10/14/2014: Overflight footage of the natural gas drill platform Baker in Cook Inlet near Kenai, Alaska, filmed by a Coast Guard C-130 Hercules airplane crew from Air Station Kodiak, Oct. 3, 2014. Multiple Coast Guard assets, along with personnel from Hilcorp, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Nikiski Fire Department, CISPRI…
10/13/2014: U.S. Marines attending Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) Course 1-15 conduct a Defense of the Expeditionary Airfield Two (DEAF-2) exercise which involves defending a forward arming refueling point site against simulated attackers at Bull Attack, Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, Calif., Oct. 03, 2014. The DEAF-2 exercise supported WTI…
10/12/2014: The Navy's newest amphibious assault ship USS America is commissioned during San Francisco Fleet Week. This portion of the Commissioning event contains the remarks of the ship’s skipper, Captain Bob Hall. Credit: DoD News:10/11/14 For overview pieces on the USS America: The USS America: Redefining Amphibious Assault 10/08/2014 –…
10/12/2014: Marines and Sailors assigned to USS America (LHA 6) man the rails as the ship pulls into port for Fleet Week San Francisco, Oct. 6, 2014. During Fleet Week, Marine units demonstrated assets available for the Bay Area in response to a sudden crisis. The intent was to showcase…
10/13/2014: Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 364, Purple Foxes, redesignated to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 364 during a change of command and redesignation ceremony aboard Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, Calif., Oct. 9. The unit transformed platforms from the CH-46 Sea Knight to the MV-22 Osprey. This was the last…
10/06/2014: U.S. Marine Corps and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force service members conduct amphibious training during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014. The video provides a fast forward view of the operation. Credit : Commander U.S. THIRD Fleet, Public Affairs Office:7/29/14
10/04/2014: Members of the 108th Contingency Response Group unload multiple aircraft as participants arrive for the National Guard PATRIOT 2014 exercise at Volk Field, Wis. The group's mission of establishing airfield operations in austere locations is put to good use as the exercise tests the ability of units to function…
10/01/2014: U.S. Marines and civilians with the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab conducted experiments using the Ground Unmanned Support Surrogate (GUSS) 10-13 July, 2014 at the Kahuku Training Area on the island of Oahu in Hawaii during the Marine Corps' Advanced Warfighting Experiment. The GUSS is a multi-use vehicle that can…
