Aircraft with 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), prepare to take off at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, California, July 14, 2021. In a dynamic display of combat power that featured over 40 aircraft in MAG-16’s mass flight, the aircraft showcased the tactical capabilities that 3rd MAW uses to remain lethal…
U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment conduct the final exercise, or FINEX, during Exercise Sea Breeze, July 6, 2021. UKRAINE 07.07.2021 Video by Sgt. Dylan Chagnon U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. Sixth Fleet
U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment and Ukrainian Marines with1st Marine Battalion, 36th Naval Infantry Brigade, conduct joint planning and movement-to-target drills during Exercise Sea Breeze, July 3, 2021. UKRAINE 07.03.2021 Video by Sgt. Dylan Chagnon U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. Sixth Fleet
The final Red Flag iteration of 2021, Red Flag 21-3, will be led by the 1st Fighter Wing and will feature over 20 different airframes and welcome nearly 2,200 participants from across the country. The 414th Combat Training Squadron conducts Red Flag to provide mission commanders, maintenance personnel, ground controllers,…
U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, 2nd Combat Engineer Battalion, participate in egress training in the CH-53K "King Stallion" at Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, April 28, 2021. Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 (VMX) is training Marines on the CH-53K to improve proficiency and familiarize all…
US military personnel completed the first ever Patriot surface-to-air missile firing on Australian soil at Shoalwater Bay, Queensland, as part of Exercise Talisman Sabre 2021(TS21). Held every two-years. TS21 is the largest bilateral training activity between Australia and the United States, and is aimed at testing Australian interoperability with the…
Bulgarian Special Operators prepare to repel from a U.S. Air Force CV-22B Osprey assigned to the 352d Special Operations Wing during a fast-rope insertion and extraction exercise during operation Sea Breeze 21 at Ochakiv, Ukraine, June 29, 2021. This is the 21st iteration of the exercise which is an annual…
U.S. Marine Corps Col. David Banning, commanding officer of Marine Rotational Force - Darwin, gives an interview at Larrakeyah Defence Precinct, Darwin, NT, Australia, July 13, 2021. The interview allowed Banning to express his thoughts on MRF-D’s relationships with partners and allies, as well as MRF-D’s contribution to the III…
