11/08/2014: The Marines and Sailors of 1st Marine Division commemorated the 10-year anniversary of the Second Battle of Fallujah, Operation AL FAJR, by hosting a ceremony at Camp Pendleton. The ceremony honored all service members who participated in the historic battle, and reunited veterans from private to general officer in…
11/08/2014: The Missile Defense Agency, U.S. Pacific Command, and U.S. Navy Sailors aboard the USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) successfully conducted a flight test of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system, resulting in three successful near-simultaneous target engagements over the Pacific Ocean by the Aegis Baseline (BL) 9.C1…
11/07/2014: Bold Alligator 2014 is a crisis response exercise and continues the work of BA 2012 and BA 2013. It is about calibrating insertion forces against various threats. The forces are American and coalition with several nations contributing ships, and combat personnel to both the planning and execution of the…
11/06/2014: In a story by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jared Aldape, Bold Alligator 2014 Public Affairs: MOREHEAD, N.C (NNS) -- Sailors assigned to Coastal Riverine Squadron 4 completed a training milestone by completing a successful visit, board search and seizure (VBSS) within a simulated environment during exercise Bold Alligator,…
11/04/2014: This video highlights AC-130 target strikes. Credit: Hurlburt Field:8/18/14
11/02/2014: Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 115 Maintainers makes sure their fighter jets are operational and ready when they go up in the sky. Credit:American Forces Network, Iwakuni JAPAN:8/18/14 And this story was published earlier this year about the maintainers working to keep the F-18s flying in Thailand during an exercise.…
11/01/2014: Bold Alligator 2014 is a crisis response exercise and continues the work of BA 2012 and BA 2013. It is about calibrating insertion forces against various threats. The forces are American and coalition with several nations contributing ships, and combat personnel to both the planning and execution of the…
11/01/2014: U.S. Marines assigned to 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, are seen conducting simulated embassy protective actions in support of exercise Bold Alligator 14 aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Oct. 29, 2014. Exercise Bold Alligator 14 is a multi-national, synthetic naval amphibious exercise designed to train across the full range of…
