08/01/2014: Opening ceremony and U.S. Army Drop with Alaska Joint Forces demo during Arctic Thunder 2014 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska on July 26, 2014. Arctic Thunder is a biennial event hosted by JBER, featuring more than 40 Air Force, Army, and civilian aerial acts and with more than 200,000…
07/30/2014: KANGAROO FLATS TRAINING AREA, Northern Territory, Australia – Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, and Soldiers with the Australian Army, participate in the fire team leaders course here. Credit: MRF-D:5/28/14 The Fire Team Leader is a crucial element in a deployed USMC force.…
07/30/2014: Forty-two ships and submarines representing 15 international partner nations steam in a close formation during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014. Twenty-two nations, 49 ships and six submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 26 to August 1, in and around…
07/27/2014: KC-135 Stratotanker deployed with the 48th Air Expeditionary Group for Icelandic Air Policing refueling an F-15C Eagle. Credit: Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa:5/28/14
07/25/2014: Forces from Poland, Canada and The United States participated in a combined exercise to secure and hold an airfield in Drawskow-Pomorskie, Poland on July 17. Credit:U.S. Army Europe:7/7/14
07/25/2014: USS ANTIETAM (CG 54) Sailors practice underway replenishment with Saberhawks (HSM-77) while conducting operations with the George Washington Carrier Strike Group off the coast of southern Japan. Credit:Navy Public Affairs Support Element Japan:5/25/14
07/22/2014: U.S. Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 352, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 11, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW) and VMGR-252, MAG 14, 2nd MAW conduct a live fire training exercise in a KC-130J Harvest Hawk aircraft near Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Calif. March 20, 2013. The…
07/24/2014: A fleet of NATO ships –assigned to Standing NATO Mine Counter-Measures Group 2 (SNMCMG2 ) – converges on the Bulgarian port of Burgas in the Black Sea. The ships’ mission is to enhance maritime security and boost NATO’s presence in the region. They will also take part in an…