The Pic of the Day: Driving the Landing Craft, Air Cushion

A Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) prepares to enter the well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD-1) in the Philippine Sea, April 17, 2019. Wasp, flagship of the Wasp Amphibious Ready Group, is operating in the Indo-Pacific region to enhance interoperability with partners and serve as a ready-response force for any type […]

The Pic of the Day: Testing a Super Hornet engine aboard the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower

U.S. sailors from the Aviation Intermediate Maintenance Department’s jet shop perform a jet engine test cell on an F/A-18 Super Hornet engine on the fantail aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) in the Atlantic Ocean, April 14, 2019. Ike is underway conducting flight deck certification during the basic phase of the […]

The Pic of the Day: Super Hornet soars over the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Atlantic

An F/A-18E, assigned to the “Fighting Swordsmen” of Strike Fighter Squadron 83 (VFA-83), flies over the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) in the Atlantic Ocean on April 14, 2019. “Ike” is underway conducting flight deck certification during the basic phase of the Optimized Fleet Response Plan. (U.S. Navy […]

The Pic of the Day: NASA rocket creates artificial auroras

Per NASA’s press release: The Auroral Zone Upwelling Rocket Experiment or AZURE mission was successfully conducted on April 5, 2019 from the Andøya Space Center in Norway. The first Black Brant XI sounding rocket was launched at 6:14 p.m. EDT and flew to an altitude of 200 miles, followed by the launch of the second […]

The Pic of the Day: USS Wasp carries full load of F-35s alongside Philippine navy

The amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1), center, maneuvers alongside the Philippine navy landing platform dock ship BRP Tarlac (LD 601) and offshore patrol vessel BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PS 16) in support of Exercise Balikatan 2019 in the South China Sea on April 5, 2019. In its 35th iteration, Balikatan is an annual U.S.-Philippine […]

The Pic of the Day: Rose and Bergman make history at the 2019 best Ranger competition

Capts. Michael Rose (center left) and John Bergman (center right) hold pistols above them after winning the 2019 Best Ranger Competition on April 15, 2019. Bergman and Rose, of the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, earned the title of “Best Rangers” during an awards ceremony at the Maneuver Center of Excellence headquarters at […]

The Pic of the Day: Defense officials talk Space Force with senators

U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Joseph Dunford (center) is seen while protesters hold up signs before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on April 11, 2019 in Washington, D.C. The acting defense secretary is pitching the idea of creating a Space Force as a separate branch of the military to Congress. (Photo by Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images) […]