SEPTEMBER 26, 2016, PHILIPPINE SEA (NNS) - Units from the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Air Force completed the biennial exercise Valiant Shield 2016 (VS16), Sept. 23. The 12-day exercise is a biennial, U.S.-only, field training exercise (FTX) with a focus on joint training among U.S. forces to conduct a range of missions on land, sea, in the air and … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2016
Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony Officially Opens New Littoral Combat Ship Training Facility
SEPTEMBER 26, 2016, SAN DIEGO (NNS) - The Center for Surface Combat Systems (CSCS) hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Littoral Combat Ship Training Facility (LTF) at Naval Base San Diego (NBSD), Sept. 22. The speakers for this significant event were Capt. Bill McKinley, CSCS commanding officer; Capt. E. Scott Pratt, Program Executive Office Littoral Combat Ship (PEO … [Read more...]
Iowa Army Guard Commissions First Female Infantry Officer
SEPTEMBER 23, 2016, CAMP DODGE, Iowa - The first female Infantry officer in the Iowa Army National Guard to “branch” infantry was commissioned recently at the Camp Dodge Joint Maneuver Training Center in Johnston, Iowa. Army 2nd Lt. Trang Jorgensen, formerly an enlisted specialist with a military intelligence unit, completed Officer Candidate School this summer. “I … [Read more...]
US and Japan Rescue Squadrons Save Downed Pilot Stranded in the Pacific Ocean
SEPTEMBER 23, 2016, KADENA AIR BASE, Japan (AFNS) - Within 30 minutes of an AV-8B Harrier Jump Jet crash Sept. 22, Airmen from the 31st and 33rd Rescue Squadrons here were in the air and intent on saving the life of a pilot stranded in the Pacific Ocean. The pilot was able to eject from the aircraft before the crash and landed in the cold waters of the Pacific, where he … [Read more...]
Exercise Black Dart Tests Counter-UAS Capabilities Aboard USS Jason Dunham, USS Lassen
SEPTEMBER 23, 2016, GULF OF MEXICO (NNS) - Guided-missile destroyers USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109) and USS Lassen (DDG 82) tested counter-unmanned aerial system (C-UAS) capabilities during exercise Black Dart off the coast of Destin, Florida, Sept. 20. The exercise provides a venue where participants from industry, government and operational forces can bring different systems … [Read more...]