by Jeanne McKinney | Sep 13, 2019 | All, Articles, Military, U.S. Marine Corps, World News
ASIA, 2019. U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, attached to Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force Crisis Response-Central Command, conduct live-fire training with heavy machine guns. SPMAGTF-CR-CC is a quick reaction force, working...
by Jeanne McKinney | Jun 27, 2019 | All, Articles, Military, U.S. Marine Corps, World News
WASHINGTON DC, Feb 12, 2014. British Distinguished Flying Cross presented to Capt. Brian Jordan for ‘exemplary gallantry during active operations against the enemy in the air’. Jordan is one of two U.S. aviators to receive this award since WWII. U.S....
by Jeanne McKinney | Apr 25, 2019 | All, Articles, Military, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy
Sept. 27, 2018. The F-35Bs conducted their first combat strike in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force video (screenshot) by Senior Airman Xavier Navarro) YUMA, AZ: Sheer determination...
by Jeanne McKinney | Apr 25, 2019 | All, Articles, Military, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy
March 2019. The 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit made history with the first combat deployment of the F-35B Lightning II. The 13th MEU returned home from a successful, eight-month deployment where the unit supported operations across four combatant commands. (U.S....
by Jeanne McKinney | Mar 30, 2019 | All, Articles, Military, U.S. Navy
An artist rendering of the Zumwalt class destroyer DDG 1000, a new class of multi-mission U.S. Navy surface combatant ship. U.S. Navy photo illustration/Released SAN DIEGO: The Navy’s most technically-advanced guided-missile destroyer, the USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000),...