NORTHERN TERRITORY, Australia - September 1, 2015 -- Exercise Talisman Sabre is a biennial, multinational, exercise designed to enhance bilateral collaboration in support of future combined operations, natural disasters and humanitarian emergency response. This year, the exercise featured approximately 33,000 troops, 200 aircraft and 21 ships. The environmental impact that … [Read more...]
Army Team Wins Team, Individual Matches in 3-Gun Championship
FORT BENNING, Ga. (Sept. 1, 2015) -- The Army's action shooting team won the four-man team event for the second straight year and several individual first-place titles during the 2015 Rocky Mountain 3-Gun Championship at the National Rifle Association's Whittington Center near Raton, New Mexico, Aug. 13-16. "This type of match plays to our strengths with more difficult shots, … [Read more...]
Agility, Partnerships Highlighted at Industry Event
KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. (AFNS) September 1, 2015 -- Businesses received insight into more than 400 opportunities worth $12.2 billion at the annual Briefing for Industry Aug. 17-19 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. BFI provides information to the government contracting community on upcoming and proposed acquisitions from the many and varied federal organizations operating in … [Read more...]
USS Ronald Reagan Departs for Japan
SAN DIEGO (NNS) - September 1, 2015 -- After nine years of calling Naval Air Station North Island its homeport, the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) departed San Diego for Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, Aug. 31. Ronald Reagan replaced the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) as the U.S. Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier and will … [Read more...]
Fast Participates in Advanced Urban Combat Training
NAVAL SUPPORT ACTIVITY NORTHWEST ANNEX, Va. - September 1, 2015 -- There is complete silence in the air in the seconds leading up to the loud pop emitted by a flash bang grenade dropped down a flight of stairs by a Marine. Suddenly, what looks like a chaotic scene to an outsider complete with shouts and rounds going off takes over as the Marines make their way down a tiny … [Read more...]