A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Heavy Helicopter Training Squadron (HMHT)-302, prepares for take-off at Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, August 1, 2019. HMHT-302 provided aerial transport support to 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment during a Regimental Field Exercise. NC, UNITED STATES 08.01.2019 Video…
U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 2 Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group attach and unhook a package to a MV-22 Osprey during a helicopter support team external lift as part of integrated training exercise 5-19 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, July 28,…
By Ed Timperlake and Robbin Laird Our team tries its best to help those who are supporting our warfighters. Indeed, the entire mission of the Second Line of Defense team has been to highlight those who provide support for those in combat and those who have returned to civilian life.…
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…
