2017-06-13 By Robbin Laird I had the opportunity to participate in a ceremony in France honoring B-17 crew members. The families of the 10-crew members who crash-landed onto the waters of Noirmoutier Island, France on July 4, 1943 were invited to attend the unveiling ceremony honoring their World War II…
06/10/2017: Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 363 participates in an MV-22 Osprey tail gun shoot during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 3-17, at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., May 15. ITX is a combined-arms exercise enabling Marines across 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing to operate as an aviation combat…
06/08/2017: Japan hosts for the first time the 5th annual U.S-Japan amphibious and mine warfare staff talk about evolving amphibious operational capabilities. Sgt. Cheyenne Newman went to Kure to find out more about how Japan and the U-S use their relationship to build a stronger amphibious force. KURE, HIROSHIMA, JAPAN 05.24.2017…
2017-06-08 By Danny Lam The successful test of an interceptor by the Missile Defense Agency May 30 caused Vice Adm. James Syring to claim that CONUS is “safe” until 2020, or at least 3 years ahead of DPRK ICBMs. Let’s begin by taking this claim at face value. VAM Syring’s…
06/08/2017: Royal Australian Navy patrol boat HMAS Wollongong has completed an official visit to Fiji, including a four-day exercise within Fiji’s Exclusive Economic Zone with the Republic of Fiji Navy Ship Kula. Wollongong is on a South West Pacific deployment, which includes visits to the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia, as part of the…
2017-05-26 By Robbin Laird The USMC is changing significantly as it shifts from the land wars to its evolving role as the nation’s key full spectrum insertion force. An entire generation of Marines has fought ashore and become a flexible land force; with the drawdown in the land wars in…
06/07/2017: A group of Afghan C-130H maintainers listen to instructions on proper care for the aircraft on May 16, 2017. Members of the Train, Advise, Assist Command – Air (TAAC-Air) advisor team help to train the Afghan Air Force to be able to maintain their own aircraft. OKAB, AFGHANISTAN 05.16.2017 U.S.…
06/07/2017: MOUNT BUNDEY TRAINING AREA, Australia U.S. Marines with Company K, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Marine Rotational Force Darwin, execute a company sized attack in new terrain as part of Exercise Southern Jackaroo 2017, May 17, 2017. Southern Jackaroo 2017 is a multi-lateral combined arms training activity…
