01/07/2014: 113th DCANG is participating in the 7th CRUZEX hosted by the Brazilian Air Force. Six F-16's made it to Brazil after a few complications. CRUZEX is hosted by the Brazilian Air Force and 8 other countries were invited to join the training event. CRUZEX lasted from 4-15 November 2012.…
01/05/2014 The Special Purpose MAGTF is a very flexible instrument. As Brigadier General James S. O’Meara currently serving as commander, U.S. Marine Forces Europe, and deputy commander, U.S. Marine Forces Africa, commented about the SP-MAGTF in an earlier interview we conducted with him: The SP-MAGTF is the basic Marine Corps…
12/31/2013: U.S. Marines from Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment (1/5), 1st Marine Division from Camp Pendleton, Calif. conduct a company extraction and insertion aboard a CH-53E Super Stallion transport helicopter with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466 (HMH-466), Marine Aircraft Group 16 (MAG-16), 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW)…
12/30/2013:A 10th Combat Aviation Brigade CH-47 Chinook helicopter, operated by members of the Texas and Oklahoma National Guard, hovers toward a shipping container to be sling loaded beneath the belly of the aircraft during a personnel and equipment movement mission, Oct. 26, at Forward Operating Base Airborne, Afghanistan. The slideshow…
12/29/2013: In this slideshow the USS Bataan ARG is provided with fuel at sea. The Military Sealift Command provides fuel to USN ships at sea, but needs to modernize its tankers as the bulk of these tankers are single hull and need to be double-hauled for safety reasons and because of…
12/28//2013: In this slideshow, LCAC operations are viewed as part of the USS Kearsarge amphibious group. [slidepress gallery='uss-kearsarge-lcac-operations'] Credit:USS Kearsarge (LHD 3):10/23/13 In the first photo, Sailors from Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 4 direct a light armored vehicle (LAV) aboard a landing craft air cushion (LCAC) during LCAC operations with…
12/27/2013: USS Boxer is the flagship for the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, is deployed in support of maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. [slidepress gallery='uss-boxer-flight-ops'] Credit:USS Boxer (LHD 4):10/23/13 In the first…
12/26/2013: Pararescuemen along with the French military conducted air-to-water qualifications in Djibouti recently. Credit:Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa:10/17/13
