Pic of the Day: Fast Rope Exercise

Marines assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) fast rope from a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter, from the 31st MEU’s Air Combat Element (ACE), during a fast rope exercise on the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault carrier USS America (LHA 6), while sailing in the Pacific Ocean.

Can Military Video Games Make a Good Marksman?

Military video games have come a long, long way. Remember the counter-strike series of the early 2000s? It was one of the first (if not the first) tactical first-person shooter that allowed players a genuine warfare experience. 

Pic of the Day: SHINKA

SHINKA is a bilateral Exercise with the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force that exemplifies a shared commitment to realistic training that produces lethal, ready, and adaptable forces capable of decentralized operations across a wide range of missions.

Pic of the Day: F-22 Raptors

An F-22 Raptor flies at the Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sands. PMRF is the world’s largest instrumented multi-environment range capable of supporting surface, subsurface, air and space operations simultaneously.