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

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?

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

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 […]

The Pic of the Day: I’ve got your back, brother

The Pic of the Day: I’ve got your back, brother

French Marines with 3rd Marine Artillery Regiment evacuate a simulated downed pilot during Burmese Chase at Camp Lejeune, N.C., on May 22, 2019. Burmese Chase is an annual U.S.-led multi-lateral exercise that includes training on fast-roping, naval gunfire and parachute employment with participating NATO allies. The exercise helps strengthen allied nations’ security as well as […]

The Pic of the Day: Dutch Raiders train with U.S. Marines on Carolina coast

The Pic of the Day: Dutch Raiders train with U.S. Marines on Carolina coast

U.S. Marine Cpl. Cody Hebert, right, a dog handler with 2nd Law Enforcement Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, and a Royal Dutch Marine with the 32nd Raiding Squadron, prepare to patrol during Dutch bilateral training at Camp Lejeune, N.C., on April 2, 2019. Bilateral training between the U.S. Marine Corps and the Royal […]

The Pic of the Day: SEALs getting the hell out of Dodge

The Pic of the Day: SEALs getting the hell out of Dodge

Members of Special Boat Team 22 help a teammate back onto a boat during a Special Operations Craft Riverine demonstration at the Naval Small Craft Instruction and Technical Training School. NAVSCIATTS trains and educates foreign security forces and other international students on small craft strategy, operations, communications, weapons, maintenance and instructor development. (U.S. Navy photo […]

The Pic of the Day: Recon Marines conduct arctic parachuting

The Pic of the Day: Recon Marines conduct arctic parachuting

U.S. Marines with Force Reconnaissance Company, 2nd Reconnaissance Battalion, discuss their plan prior to an operation during Exercise Trident Juncture 18 at Vaernes Air Station, Norway, on October 31, 2018. Trident Juncture 18 demonstrates the II Marine Expeditionary Forces’ ability to deploy, employ, and redeploy the Marine Air Ground Task Force while improving interoperability with […]

The Pic of the Day: SEALs return to their roots

The Pic of the Day: SEALs return to their roots

Members assigned to Naval Special Warfare Group 2 conduct military dive operations off the East Coast of the United States. U.S. Navy SEALs engage in a continuous training cycle to improve and further specialize skills needed during deployments across the globe. SEALs are the maritime component of U.S. Special Forces and are trained to conduct […]

The Pic of the Day: New Zealand Special Air Service operators honor fallen brother

The Pic of the Day: New Zealand Special Air Service operators honor fallen brother

First New Zealand Special Air Services (NZSAS) Regiment and Lance Cpl. Nicholas Kahotea’s family and friends paid their respects and bid farewell to their fallen comrade, son, brother, uncle, father, friend and partner at Papakura Military Camp in a moving private service. Corporal Kahotea died in a night exercise that was taking place in the […]

The Pic of the Day: Navy SEALs saw their way through joint training

The Pic of the Day: Navy SEALs saw their way through joint training

Members of the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Operators and Australian Defense Force conduct training with their counterparts in the Armed Forces of the Philippines during Exercise Balikatan 2019. The annual U.S.-Philippine military training exercise demonstrates the commitment of the Philippines and the United States to our long-standing alliance by conducting maritime security operations which build […]

The Pic of the Day: Spec Ops chief visits Air Commandos

The Pic of the Day: Spec Ops chief visits Air Commandos

U.S. Army Gen. Richard D. Clarke, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), is briefed on a medical procedure performed by Special Operations Surgical Teams (SOST) at Hurlburt Field, Florida, on May 7, 2019. SOST is an extremely lightweight, mobile and rapidly deployable element that is medically and tactically trained to provide trauma resuscitation and […]

The Pic of the Day: Special Operations crews sharpen their mid-air refueling skills

The Pic of the Day: Special Operations crews sharpen their mid-air refueling skills

A U.S. Air Force CV-22 Osprey aircraft from the 20th Special Operations Squadron, Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, is aerial refueled by a KC-10 Extender from the 6th Air Refueling Squadron, Travis AFB, California, during an aerial refueling training mission over New Mexico, on March 11, 2019. Travis airmen fly training missions regularly to […]