U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Maj. Cyprian Johnson, left, sergeant major, Marine Aircraft Group 13, congratulates Staff Sgt. Nicholas Bevan, right, airframes mechanic, MALS-13, 3rd MAW (right) at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona, Oct. 9, 2024. Bevan received the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal (NAM) for designing a 3D printable maintenance tool that will be used to … [Read more...]
AFB Deploys State-of-the-Art Wildfire Sensors
OCTOBER 24, 2024 - Imagine being notified of a wildfire at first spark – before it could expand, blanket the sky with smoke, and ravage acres of wilderness. At Kirtland Air Force Base, this scenario is no longer a distant dream but a groundbreaking reality, as cutting-edge wildfire detection sensors were installed on Oct. 23, poised to transform fire detection—and potentially … [Read more...]
Marines Use New Amphibious Combat Vehicles
U.S. Marines assigned to Alpha Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/5, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, walk towards a staging area after disembarking a U.S. Navy Landing Craft, Air Cushion 27, attached to Assault Craft Unit 5, aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California Oct. 16, 2024. Elements of the 15th MEU embarked aboard amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry … [Read more...]
Air Force Begins Mission Command Training
Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force David Flosi speaks with command chiefs during Senior Enlisted Leader Mission Command Training on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Oct. 21, 2024. The six-day training will place SELs in resource-limited locations and scenarios to experience the capabilities and limitations of agile combat employment deployments. (U.S. Air Force photo by … [Read more...]
Naval Forces Conduct Bilateral Operations
OCTOBER 24, 2024 - The U.S. Navy (USN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN) conducted bilateral operations in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific in the Strait of Malacca, Oct. 20-23. Participating ships included the USN Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) and the RAN Anzac-class frigate HMAS Stuart (FFH 153). The two ships took part in exercise … [Read more...]