04/17/2015: AAVs are seen operating at sea and returning to the well deck of the USS Bonhomme Richard while on deployment in the US 7th Fleet area of operations. [maxgallery id="74340"] Credit:USS Bonhomme Richard:2/3/15
04/17/2015:BLACK SEA (April 5, 2015) USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109), right, and the Romanian corvette ROS Sebastian (F 264) operate together during a passing exercise in the Black Sea April 5, 2015. Jason Dunham, an Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer homeported in Norfolk, is conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th…
04/05/2015: U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 44th Aircraft Maintenance Unit prepare an F-15C Eagle for a training surge on Kadena Air Base, Japan, Jan. 15, 2015. The 44th Fighter Squadron usually conducts training surges three to four times a year. When executed properly, it has a positive effect on…
03/31/2015: In November 2014, Second Line of Defense Co-Founder, Murielle Delaporte, visited the French and American forces in Djibouti. These photos highlight some aspects of that visit and we will shortly have an overview on Djibouti and on the role of French forces there informed by that visit. Djibouti is…
03/30/2015: Qatari and Kuwaiti helicopters fly over the Arabian Gulf as a U.S. Navy Landing Craft Air Cushion transports ground forces during a simulated amphibious assault on Failaka Island on March 25, 2015, during Exercise Eagle Resolve 2015. The exercise affords 29 partner nations the opportunity to address the regional…
03/25/2015: By Robbin Laird In 2007, the HMS Illustrious was the first non-US ship on which an Osprey was to land. I had the opportunity to be aboard one of those Ospreys and land on the ship and observe Marines working with the Royal Navy and operating their Harriers off of the…
03/25/2015: USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) March 18, 2015. Theodore Roosevelt deployed from Norfolk and will execute a homeport shift to San Diego at the conclusion of deployment. Theodore Roosevelt is seen conducting naval operations in the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of U.S. national security interests…
03/13/2015: A UH-1Y Huey, assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365 (Reinforced), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), takes off from USS Iwo Jima (LPD 7), Jan. 7, 2015, in preparation for a live-fire exercise in the Mediterranean Sea. The 24th MEU and Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group are seen conducting naval…
