MRF-D Marines Train in Australia

05/04/2014
05/04/2014: KANGAROO FLATS TRAINING AREA, Northern Territory, Australia – Marines with 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, perform a live-fire range during a training exercise, here, May 1, 2014. The Marines with MRF-D will conduct independent and bilateral training with the Australian Defence Force aboard existing…

USAF Ospreys and the US Army Work Force Insertion

04/27/2014
2014-04-27 A Osprey CV-22B, drop U.S. Soldiers in a landing zone close to a urban training site on Maneuver Training Area, Baumholder, Germany 24 MAR. Certainly, the US Army should look to Osprey acquisition for at a minimum MEDEVAC missions. CreditL Training Support Activity Europe 4/24/14 Clearly, the advantage of…

31st MEU Night Airborne Raid Exercise

04/26/2014
04/26/2014: A night airborne raid was conducted by the Weapons and Golf Companies of Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, on a notional enemy-held town at a training range aboard Camp Hansen, Okinawa.  The raid was in support of the 31st MEU's "MEUEX," a week-long…

F-16 Pilots Train Alongside F-35 Pilots

04/25/2014
04/25/2014: F-16 pilots with the 419th and 388th Fighter Wings from Hill Air Force Base, Utah conducted air-to-air combat training alongside the F-35 Lightning II at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. This is the first time Hill F-16 pilots have trained along side the fifth generation F-35.  Hill AFB was…

U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft search for MH370

04/22/2014
04/22/2014: PERTH Australia (April, 2014) U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft assigned to Patrol Squadron (VP) 16, operate out of Perth Airport, Australia, to fly missions over the Indian Ocean in support of the international effort to locate Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. The aircraft's advanced radar capabilities allow the crew…

Marines Bring CH-53Es for the Australian Rotation

04/22/2014
04/22/2014: Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 463, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, perform maintenance checks on their CH-53E Super Stallions, here, April 18, 2014. The Marines with MRF-D will conduct unilateral training and bilateral training with the Australian Defense Force in the Northern Territory and at existing ADF facilities…