August 11, 2015 - SAIPAN HARBOR, Saipan (NNS) -- The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) arrived in Saipan on Aug. 8 and is providing disaster relief in the wake of Typhoon Soudelor. When the ship was tasked to go to Saipan earlier in the week, Ashland's Sailors and Marines quickly reconfigured the ship's well deck and … [Read more...]
Georgia Conflict Case of ‘Strategic Surprise,’ Says Expert
WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Aug. 11, 2015) -- Russian intervention in Georgia in 2008 took the West by surprise in its rapidity and intensity, said Col. Bob Hamilton, who was there as chief of the Office of Defense Cooperation from 2006 to 2008. "You can't look at Ukraine today in isolation from what happened in Georgia in 2008," he said. It's a classic example of Russian … [Read more...]
Face of Defense: Wounded Soldier Receives Honors at Fort Hood Ceremony
FORT HOOD, Texas, Aug. 11, 2015 – Almost eight months after he was wounded in Afghanistan, Army Spc. Gilbert Frazier accepted the medals he earned at his home station here surrounded by his brothers-in-arms and his wife. Frazier, a combat engineer assigned to 3rd Combat Engineer Company, 3rd Cavalry Regiment, received the Purple Heart, an Army Commendation Medal and the … [Read more...]
California Guard Bridge Company Crafts Water Crossing to Fight Fires
August 11, 2015 - CACHE CREEK NATIONAL PARK, Calif. - Burning on one side of Northern California’s Cache Creek is the Rocky Fire, the Golden State’s largest wildfire so far this year. On the river’s other side are the brave people who are going to kill it. In between is the California Army National Guard’s 132nd Multirole Bridge Company, which is … [Read more...]
HMHT-302, CLB-6 Perform Dual Training in External Lifts
August 11, 2015 - MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. -- Marines with Marine Heavy Helicopter Training Squadron 302 and Combat Logistics Battalion 6 participated in a dual-point, external lift training exercise at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Aug. 5, 2015. Two student pilots flew under the direction of Maj. Matt Weaver, a CH-53E Super Stallion instructor … [Read more...]