03/31/2017: Exercise COPE NORTH 17 (CN17) is a Commander Pacific Air Forces sponsored multilateral field training exercise involving the United States Air Force (USAF), Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF), and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). CN17 involves large force employment Air Combat Exercise with Dissimilar Air Combat Tactics and a…
03/30/2017: The ADF has delivered the first three Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles (PMV) to the Republic of Fiji Military Forces operating with the United Nations in the Golan Heights. A RAAF No 36 Squadron C-17A Globemaster III aircraft delivered the vehicles to Beiruit, Lebanon on 15 March 2017. Fiji has purchased…
03/30/2017: The first item in the video shows dynamic strike targeting. During an F/A-18A mission in support of Iraqi Security Forces in Operation OKRA a building in Mosul was being used as a defensive fighting position by persons identified as Daesh fighters. Australian Special Forces identified through UAV video that the…
03/29/2017: Three hundred French troops are deploying to Estonia to help support NATO's Enhanced Forward Presence. Fifty personnel have already arrived in country along with various French army vehicles. Vehicles and other military equipment reached the training base in Tapa where the French will be based. The soldiers will form part…
2017-03-19 By Todd Miller Todd Miller of the Second Line of Defense joined the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) for live fire Realistic Urban Training (RUT). The RUT is one mission set of thirteen that must be mastered prior to deployment. The 15th MEUs workups require about 6 months of…
03/22/2017: Infantry, Artillery and Engineers from 1st Brigade have been put through their paces during Exercise THUNDER RUN and BOARS WALK, a live fire exercise conducted in Cultana Training Area near Port Augusta, South Australia, from the 7th to 19th of March 2017. Exercise THUNDER RUN and Exercise BOARS WALK are…
03/19/2017: Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Paul Zukunft will delivers the 2017 State of the Coast Guard Address March 16, 2017, at the National Press Club. This annual speech affords the commandant a venue to recognize Service accomplishments, reinforce his strategic intent and provide direction for the coming year. Video by Telfair…
03/19/2017: Exercise OCEAN EXPLORER 17 (OE 17) is a major Fleet training activity led by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN), and jointly-enabled by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and other nations’ forces. The maritime exercise is one of the largest iterations of the exercise held in the West Australian Exercise…
