The Pic of the Day: Coast Guard SOF smashing it with Thai Navy SEALs

The Pic of the Day: Coast Guard SOF smashing it with Thai Navy SEALs

Maritime Law Enforcement Specialist 2nd Class Tyler Maryott, assigned to U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Security Response Team West, conducts a visit, board, search, and seizure drill with Royal Thai Navy SEALs aboard the Quiandaohu-class auxiliary ship HTMS Similan (AOR 871) as part of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Thailand 2019. This year marks the […]

The Pic of the Day: Who said all drones are small?

The Pic of the Day: Who said all drones are small?

An RQ-4 Global Hawk receives routine maintenance after being refueled on June 12, 2019, at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota. The Global Hawk mission is one that continues 24/7, 365 days per year, which is made possible via a collective effort of every squadron on base.

The Pic of the Day: Commandos sniping away

The Pic of the Day: Commandos sniping away

U.K. Royal Marines with X-Ray Company, Fire Support Group, 45 Commando conduct a security patrol with Jackals or Mobility Weapon-Mounted Installation Kits during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 2-19 at Galloway Lake Training Area on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC), Twentynine Palms, California on January 18, 2019. The Royal Marines took advantage of live […]

The Pic of the Day: Raiders compete for glory

The Pic of the Day: Raiders compete for glory

On June 12, 2019, Marine Raiders carry a combat rubber raiding craft in preparation for the boating portion of the annual Marine Forces Special Operations Command 2019 Marine Raider Competition on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina. The competition consisted of six teams of six participants each hailing from 1st Marine Raider […]

‘Murphy’s Law’ — Covering the war against ISIS alongside the Peshmerga

‘Murphy’s Law’ — Covering the war against ISIS alongside the Peshmerga

An excerpt from the new book, “Murphy’s Law: My Journey from Ranger and Green Beret to Investigative Journalist“ Another story developed when a fixer we had hired to help translate informed us that there was a big battle going down early the next morning near Kirkuk. No way were we going to pass that up. […]

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

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?

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

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

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

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?

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

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 […]