07/20/2014: Ex-USS Ogden Receives Fire from ROKS Submarine and HnoMS Frigate during RIMPAC 2014 SINKEX.PACIFIC OCEAN (July 10, 2014) The ex-USS Ogden (LPD 5) is fired upon by a harpoon missile from the Republic of Korea (ROKS) submarine LeeSunSin (SS 068) and then by a Naval Strike Missile (NSM) from…
07/20/2014: MOUNT BUNDEY TRAINING AREA, Northern Territory, Australia. Marines with the Aviation Combat Element, MRF-D, conduct a refueling mission while working alongside Australian Army Soldiers in the training area. Credit:MRF-D:5/22/14
2014-07-14 By Ed Timperlake and Robbin Laird When Americans hear Iraq, they think of a difficult country, far away, with a lot of recent history and little desire to revisit either the history or the country. When one adds to this a President who ran against his predecessor in part…
07/20/2014: The People's Republic of China, People's Liberation Army (Navy) replenishment ship Qiandaohu (AO 886) departs for the at-sea phase of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014. Twenty-two nations, 49 ships and six submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in the biennial RIMPAC exercise from…
2014-07-19 Recently, Secretary Hagel visited the 33rd Fighter Wing to reinforce his commitment to the way ahead and highlight the progress with the F-35 program. Because you might have missed the extensive mainstream press's coverage of the event, we thought you would like to hear what the Secretary himself chose…
2014-07-19 Norway, India and China are all first time participants in RIMPAC 2014. According to the basic statement on the Commander of the Pacific’s website: Held every two years by Commander, U.S. Pacific Fleet (PACFLT), RIMPAC 2014 is a multinational maritime exercise that takes place in and around the Hawaiian…
2014-07-19 By Stig Jarle Hansen, Associate Senior Analyst, Risk Intelligence Overview Since the French intervention early in 2013, the Mali conflict has been a defining one for regional security. The intervention itself was successful in the short run. Territorial integrity was more or less restored by the end of 2013,…
07/16/2014:In these photos shot by Major “Fez” Schreiner, various views of the USS America shortly before its departure before its trip around South America to the West Coast of the United States can be seen. Major David “Fez” Schreiner, the ship integration officer within Headquarters USMC Aviation, whose task it…
