230121-N-VF045-1001 JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA, Spain (Jan. 21, 2023) Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 11 prepare to chop firewood during a volunteer event at the Charterhouse of Santa María de la Defensión, Jan. 21, 2023, in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain. NMCB 11 operates as a part of Navy Expeditionary Combat Command and is assigned to Commander, Task … [Read more...]
Navy Training Squadron Adopts Modernized Flight Program
FEBRUARY 6, 2023 – Training Squadron (VT) 28 “Rangers” are projected to become the Navy’s first undergraduate primary training squadron to fully integrate the Project Avenger syllabus in April. Project Avenger is a part of Naval Aviation Training Next (NATN), an initiative to update the Navy’s approach to producing higher quality pilots. “We’re making better aviators,” said … [Read more...]
U.S. Army and Air Force Take Over Flight Deck
FEBRUARY 3, 2023 – Amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7) worked with the United States Army’s 16th Combat Aviation Brigade based out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, and the United States Air Force’s 66th Rescue Squadron, based out of Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas, to land both UH-60M Black Hawk, HH-60 Pave Hawk and AH-64 Apache helicopters on Tripoli’s … [Read more...]
U.S. Hosts Lebanese Navy
230201-N-EG592-1034 MANAMA, Bahrain (Feb. 1, 2023) Members of the Lebanese Navy rehearse vessel boarding procedures at a U.S. Coast Guard indoor training facility in Manama, Bahrain, Feb. 1. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacob Vernier) FEBRUARY 2, 2023 - U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT) concluded a five-day vessel boarding course for … [Read more...]
Amphibious Forces Supporting Integrated Navy-Marine Operations
U.S. Marines assigned to Task Force 61 pose for a group photo at Naval Support Activity, Naples, Italy, January 27, 2023. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Kaila V. Rasmussen) JANUARY 31, 2023 - Marines and Sailors from II Marine Expeditionary Force, led by Col. Ryan Hoyle, commanding officer of 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, arrived in … [Read more...]