06/03/2011 - The last two A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft return to the Korean Peninsula from Exercise COPE TIGER/Balikatan deployment on April 21, 2011. This occasion marks the first time that all A-10C model aircraft assigned to Osan AB ROK have been on the Korean Peninsula at the same time. The…
05/29/2011 Training of Afghan commandos are part of the effort for Afghan forces to provide security for Afghanistan. [slidepress gallery='commandos-conduct-urban-operation-drill'] Credit: Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force – Afghanistan Media Operations Center, 1/20/11 In the first photo, Afghan National Army Commandos assigned to 3rd Company, 6th Commando Kandak, conduct squad…
05/28/2011 This slide show highlights USN operations in counter illicit drug operations in the Pacific. The USN used the new littoral combat ship USS Freedom as a key element in the operation. [slidepress gallery='counter-illicit-drug-operations'] Credit: U.S. Navy Visual News Service Photo by Lt. Ed Early 4/10/10 In the first photo,…
05/27/2011 This slide show focused upon training to deal with IEDs. The class being pictured was was facilitated by Texas Agribusiness Development Team, Texas Army National Guard, which took place at Forward Operating Base Ghazni. This training is a requirement for counter IED and enhances detection for units. [slidepress gallery='fire-mission-and-counter-improvised-explosive-device-training']…
05/26/2011 The airdrop capability being used regularly by the US Air Force supports the deployed forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. Indeed, a radical change in tactics can be enabled by this capability whereby the ground forces receive valet delivery and can have an ops tempo and security enhanced by air…
05/26/2011 The photos show an Afghan led security force operating to capture an adversary. [slidepress gallery='operations-against-a-haqqani-network-militant'] Credit: Defense Imagery Management Operations Center Location: Khowst province, Afghanistan; April 18, 2010 In the first photo members of an Afghan-international security force clear and secure a compound in the Sabari district.…
05/26/2011 - At any given moment, a call can come in here requiring an entire aeromedical evacuation staff to stop what they are doing and begin preparing to care for the wounded and sick headed their way.
With game faces on, the staff starts pulling supplies, alerting additional crew members,…
05/24/2011 Southern Seas 2010 is a U.S. Southern Command-directed operation that provides U.S. and international forces the opportunity to operate in a multi-national environment. USN-USMC forces are key building blocks for global presence for the US and provide a lynchpin capability for US allies. [slidepress gallery='southern-seas-2010-exercise'] Credit: US Naval Visual…
