From Navy SEAL to warbird pilot, flying across America in the Epsilon

My friend Glen (Navy SEAL/CIA, KIA in Benghazi, Libya in 2012) and I departed from Peoria, Illinois and started to pick up ice climbing through 4,000 feet just after losing communications with departure control. Fun meter pegged. I had purchased my first airplane in 2003, a little 1980 Cessna 172 and had this great idea […]

The Picture of the Day: Dude, where are we at?

A Marine Raider participates in the land navigation portion of the annual Marine Forces Special Operations Command 2019 Marine Raider Competition on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., on June 12, 2019. The competition fostered camaraderie and tested participants’ operational capabilities consistent with special operations missions through a rigorous evolution of events and to honor […]

The Picture of the Day: Physical training never ends in the Marine Corps

U.S. Marines with Headquarters & Service Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/5, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), perform airsquats during a physical training session on the flight deck of the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26). The Marines and sailors of the 11th MEU are deployed to the U.S. 7th […]

The Picture of the Day: Making new friends in Romania

Private First Class Scarlet Wilson, a medic with the 1st Platoon Comanche Troop, 1st Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment stationed in Vilseck, Germany, speaks with 2nd Lt. Roxana Ciolan, a civil affairs officer with the Romanian Armed Forces First Cimic Battalion. Both were at a static display in Sibiu, Romania, where both U.S. and Romanian soldiers […]

The Pic of the Day: Rangers lead the way

U.S. Army Rangers assigned to the 75th Rangers Regiment prepare to climb the cliffs at Pointe du Hoc, in Cricqueville en Bessin, France, while donning World War II-era uniforms, on June 5, 2019. Rangers scaled the cliff to honor the 135 men killed or wounded from the 2nd and 5th Rangers Battalions while capturing and […]

The Pic of the Day: Breacher ready?

Paratroopers assigned to 37th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, conduct simulated subterranean breaching techniques and chemical reconnaissance testing for chemical agents as part of the battalion’s week-long field training exercise. The engineer battalion also trained using the self-containerized breathing apparatus or SCBA. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Anthony Johnson)

The Pic of the Day: Blasting targets and slaying dragons

U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 19.2, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, prepare to fire their M4 carbines during a combat-marksmanship range on Morόn Air Base, Spain, on June 3, 2019. SPMAGTF-CR-AF is deployed to conduct crisis-response and theater-security operations in Africa and promote regional stability by conducting military-to-military training exercises […]

The Pic of the Day: ETA, three minutes!

Aboard a U.S. Army CH-47 helicopter from the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, U.S. Army Rangers assigned to the 75th Ranger Regiment and Italian Army Rangers with the 4th Alpini Regiment signal three minutes to landing on their way to conduct a raid at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, on April 25, 2018. […]

The Pic of the Day: A MARVELous occasion

Children pose for pictures with superheroes at the annual family day event held at March Air Reserve Base in Riverside County, California on June 1, 2019. Family day allows Airmen to bring family and friends onto base for camaraderie, food, entertainment, and fun. Multiple external and internal organizations sponsor the event to provide biking, water […]

Son describes what Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau meant to him as a father

Garry Trudeau, born Garretson Beekman Trudeau in 1948, is the creator of the comic strip Doonesbury. He was born in New York City and raised in Saranac Lake, in upstate New York. Doonesbury grew out of a comic Trudeau created while attending Yale University, called Bull Tales. In 1975, he became the first cartoon strip […]

The Pic of the Day: You want one of these?

Training, Advising, and Counseling (TAC) officers and non-commissioned officers from the South Carolina National Guard, 218th Regional Training Institute, 2nd Battalion, Officer Candidate School (OCS) introduced themselves to the Officer Candidates of OCS Class 71 during the opening of the first phase at McCrady Training Center in Eastover, South Carolina on June 1, 2019. The […]

The Pic of the Day: Italian Top Gun

An Italian A200 Tornado takes off at the culminating event for exercise Joint Stars 2019, a bilateral training exercise between the Italian Armed Forces and U.S. Marines at Decimomannu Air Base, Sardinia, Italy, on May 30, 2019. U.S. Marines with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Africa 19.2, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, is deployed […]