The 11th brigade has formed a composite company rotation through the Tully Training Area in central Queensland to refine their foundation warfighting skills. The Tully rainforest and jungle represents some of the toughest training environments available, with training catering to the individual and section in the first instance, then progresses…
U.S. Marines with Marine Attack Squadron (VMA) 223 load ordnance onto an AV-8B Harrier II jet at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina, Aug. 31, 2022. AV-8B Harrier II jets assigned to VMA-223 were loaded with AIM-120A missiles and ADM-141A Tactical Air-Launched Decoys for the pilots to practice…
Exercise COASTWATCHERS is Defence’s premier bilateral exercise series with the Solomon Islands. It is developed jointly with the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) to build Solomon Islands’ Humanitarian and Disaster Relief (HADR) and policing capabilities. There are three iterations planned for 2022 – July, September and November. Exercise COSTWATCHERS…
U.S. Marine Corps Lt Col. William Woodward, commanding officer of Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 773, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve in support of Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force UNITAS LXIII, gives an interview at São Pedro da Aldeia, Brazil, Sept. 13, 2022. UNITAS is the…
U.S. Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461 perform external lifts and fire GAU-21 .50-caliber machine guns from CH-53K King Stallions at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Aug. 4 – 24, 2022. This was the first time the Marine Corps deployed the King Stallion in an exercise. HMH-461…
U.S. Marines with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron (VMGR) 252, fire AGM-114 Hellfire missiles and AGM-176 Griffin missiles near Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, Aug. 31, 2022. VMGR-252 trained in close-air support by using the Harvest Hercules Airborne Weapons Kit. VMGR-252 is a subordinate unit of 2nd Marine Aircraft…
What does it take to build a battlegroup? Relationships, trust and plenty of hard work. Join the Bulgarian and US armies as they set up a new new NATO multinational battlegroup in Bulgaria. BULGARIA 03.08.2022 Natochannel
U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force-Darwin (MRF-D) 22, U.S. Army Soldiers, and Australian Army soldiers participate in exercise Koolendong 22 across the Northern Territory and Western Australia from July 10 through Aug. 2, 2022. Exercise Koolendong 22 is a combined and joint force exercise focused on expeditionary advanced base operations…
