04/01/2014: Waves of amphibious assault vehicles approach the shoreline during a rehearsal of the amphibious landing portion of Ssang Yong 2014 March 29 at Doksoek-ri in Pohang, Republic of Korea. This exercise enhances the interoperability between the U.S. Marine air-ground task force and the ROK Marine task force while honing…
03/31/2014: U.S. Marines with Combined Assault Battalion, III Marines Expeditionary Force conducted Mark-19 and M2-50 Cal training on Assault Amphibious Vehicles in support of Exercise Ssang Yong 14 at Suesongri Range, Pohang, South Korea, March 27, 2014. Exercise SsangYong 14 is conducted in South Korea to showcase a full spectrum…
03/28/2014: Medevac does not stop for snow as Spc. Jimmy Rop, top, and Spc. James Verlander, UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crew chiefs with Company C, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, prepare to de-ice this helicopter after a snowfall at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 8, 2014. [slidepress gallery='the-unstoppable-medevac']…
03/27/2014: Colorado Air National Guard F-16 D lands at Denver International Airport (DIA) in preparation for temporary operations while Buckley AFB receives runway improvements. The preliminary testing of a temporary aircraft-arresting device, which is similar to an arresting cable on an aircraft carrier, is an operational requirement prior to the…
03/27/2014: An MV-22 Osprey Tiltrotor Aircraft performs flight operations in the East China Sea and Okinawa. EAST CHINA SEA (March 15. 2014) -- An MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft, assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265, performs operations out of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6).…
03/26/2014: In the first two photos, Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star transits through the water accomplishing the Coast Guard missions summer of 2013. The Polar Star is one of the largest ships within the Coast Guard measuring at 399 feet long. Polar Star is specifically designed for open-water icebreaking with…
03/24/2014: First Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, conducts a mechanized raid in support of Exercise Steel Knight 2014 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Dec. 13, 2013. Credit:1st Marine Division:12/21/13
03/21/2014: A C-17 from the 535th Airlift Squadron from Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam lands at Wheeler Army Airfield Dec. 16, 2013 in support of expeditionary operations. Credit: Defense Media Activity – Hawaii News Bureau:12/16/13