Indo-Pacific Endeavor 18: The Participation of the Royal Australian Navy

06/07/2018
In an article published on June 2, 2018 by the Royal Australian Navy and written by Lt. Ryan Zerbe the Royal Australian Navy's participation in Indio-Pacific Endeavour was the focus of attention. A Joint Task Group of Royal Australian Navy ships and embarked soldiers and marines has set sail from Townsville, bound…

Working Distributed Basing: Leveraging the F-35B

06/06/2018
U.S. Marines with Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1 prepare to refuel F-35 Lightning IIs during a Distributed Short Takeoff Vertical Landing Operation in support of Weapons and Tactics Instructor course 2-18 at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., March 30.  [maxgallery id="117909"] WTI is a seven-week training event…

Exercise Chong Ju 2018

06/06/2018
Exercise Chong Ju is an annual live-fire training exercise conducted at the Australian Army’s Combined Arms Training Centre at Puckapunyal training area in northern Victoria to showcase capabilities to Army’s next generation of combat leaders. Exercise Chong Ju 2018 included demonstrations from the M1A1 Abrams tank, ASLAV (Australian Light Armoured…

The USMC and Norway: A Key Partnership in Shaping a 21st Century Deterrent Force

05/20/2018
The Marines are regular visitors to Norway and have prepositioned equipment in country.  As the Marines fly F-35Bs in the region and as the Norwegians continue to stand up their F-35 force, collaboration in this area will be accelerated as well. Working a diversity of basing options within a crisis…

USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) Air Wing Exercises with French Navy

05/18/2018
The slideshow highlights French and US training aboard USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77).  The ship is underway in the Atlantic Ocean conducting carrier air wing exercises with the French navy. [maxgallery id="117117"]  05.15.2018 Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class David Mora  USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77

Disaster Response Exercise at Pacific Partnership 2018

05/15/2018
TRINCOMALEE, Sri Lanka (May 6, 2018)  In this slideshow, the Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 23 attached to Military Selafit Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 1) exercises its capabilities in a humanitarian assistance and disaster relief field train exercise in support of Pacific Partnership 2018 (PP18). [maxgallery id="116575"] PP18’s…

NORAD’s 60th

05/14/2018
The North American Aerospace Defense Command held a 60th Anniversary Ceremony on Peterson Air Force Base Colorado, May 12, 2018.  [maxgallery id="116897"] The ceremony and static display of various NORAD aircraft was the culmination of a three-day event, which included a media tour of Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station, the…