09/25/2014: The sea base is an increasingly important part of the engagement against land targets. This is true of Ospreys bringing Marines ashore and of the use of precision strike weapons. Indeed, the Navy’s role leveraging the surface, subsurface and air-breathing assets to distribute strike across the strike fleet will…
09/24/2014: The fifth iteration of Valiant Shield came to a close Sept. 23 after nine days of joint air, land and sea interoperability training between the Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Army. “Overall, Valiant Shield 2014 was a very successful exercise,” said Rear Adm. Russell Allen, Valiant Shield exercise…
09/23/2014: Ships and aircraft sank the decommissioned former USS Fresno (LST 1182) September 15, 2014 in waters 18,000 feet deep, 215 nautical miles northeast of Guam as part of the exercise Valiant Shield 2014. Credit: III Marine Expeditionary Force / Marine Corps Installations Pacific:9/19/14 The participating sinking exercise (SINKEX) units…
09/22/2014:U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 3d Marine Regiment, 3d Marine Division assault and defend an objective for a long range raid and defense against represented Soldiers with Company A, 1st Battalion, 294 Infantry Regiment, Guam National Guard during exercise Valiant Shield 14 (VS 14) on Northfield, Tinian, Commonwealth Northern Mariana…
09/21/2014: The Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) fires a surface-to-air missile at a simulated contact during a missile exercise (MISSILEX) as part of Valiant Shield 2014. Cruisers and destroyers from Commander, Task Forces (CTF) 70 participating in exercise Valiant Shield conducted a MISSILEX to hone…
09/19/2014: Grey-hulled ships steam silently in formation against an angry grey sky, their wakes churning the deep blue Pacific waters into white foam. Overhead clouds move in and out as though anticipating something will break the stillness. All is silent as the seven warships gently rock on the calm seas. …
