TRAP Mission

02/10/2018
02/10/2018: Marines with Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct Tactical Recovery of Aircraft Personnel training at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 14, 2017. TRAP is a vital capability for the 31st MEU and allows the Aviation Combat Element to tactfully recover aircraft and put…

Perth Forum on Counter Terrorism

02/10/2018
2/10/18: The inaugural Sub-Regional Defence Ministers’ Meeting on Counter-Terrorism was held in Perth, between 1 and 2 February 2018. The Perth Meeting is a new forum, which brings together ministers from Australia, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand to strengthen counter-terrorism cooperation in our region. Minister for Defence,…

Super Stallions Supporting 31st MEU

02/05/2018
02/05/2018: The "Dragons" of Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 load up Marines of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) onto CH-53E Super Stallions in support of exercise Talisman Saber 17 during a routine deployment with the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). SASEBO, NAGASAKI, JAPAN 08.16.2017 Video…

Baltic Air Policing Mission

02/01/2018
2/01/2018: Interviews with Lt. Col Cody Blake and Lt. Col Clint Guenther regarding the Baltic Air Policing Mission and the Intercept procedures that happen during these events. Baltic Air Policing Mission from SldInfo.com on Vimeo. RAF LAKENHEATH, UNITED KINGDOM 01.04.2018 Video by Senior Airman Elizabeth Taranto and Staff Sgt. Taylor West 48th Fighter…

HMAS Warramunga Continues Counter-Drug Mission

01/22/2018
1/22/2018 HMAS Warramunga intercepted and boarded a suspect vessel in international waters in the Arabian Sea on 07 January, seizing more than 100 kilograms of heroin, valued at approximately AUD$33 million. The operation was planned by the Combined Maritime Forces’ Combined Task Force 150 (CTF-150) which is commanded by Australia…