The upcoming Combined Resolve XIII exercise will involve about  5,000 service members from 21 allied and partnered nations. Combined Resolve XIII is a biannual U.S. Army Europe and 7th Army Training Command led exercise intended to evaluate and certify the readiness and interoperability of U.S. Forces mobilized to Europe in support of Atlantic Resolve. The […]

The U.S. Navy has announced that the Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group arrived at Naval Air Station North Island Jan. 20, marking the end of a 10-month deployment to the U.S. 6th, 5th, and 7th Fleet areas of operation. The strike group deployed April 1 from Norfolk, Virginia, in support of maritime stability and security. With […]

The U.S. Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response – Central Command has announced that Marines conducted non-lethal weapons training exercise in Kuwait. In view of the last tense protests at the American Embassy in Baghdad, U.S. Marines with 7th Marines, assigned to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force – Crisis Response – Central […]

During the regularly-scheduled exercise after the Battalion Landing Team’s relief-in-place, components of the 31st MEU planned and executed full-mission profiles. The exercise is designed to simulate missions that the MEU could be tasked with at any moment by the geographic combatant commander, and to improve the unit’s lethality and readiness. MEUEX missions range from small […]

The U.S. Navy has launched the future USS Cooperstown (LCS 23) during a ceremony at the Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM) shipyard in Marinette, Wisconsin. The future USS Cooperstown launched Jan. 19, marking another important production milestone for the littoral combat ship (LCS) program. This is a new Freedom-variant ship that was designed to deliver speed […]

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov made an ambiguous statement regarding Iran’s downing of Ukraine International Airlines flight 752. Lavrov, speaking at his annual news conference in Moscow on Friday, said that Iran’s ‘accidental’ shooting down of a Ukrainian airliner last week occurred at a time when Iran was spooked by reports of advanced U.S. stealth […]

The U.S. Navy has announced that the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group (TRCSG) departed San Diego for a scheduled Indo-Pacific deployment, Jan. 17. More than 6,000 Sailors assigned to TRCSG ships and units will provide maritime security, maintain freedom of the seas in accordance with international law and customs, and operate with international partners and […]

Soldiers with 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team (Mustangs) from Fort Hood, Texas participated in live fire exercises as part of their preparation for Combined Resolve XIII on January 16, 2020, according to 241st Mobile Public Affairs Detachment. Combined Resolve XIII is Headquarters Department of the Army (HQDA) directed Multinational Unified […]

U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division, made a long distance call via radio to Okinawa, Japan on Jan. 18, 2020, at approximately 1 p.m. on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. Using the mountainous terrain of Camp Pendleton to their advantage, these Marines were able to amplify their high frequency (HF) […]

The U.S. Navy announced that Patrol Squadron (VP) 4 recently concluded maritime operations in the Arctic and North Atlantic Oceans on, Jan 11, 2020. For almost 80 days, the “Skinny Dragons” conducted Anti-Submarine Warfare missions aboard their fleet of P-8A Poseidon jets, the nation’s only long-range anti-submarine warfare aircraft, from partner nation air bases in […]