JUNE 15, 2017, USS BONHOMME RICHARD, Pacific Ocean - Marines with Marine Attack Squadron 311, currently attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Reinforced), conducted training with the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System for the first time in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region during live-fire training in the skies above the W-183 range training area, Okinawa, Japan, June … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2017
Soldiers, Communities Around the World Celebrate the Army’s 242nd Birthday
JUNE 14, 2017, WASHINGTON - Army installations around the world are celebrating the Army's 242nd birthday today, June 14. The types of celebrations are as varied and unique as each of the bases where they take place, but they all celebrate the enduring of the Army and the service of its Soldiers in its 242 years of existence. A common Army birthday observance at many … [Read more...]
MWSS-473 Conduct FARP Operation at Maple Flag 50
JUNE 14, 2017, ARMED FORCES BASE COLD LAKE ALBERTA, Canada - Marines with Marine Wing Support Squadron 473, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve participated in exercise Maple Flag 50, May 24 to June 9, 2017. Exercise Maple Flag is an international air combat exercise hosted annually since 1967 by the Royal Canadian Air Force at Armed Forces Base Cold Lake in … [Read more...]
Mattis Says DoD Needs Years to Correct Effects of Sequestration
WASHINGTON, June 13, 2017 - Even if Congress acts now to rid the Defense Department of looming sequestration spending cuts, it will take years of stable and higher budgets for DoD to correct effects of sequestration and dig out of the readiness hole, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told the Senate Armed Services Committee today. The secretary discussed the President's fiscal … [Read more...]
US, Iraqi Air Forces Recover, Return Aerial Port Assets Pallets to DOD System
JUNE 14, 2017, BAGHDAD, Iraq - Air transportation specialists assigned to the 370th Air Expeditionary Air Advisory Group began recovering more than $2.1 million in U.S. Air Force aerial port assets from Iraqi air force counterparts. Aerial porters at the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center have recovered more than 1,500 aircraft pallets and 1,600 cargo nets to date, which were … [Read more...]