03/12/2013: In this slideshow, we highlight some of the ships in the Navy’s yards on March 1, 2013 a day before the USNS Montford Point christening. Seen here are various Navy ships ranging from the Carl Vinson large deck aircraft carrier, to Arleigh Burke Destroyers, to frigates, to the LCS…
03/11/2013: In this slideshow, we highlight some of the ships in the Navy’s yards on March 1, 2013 a day before the USNS Montford Point christening. Seen here are various USN-USMC ships supporting the sea base and shaping the amphibious assault core competencies. There are views of the USS Boxer, the USS…
03/11/2013: The Coast Guard Cutter Forward returns to homeport in Portsmouth, Va., Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, after a 45-day patrol in the Caribbean Sea in support of Operation Martillo. The law enforcement crews aboard the Forward teamed with crew members from the Coast Guard Cutter Confidence and an embarked aviation…
03/11/2013: KC-135 support for the French in Mali as the French insert force for a rapid strike operation in Mali. Credit:Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa 2/23/13 See our latest story on the Mali operation: http://sldinfo.wpstage.net/the-french-operation-in-mali-intervene-leverage-and-withdraw/
This video shows the arrival of another F-35A to Nellis AFB. The Weapons School at Nellis and the Marine Corps MAWTS at Yuma can drive significant innovation in their services as the F-35 rolls into the operational fleets. Lt. Col. Benjamin Bishop, the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron director of…
03/08/2013: A "shooter" (catapult/arresting gear officer) signals for the launch of an aircraft on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). At the time of these photos, the John C. Stennis was deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations,…
2013-03-05 The Montford Point Marines are of course legendary for their courage and their ability to fight Japanese in World War II and racism in the United States at the same time. But talking to some of the more than 30 plus Montford Point Marines at the ceremony, it was…
03/04/2013: The latest of the USN ships, the USNS Montford Point, was christened on March 2, 2013 in San Diego at the NASSCO shipyard. Second Line of Defense attended the ceremony and did interviews before the ceremony to discuss the ship,. We interviewed Jim Strock from the USMC Combat Development…
