07/24/2013: These photos show some of the Ospreys involved in the flight tests conducted for the USN to determine if the Osprey would be a good Carrier on Delivery system for the USN. [slidepress gallery='ospreys-of-vmx-22-operating-off-of-a-large-deck-carrier'] Credit Photos: VMX-22
07/24/2013: During a visit in July 2013, a newly forming ACE for a MEU about to go on deployment was generating its aircraft for the mission. This slideshow shows some of those aircraft on the flight line, or being maintained. [slidepress gallery='new-river-air-station'] Credit: Second Line of Defense:2013 The first three…
07/24/2013: Tradewinds 2013 Exercise This Tradewinds training evolution is the Interdiction Exercise. The Interdiction Exercise is a scenario-based maritime law enforcement evolution involving the detection, interdiction, and apprehension of smuggling vessels. Credit:Navy Public Affairs Support Element West:5/23/13
07/23/2013: In this slideshow, various images of the early phase of the bilateral Aussie-American exercise can be seen. [slidepress gallery='talisman-saber-2013'] The first three photos are credited to: Navy Public Affairs Support Element Japan; The final three photos to USS GEORGE WASHINGTON (CVN 73):7/18/13 In the first photo, Military Sealift Command's…
07/23/2013: Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) load equipment onto a landing craft air cushion (LCAC) prior to conducting an amphibious landing training exercise in support of exercise Talisman Saber 2013 aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). [slidepress gallery='amphibious-landing-training'] Credit: Exercise Talisman…
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…
