JULY 22, 2016, ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. - In an unassuming warehouse on Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland sit nearly 50 men in uniform, waiting for their mission during an upcoming test event. They're sporting Army Combat Uniforms, standard-issue boots, a crane hook protruding from their heads, and a plethora of color-coded wires spilling out the back of their necks. … [Read more...]
Navy Tests Latest Aegis Weapon System Interoperability with Spanish Navy
JULY 22, 2016, ATLANTIC OCEAN (NNS) - The U.S. Navy conducted a series of cooperative air defense test exercises with the Spanish navy that culminated in live missile firing events using the latest Aegis Weapon System baseline July 20-21. The event was not only the first interoperability test of the latest Aegis Baseline 9.C1 with a foreign ship, but also the first combined … [Read more...]
EOTG Conducts First Fast Rope Master Course
JULY 22, 2016, MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - After nearly two years of planning and testing, Expeditionary Operations Training Group conducted its first week-long fast rope master course at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, July 11-14. Derived from the longer two-week helicopter rope suspension training course, the fast rope masters course focuses on … [Read more...]
Airmen Practice Rescuing Downed Pilots in Pacific Thunder 16-2
JULY 22, 2016, OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea (AFNS) - A-10 Thunderbolt IIs make low passes over mountaintops, providing cover fire for two HH-60 Pave Hawks carrying Air Force rescue teams as they all coordinate to find downed pilots behind enemy lines. A distress call is heard on the radio over the roar of rotor blades as a Pave Hawk begins to descend, blasting dust and debris in … [Read more...]
Annual Guam Liberation Day Parade Brings Local and Military Communities Together
JULY 22, 2016, HAGATNA, Guam (NNS) - Thousands of island residents, service members and visitors lined a stretch of Marine Corps Drive in Hagatna, Guam for the Liberation Day parade July 21. The parade commemorated 72 years since U.S. armed forces liberated the island from Japanese occupation during World War II, and kicked off with a B-52 flyover from Andersen Air Force … [Read more...]