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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Kevin Ware prepares to launch a small unmanned aircraft system as part of exercise Joint Assault Signals Company Black at Waiouru Military Camp, New Zealand, on September 13, 2018. The small unmanned aircraft system provides surveillance, target location, and reconnaissance for ground units. Ware, a native of Colorado Springs, Colorado, is […]
A U.S. Navy landing craft unit (LCU) enters the well deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS Fort McHenry (LSD 43) as part of the Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 4 composite training unit exercise (COMPTUEX) in the Atlantic Ocean on Nov. 1, 2018. COMPTUEX is the final pre-deployment exercise that certifies the combined Kearsarge […]
Russian search and rescue teams arrive at the Soyuz MS-09 spacecraft shortly after it landed with Expedition 57 crew members Serena Auñón-Chancellor of NASA, Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, and Sergey Prokopyev of Roscosmos near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. Auñón-Chancellor, Gerst, and Prokopyev returned after 197 days […]
NATO allies demonstrate joint capabilities on land, air, and sea for an audience of distinguished visitors and media at Trondheim, Norway during exercise Trident Juncture 18 on October 30, 2018. Trident Juncture is a multinational NATO exercise that enhances professional relationships and improves overall coordination with allied and partner nations. This is the largest exercise […]
Two French Air Force EC-725 Super Cougar helicopters receive fuel from a U.S. Air Force MC-130H Combat Talon II during a night mission over northwest Florida as part of Emerald Warrior March 5, 2018. At Emerald Warrior, the largest joint and combined special operations exercise, U.S. Special Operations Command forces train to respond to various […]
A U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer assigned to Air Station Miami jumps out of an MH-65D Dolphin helicopter to simulate assisting an Airman with the 514th Air Mobility Wing during water survival training at Naval Air Station Key West’s Truman Harbor, Key West, Florida, Nov. 16, 2018. The 514th is an Air Force Reserve Command unit […]
A U.S. Air National Guard C-130J Hercules aircraft equipped with the MAFFS 2 (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System) drops a line of fire-retardant on the Thomas Fire in the hills above the city of Santa Barbara, California, Dec. 13, 2017. The 146th Airlift Wing has been supporting CAL FIRE’s efforts to battle the Thomas Fire […]
Per NASA’s press release: International Space Station Commander Alexander Gerst viewed SpaceX’s Dragon cargo craft chasing the orbital laboratory on Dec. 8, 2018. Gerst watched as the Dragon approached the station and took a series of photographs, saying “Hard to decide which photo of the approaching SpaceX Dragon 16 is the most stunning.” The Dragon […]
U.S. Navy Diver 1st Class James Mostek, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Company ONE-SIX, embarked aboard USNS Salvor (T-ARS 52), waits on a diving stage during a two-hour decompression stop after diving to 240 feet off the coast of Madang, Papua New Guinea, Dec. 7, 2018. The sailor is completing a Defense POW/MIA Accounting […]
Volunteers lay wreaths in Section 64 during the 27th National Wreaths Across America Day at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, Dec. 15, 2018. On this day, thousands of volunteers place wreaths at every gravesite at Arlington National Cemetery. (U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser) Watch footage from the event below:
Per the Chinese Ministry of Defense Press Release: Citizens visit the Russian cruiser Varyag (Hull 011) at a military port in Qingdao on October 25. A Russian naval fleet paid a five-day goodwill visit to China’s Qingdao from October 21 to 25 to further consolidate the friendship and deepen the mutual trust between the two […]
First Lady Melania Trump meets with children at a Toys for Tots Christmas Event Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, D.C. Official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks See footage from the event below:
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