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U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (Nov. 29, 2017) – Marines with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s (MEU) Maritime Raid Force fast-rope out of an MH-60S Seahawk aboard amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6). The 15th MEU and America Amphibious Ready Group are deployed to the U.S. 5th […]
HELMAND PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN Cpl. Dennis Cox, a New York City native and scout sniper with 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, Regional Command (Southwest), patrols with a section of Marines during an interdiction operation in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. 19, 2013. Cox has been in the Marine Corps for 5 years and is completing his third […]
STUTTGART, BW, GERMANY Green Berets assigned to 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne), organize their equipment before a Special Forces Advanced Urban Combat (SFAUC) training exercise near Stuttgart, Germany, Nov. 16, 2017. The SFAUC exercise tests the Green Berets’ ability to lead and execute direct action strikes in urban areas. Urban combat is a […]
SAN DIEGO, CA, UNITED STATES 151203-N-OC941-597 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA (Dec. 3, 2015) Navy Reserve Sailors attached to a West Coast-based Sea, Air, Land (SEAL) Team fire M4 rifles during a tactical shooting scenario near San Diego. Naval Special Warfare Reservists conducted a field training exercise based on principles from the Expeditionary Warfare community. (U.S. Navy photo […]
AKIM ODA, GHANA U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Infantry Division, receive a class of instructions from the Ghana Armed Forces during United Accord 2017 at the Jungle Warfare School on Achiase military base in Akim Oda, Ghana on May 20, 2017. The Jungle Warfare […]
A Reconnaissance Marine from 3rd Marine Division performs an operations check on his Binocular Night Vision System M953 at the Combat Center, Feb. 13, 2018, as a part of Integrated Training Exercise 2-18. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Pfc. William Chockey)
Meet Nate Weber, a bobsledder for Team USA in the 2018 Winter Olympics. What makes his story unique? Sergeant First Class Nate Weber is an active duty Green Beret. He has deployed to Africa and Afghanistan and during that time he has trained in order to vie for the opportunity to represent Team USA in […]
BOEBLINGEN, BW, GERMANY A U.S. Soldier assigned to 1-10th Special Forces Group cleans his weapon after participating in a weapons training exercise at the Panzer Range Complex, Boeblingen, Germany, Nov. 08, 2016. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Jason Johnston) Courtesy of DVIDS
The use of dogs to protect home and hearth goes back far into prehistory. In the unpleasantness since 9/11, special operations forces are fielding dogs in a number of innovative and sometimes classified ways. It is not surprising that bad guys are using large dogs to protect their drugs, their cribs and their deals. Pitbulls have become a […]
LOTAWIN, THAILAND Royal Thai Marine Sub Lt. Wichain Praphiphong demonstrates the proper use of the HK-G36C rifle while at a live-fire drill at Lotawin, Kingdom of Thailand Feb. 20 during Exercise Cobra Gold 2014. Working together and conducting joint and multinational training is vital to maintaining the readiness and interoperability of the Thai, U.S. and […]
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