assault ship USS…

Medicine and War: From World War I to Today

09/12/2014
09/12/2014: This first video in a three-part video series looks at how medical advances that began 100 years ago are still used today, by both military and civilian hospitals. It asks medical, military and history experts whether dealing with today’s combat injuries– such as IED strikes and post traumatic stress…

The Afghan Trucking System Feeds the Grid

09/12/2014
09/12/2014: To operate ground forces in Afghanistan, a very large logistics structure has been put in place over time. Various forms of transport, ground, air and sea provide inputs.  The Afghan trucking system linked with external routes into Afghanistan is an important part of the grid. Credit Video: American Forces…

Steadfast Javelin II Canadian Air Assault

09/10/2014
09/10/2014: Night vision footage of Royal Canadian Regiment soldiers loading into U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopters and conducting an air assault operation. Steadfast Javelin II is a NATO exercise involving over 2,000 troops from 10 nations, and takes place across Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. The exercise focuses on…

Steadfast Javelin II Exfiltration Operation: Inserting Canadian Forces into the Baltics

09/10/2014
09/10/2014: A C-130H Hercules aircrew from the 142nd Airlift Squadron, Delaware Air National Guard, transports U.S. and Royal Canadian Army paratroopers for an airfield seizure operation at Lielvarde Air Base, Latvia as part of Steadfast Javelin II, September 5, 2014. Steadfast Javelin II is a NATO exercise involving over 2,000…

NATO Baltic Air Policing Mission

09/09/2014
09/09/2014: Royal Air Force No 135 Expeditionary Air Wing (EAW) has formally handed over the role of supporting nation in the Baltic Air Policing (BAP) mission to the Royal Canadian Air Force, the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence says.  Credit:Natochannel:9/5/14 More from their news release: The handover ceremony marked the…