04/10/2014: A C-130 Hercules with the 36th Airlift Squadron (AS) takes off at Yokota Air Base, Japan, during a routine sortie Jan. 23, 2014. The 36th AS regularly conducts training missions to remain proficient in the necessary skills to support any contingency. [slidepress gallery='c-130-training-in-japan'] Credit:374th Airlift Wing:1/23/14
04/09/2014: The classic fighter import program for a country the size of Australia is to build for the domestic customer, the program ends, you do a little bit of sustainment work and then move on. With the F-35 as a global program, a domestic supplier can position itself for global…
04/07/2014: Service members at JRTC 14-03 are educated in combat patient care and aeromedical evacuation in a simulated combat environment. [slidepress gallery='joint-readiness-training-center-exercise'] Credit:4th Combat Camera Squadron:1/6/14 In the first three photos, C-17 Globemaster III aircraft land in the Geronimo landing zone during a field exercise at the Joint Readiness Training…
04/04/2014: An MV-22 Osprey takes off from the U.S.S. Bonhomme Richard on March 26, 2014 in preparation for exercise Ssang Yong 2014. And in the second photo, several Ospreys are shown getting ready to take off as well. Exercise Ssang Yong is conducted annually in the Republic of Korea (ROK)…
04/02/2014: This slideshow focuses on the Marines standing up a field-based command and control center for satellite and radio communication as part of their pre-deployment exercise. The 31st MEU is the Marine Corps’ force in readiness in the Asia-Pacific region and is the only continuously forward-deployed MEU. [slidepress gallery='mobile-comms-for-the-31st-meu'] Credit:31st…
04/02/2014: U.S. Marines Lance Cpl. Ernest Trautmann, left, Lance Cpl. Kyle E. Corcoran, center, and Cpl. Tristan M. Arnold, introduce their amphibious assault recovery vehicle dubbed the “wrecker” to Republic of Korea Marines at Dogue beach in Pohang, Republic of Korea March 29. The fully-tracked amphibious vehicle is loaded with equipment…
04/01/2014: Waves of amphibious assault vehicles approach the shoreline during a rehearsal of the amphibious landing portion of Ssang Yong 2014 March 29 at Doksoek-ri in Pohang, Republic of Korea. This exercise enhances the interoperability between the U.S. Marine air-ground task force and the ROK Marine task force while honing…
03/28/2014: Medevac does not stop for snow as Spc. Jimmy Rop, top, and Spc. James Verlander, UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crew chiefs with Company C, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment, prepare to de-ice this helicopter after a snowfall at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 8, 2014. [slidepress gallery='the-unstoppable-medevac']…
