The Marines Test the LCAC Replacement: The Ultra Heavy-Lift Amphibious Connector (UHAC)

07/11/2014
2014-07-11 The Ultra Heavy-Lift Amphibious Connector (UHAC) begins to rotate on the beach, July 9, at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows on Oahu, Hawaii during a Marine Corps Advanced Warfighting Experiment. The AWE is the culmination of a decade of progressive experimentation conducted by the Marine Corps Warfighting Lab (MCWL)…

VMAT 203 Conducts Operation Angry Birds

07/08/2014
07/08/2014: U.S. Marines with Marine Attack Training Squadron (VMAT) 203 conducted Operation Angry Birds with TAV8-B Harrier aircraft at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort S.C., May 13, 2014. The operation provided the Marines with enough flight hours to become certified Harrier pilots.  Credit:2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Combat Camera:5/13/14  

Marine Fighter Attack Squadron Daily Operations

07/06/2014
07/06/2014: U.S. Marines with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 115 conducted daily operations with the F/A-18 Hornet at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C., May 15, 2014. Flight hours and maintenance are vital to the success of VMFA and their aircraft.  Credit:2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Combat Camera:5/15/14  

NATO Ships Deployed to the Black Sea

07/06/2014
2014-07-06 Four NATO ships entered the Black Sea July 3, 2014 in a regularly scheduled deployment to enhance NATO solidarity and readiness in the region. The ships are from the Standing NATO Mine Counter-Measures Group TWO (SNMCMG2), one of four NATO fleets that operate on a rotational basis. The NATO…

Evolving Coalition Airpower Interoperability: Bold Quest 14.2

07/04/2014
07/04/2014: Shots of various U.S. and German aircraft taking off from Holloman AFB, N.M. in support of Bold Quest 14.2. Aircraft shown: T-38C, assigned to the 96th Test Group, Holloman AFB, Marine Corps VMX-22 Osprey from Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., German Air Force Tornado assigned to the German…

CARAT 2014

07/03/2014
07/03/2014:USS Ashland leaves the pier in Thailand for the sea phase of exercise CARAT. CARAT (Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training) is part of an annual bilateral exercise series between the U.S. Navy and the naval forces of Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand. As a longstanding venue…

RIMPAC 2014: Harbor View

07/03/2014
07/03/2014: PEARL HARBOR (July 1, 2014) Aerial view of ships moored at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam and Oahu during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014. The world's largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical…