U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 2d Marines and members of the Self-Defense Force Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade participate in training during Keen Sword 23 at Tsutara, Japan, Nov. 16, 2022. Keen Sword is a biennial training event that exercises the combined capabilities and lethality developed between 3d Marine Division, III…
Munitions Systems Specialists with the 332d Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron build MK-84 Conical Bombs in a Munitions Storage Area at an undisclosed location, Southwest Asia, Oct. 28, 2022. Munitions Systems Specialists are responsible for: providing small arms to Security Forces, demolitions explosives to Explosive Ordnance Disposal, and bombs and missiles to…
1st Cavalry Division participated in Project Convergence 2022, an experiment offering opportunities to access future warfighting strategies, including how the All-Service and Multinational Force can work together to detect and defeat threats Sep. 29 through Nov. 9 at Fort Irwin, California. FORT IRWIN 11.09.2022 Video by Sgt. Brayton Daniel Headquarters,…
For the first time, Naval Medical Forces Pacific (NMFP) supported exercise Keen Sword at Camp Foster in Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 17, 2022. NMFP personnel setup an expeditionary medical facility and established a Medical Headquarters to conduct training in support of Keen Sword 23. OKINAWA, JAPAN 11.17.2022 Video by Staff Sgt.…
U.S. Navy Interior Communications Electrician 1st Class Nathan Cobb, technical services manager, Hidenori Uchiyama, lead technician, with Armed Forces Network Iwakuni, and U.S. Marine Corps explosive ordnance disposal technicians assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni react to a simulated missile strike event during Exercise Active…
U.S. Air Force Airmen from various units around PACAF, along with members of the Timor-Leste Defense Force, participated in Exercise Pacific Angel 22-4 in Baucau, Timor-Leste, Sep. 12-17, 2022. BAUCAU, EAST TIMOR 0 9.18.2022 Video by Airman 1st Class Breanna Christopher Volkmar Pacific Air Forces Public Affairs
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Science and Technology Office hosted the Singapore Ministry of Defense, Future Systems and Technology Directorate sponsored demonstration of an Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) featuring the AUTONOMAST system at Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), Oct. 19-26, 2022. The AUTONOMAST system developed by ST Engineering, a global technology, defense…
51st Fighter Wing’s F-16’s joined with Indo-Pacific Command B-1B bombers and Republic of Korea F-35A’s in a combined training flight over the Korean Peninsula as part of Vigilant Storm 23, Nov. 5, 2022. OSAN AIR BASE, SOUTH KOREA 11.05.2022 Video by Staff Sgt. Dwane Young 51st Fighter Wing
