As the West Coast's premiere training installation, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton is a cornerstone for preparing numerous Department of Defense personnel to be ready to operate effectively. MCB Camp Pendleton's airspace and ranges are structured to ensure that personnel aboard the installation get the highest quality training while ensuring…
U.S. Air National Guard, U.S. Army Reserve, and U.S. Navy aviation units conduct flight line operations in a joint environment at the Combat Readiness Training Center, Michigan, from July 22 - Aug. 2, 2019, during exercise Northern Strike 19. Northern Strike 19 is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise uniting approximately…
By Robbin Laird Putin came to power at the end of the Yeltsin presidency when appointed Prime Minister by Yeltsin in 1999 after which he would become the second president of the new Russian state. What Putin would create is the rebirth of the centralized Russian state or perhaps better…
Britain's second aircraft carrier, HMS Prince of Wails, has sailed from Rosyth Dockyard for the first time. According to a story on the UK's Ministry of Defence website published on September 19, 2019: Eight years after her first steel was cut, the 65,000 tonne warship will head under the iconic…
Lulu Edwards, an engineer with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center 's Geotechnical and Structures Lab, presents Rapid Large Crater Airfield Repair. The Geotechnical and Structures Lab has refined tactics, techniques, and procedures to repair large areas of damaged airfields. Runways can now be repaired and used within…
By Sub-Lieutenant Jacob von Marburg 19 September 2019 While conducting survey operations off the coast of Papua New Guinea, the crew of HMAS Melville took time to commemorate the first Australian casualties of WWI and the loss of the Australian submarine AE1. Melville’s commanding officer, Lieutenant Commander Michael Kumpis, addressed the ship’s…
By Flying Officer Clarice Hurren 20 September 2019 In the valley between the mammoth volcano Mount Rainier and snow-capped Mount Adams, personnel from 383 Contingency Response Squadron (383CRS) were flown into Selah Airstrip at Yakima Training Center as part of Exercise Mobility Guardian. The team, made up of airfield engineers,…
A Royal Australian Air Force E-7A Wedgetail aircraft has arrived in the Middle East as part of Australia’s contribution to the US-led global coalition against Daesh. Defence Minister Linda Reynolds said the deployment of the E7-A Wedgetail will support the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) in their ongoing fight against terrorism…
