APRIL 19, 2022 - Several military vessels arrived to the Julia Street Cruise Terminal to kick off Navy Week New Orleans New Orleans April 18. Navy Weeks are held to show Americans the investment they made in their Navy increase the awareness of the Navy’s role and purpose in our national defense. Two U.S. Navy destroyers (USS Farragut and USS Lassen), a USCG cutter (USCG … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2022
Eielson AFB Completes F-35A Lightning II Fleet
Two U.S. Air Force F-35A Lighting IIs assigned to the 354th Fighter Wing fly over Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex April 14, 2022. The F-35As assigned to Eielson will join a team of joint and international partners in the Indo-Pacific theater, modernizing defense capabilities in the region and enabling international interoperability. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman … [Read more...]
Russian Operations in Donbas Point to More Aggressive Plans
APRIL 19, 2022 - Recent Russian activity in the Donbas region of Ukraine, the Defense Department believes, portends future, more aggressive operations, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby said during a briefing today. "It's been, just over the last several days, you can see … the Russians are doing what we call shaping," Kirby said. "They're trying to set the conditions … [Read more...]
Robot Dog Reports For Duty
APRIL 18, 2022 - In December 2021, the Portland Air National Guard Base (PANGB) became the first Air National Guard base to house the innovative technology developed by Ghost Robotics known as the Quadrupedal Unmanned Ground Vehicle (QUGV). This four-legged droid is most commonly referred to as a robot dog. The new addition to the PANGB family has been under the care of the … [Read more...]
Marine Corps Exercise Caribbean Urban Warrior Concludes
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Brandon Mote, crew chief with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron-772, 4th Marine Aircraft Wing, Marine Forces Reserve, leads Dutch Marines with Marine Squadron Carib, Netherlands Marine Corps, to a CH-53E Super Stallion for aerial transport in support of exercise Caribbean Urban Warrior on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, March 28, … [Read more...]