The Pic of the Day: America’s Independence-class littoral combat ships

PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 27, 2019) The Independence-class littoral combat ships, USS Independence (LCS 2), left, USS Manchester (LCS 14), and USS Tulsa (LCS 16) are underway in formation in the eastern Pacific. Littoral combat ships are high-speed, agile, shallow draft, mission-focused surface combatants designed for operations in the littoral environment, yet fully capable of open […]

The Pic of the Day: Training for Arctic combat

Paratroopers huddle to protect a mock casualty from the rotor wash of a landing UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter. The exercise, conducted at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson (JBER) in Anchorage, Alaska on February 20th, included U.S. Army Paratroopers with the 1st Squadron, 40th Cavalry Regiment (Airborne), 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), and 25th Infantry Division, U.S. […]

The Pic of the Day: President Trump leaves North Korea without an agreement

U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un hold their second summit meeting at the Sofitel Legend Metropole hotel on February 28, 2019 in Hanoi, Vietnam. The two leaders abruptly cut short their two-day summit in Vietnam as talks broke down and they failed to reach an agreement on nuclear disarmament. Trump said […]

The Pic of the Day: Michael Cohen’s controversial testimony

Michael Cohen, former attorney and fixer for President Donald Trump, makes a statement to news media after testifying before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on February 27th. Last year, Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison and ordered to pay a $50,000 fine. Charges included tax evasion, making false statements to a […]

The Pic of the Day: US Special Forces train Malian special forces soldiers

Malian special forces soldiers participate in combat reload drills at Loumbila, Burkina Faso, on February 16th. Operation Flintlock is an annual, African-led, integrated military and law enforcement exercise that has strengthened key partner nation forces throughout North and West Africa as well as Western Special Forces since 2005. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Peter Seidler) […]

The Pic of the Day: China’s Army, the largest in the world, on parade in Vientiane, Laos

Columns of tanks participate in a military parade during a celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Lao People’s Armed Forces in Vientiane, Laos, on January 20th. China’s active duty military numbers exceed two million troops, though they largely lack the ability to deploy in large numbers beyond China’s borders. (Xinhua/Ju Zhenhua, courtesy of […]

The Pic of the Day: US and Royal Thai troops conduct live fire exercises

Royal Thai Armed Forces and U.S. service members conduct a combined arms live fire exercise during Cobra Gold ’19 at Sukhothai, Kingdom of Thailand, on February 22nd. Cobra Gold is one of the largest theater security cooperation exercises in the Indo-Pacific and is an integral part of the U.S. commitment to strengthen engagement in the […]

The Pic of the Day: Virgin Galactic takes crew to the edge of space

Per Virgin Galactic’s press release: In its fifth supersonic rocket-powered test flight, Virgin Galactic reached space for the second time today in the skies above Mojave, California. Spaceship VSS Unity reached its highest speed and altitude to date and, for the first time, carried a third crew member on board along with research payloads from […]

The Pic of the Day: US Army soldiers detonate mine-clearing charges in Germany

U.S. soldiers with the 91st Engineer Battalion, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, detonate a mine-clearing line charge fired from their M1 assault breacher vehicle at the Camp Aachen training area, Grafenwoehr, Germany on January 23, 2019. The Ironhorse Brigade conducted Combined Resolve XI Phase II in support of Atlantic Resolve, an enduring […]