07/23/2013: U.S. Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit conducting an amphibious assault on Fresh Water Beach, Queensland, Australia, July 20, 2013 during Exercise Talisman Saber. Credit: American Forces Network Pacific: 7/20/13
07/23/2013: Rear Admiral Richard Butler replacing Rear Admiral John Smith as the Joint Task Force Guantanamo commander in a change of command ceremony held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on July 16, 2013. “People here are doing a noble job in difficult conditions,” said Butler. “They face legal and public scrutiny…
07/23/2013: U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 363, Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing load and stow nine MV-22B Ospreys for shipment to Okinawa, Japan on Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego Calif., June 15, 2013. Loading the Ospreys completed the third phase for…
07/22/2013: Members of the 4-25 IBCT out of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska conduct airdrop at Shoalwater Bay Training Area during Talisman Saber 2013. Credit: 18th Wing Public Affairs: 7/20/13
07/21/2013: U.S. Marine Corps AV-8B Harriers assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 (Reinforced), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), takeoff from the flight deck of the USS Kearsage (LHD 3), at sea, July 13, 2013. The 26th MEU is a Marine Air-Ground Task Force forward-deployed to the U.S. 5th…
05720/2013: USS Kearsarge Operations [slidepress gallery='uss-kearsarge-operations'] Credit: USS Kearsarge:5/23/13 In the first two photos, a landing craft air cushion (LCAC) from Assault Craft Unit 4 approaches the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3). Kearsarge is the flagship for the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 26th Marine…
07/19/2013: A UH-1N Huey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 266 (Reinforced), 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), prepares to land on the flight deck of the USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) after conducting flight operations, at sea, July 13, 2013. [slidepress gallery='flight-ops-aboard-the-uss-kearsarge'] Credit:26th Marine Expeditionary Unit:7/13/13 The 26th MEU is…
07/18/2013: U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 363, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing stage nine MV-22B Ospreys for shipment to Okinawa, Japan on Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego Calif., June 12, 2013. Staging the Osprey completed the second phase for their shipment to…
