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JANUARY

SOUTH KOREA (Jan. 23, 2025) — U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Infantry Regiment, Korean Rotational Force, 2nd Infantry Division/Republic of Korea-United States Combined Division (2nd Inf. Div./ROK-U.S.), along with ROK Army Soldiers, move towards their next objective during a live-fire exercise (LFX) at the Rodriguez Live Fire Complex in Pocheon, Republic of Korea, on Jan. 23, 2025. Completing an LFX prepares Soldiers to defend against enemy threats in dynamic environments as well as improving upon their marksmanship skills. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Michelle Lessard)

2nd Infantry Division, 2/3 Infantry Regiment Live-Fire Exercise
OKINAWA, Japan (Jan. 31, 2025) — A Convoy prepares to leave during a motorized operation on Kin Blue Beach Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 31, 2025. Marines and sailors participated in a joint operation designed to enhance cohesion and wartime capabilities. The America Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), comprising amphibious assault carrier USS America (LHA 6), amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego (LPD 22), and amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47) along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), are underway conducting routine integrated operations in U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners to preserve a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Raul SotoVilla)

31st MEU Conducts Combat Service Support Area Operations
JAPAN (Jan. 28, 2025) — U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jeovany Vasquez, 459th Airlift Squadron UH-1N Huey instructor flight engineer, conducts a simulated rescue operation during a search and rescue hoist training maneuver Jan. 28, 2025. The UH-1N is one of two aircraft from the 459th AS, initially crafted for casualty evacuation, with the capacity to accommodate six stretchers, 11 ambulatory patients, or two prone patients with medical technicians on board. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Manuel G. Zamora)

459 AS conducts routine SERE training
PHILIPPINE SEA (Jan. 29, 2025) — U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, paddle away from the stern gate in an enhanced combat rubber reconnaissance craft (E-CRRC) during a launch and recovery sustainment training aboard amphibious transport dock USS San Diego (LPD 22), in the Philippine Sea on Jan. 29, 2025. This training was conducted in order to rehearse and improve launch and recovery procedures during small boat operations. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the USS America Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th Fleet area of operations, the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Gerardo Mendez)

31st MEU | USS San Diego Launch and Recovery Sustainment
CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan (Jan. 31, 2025) — U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Zane Delcore, an infantry Marine with Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, during a tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel exercise at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 31, 2025. The TRAP exercise showcased advanced trauma life support capabilities and evaluated the platoon’s rapid response and recovery tactics of downed aircraft, personnel and equipment in isolated locations. The America Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), comprising amphibious assault carrier USS America (LHA 6), amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego (LPD 22), and amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47) along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), are underway conducting routine integrated operations in U.S. 7th Fleet are of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners to preserve a free and open Indo-Pacific region. Delcore is a native of Colorado. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tyler Andrews)

31st MEU | BLT 2/4 conducts TRAP Exercise
LAEM CHABANG, Thailand (Jan. 31, 2025) — Master-at-Arms 1st Class Justin Genova, of Burbank, Calif., stands watch on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) as the ship gets underway in Laem Chabang, Thailand, Jan. 31, 2025, after a scheduled port visit. The visit demonstrates the continuation of a long-standing partnership between allied countries rooted in close people-to-people, economic and security ties. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nate Jordan)

Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group Departs Thailand
OSAN AIR BASE, GYEONGGIDO [KYONGGI-DO], South Korea (Jan. 29, 2025) — U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt IIs assigned to the 25th Fighter Squadron await permission to taxi during Beverly Herd 25-2, at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Jan. 29, 2025. Despite heavy snowfall, 51st FW personnel work around the clock to keep the airfield clear and capable of generating combat airpower to support the large force exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sabrina Fuller-Judd)

51st FW generates A-10 airpower amidst inclement weather
PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 27, 2025) — Hull Maintenance Technician Fireman Caden Lucek, from Cottage Grove, Oregon, grinds scrap metal aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 27, 2025. Nimitz is underway in U.S. 3rd Fleet conducting routine training operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Caylen McCutcheon)

Nimitz Sailor Grinds Down Scrap Metal
OSAN, South Korea (Jan. 27, 2025) — U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Joseph Hopkins, 51st Security Forces Squadron member, patrols during Beverly Herd 25-2 at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Jan. 27, 2025. Beverly Herd is an annual 51st Fighter Wing readiness exercise. During the exercise, 51st SFS Airmen are primarily responsible for defending the base, allowing the wing to generate combat airpower. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Clayton Lenhardt)

51st SFS, Army integrate during BH 25-2
OKINAWA, Japan (Jan. 23, 2025) — U.S. Marines and Sailors with Marine Corps Installations Pacific use the battle ropes during the Pacific Iron Challenge on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 23, 2024. During the event, Marines and Sailors with MCIPAC competed against each other in three high intensity events improving morale and increasing unit cohesion. Shin is a native of Utah and Bista is a native of Ohio. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brody Robertson)

MCIPAC Marines and sailors compete against each other in the Pacific Iron Challenge
ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (Jan. 27, 2025) — U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Andre Monterrosa, 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron assistant dedicated crew chief, marshals a B-1B Lancer through a clear water rinse at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Jan. 27, 2025, in support of Bomber Task Force 25-1. The United States is an Indo-Pacific nation and will remain engaged in the region to support U.S. allies and partners in the goal of maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photos by Senior Airman Brittany Kenney)

34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron B-1B Lancers return to Andersen Air Force Base
PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 23, 2025) — Sailors handle a mooring line on the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102) while departing Naval Base San Diego, Jan. 23, 2025. Sampson is in port conducting routine operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Timothy Meyer)

Sailor Handle Mooring Line
SOUTH KOREA (Jan. 24, 2025) — A Republic of Korea Air Force FA-50 Golden Eagle, a U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II, and a ROKAF KA-1 Woongbi conduct joint aerial operations during Buddy Squadron 25-4 over the Republic of Korea, Jan. 24, 2025. Buddy Squadron trainings are a tradition unique to the ROKAF and U.S. Air Force. They provide an opportunity for pilots from the two forces to share and practice flying concepts, tactics and deepen the relationships between the two nations. (Courtesy Photo)

25th FS, ROKAF train together during Buddy Squadron 25-4
PACFIC OCEAN (Jan. 24, 2025) — A U.S. Marine Corps F/A-18C Hornet aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 312, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing flies over the Pacific Ocean while armed with an AGM-88 High-speed Anti-Radiation missile during the squadron's support of the Aviation Training Relocation Program, Jan. 24, 2025. VMFA-312 is temporarily augmenting MAG-12, 1st MAW under the Unit Deployment Program, which aims to provide squadrons stationed in the continental United States with experience training in the Indo-Pacific. This iteration of the ATR Program provided MAG-12 squadrons the opportunity to sharpen their tactical proficiency and perform flight operations in Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Chloe Johnson)

Marine F/A-18s fly over the Pacific
PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 18, 2025) — A Sailor directs an E/A-18G Growler from the

Nimitz Conducts Flight Operations
ANTARCTICA (Jan. 7, 2025) — The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) enjoys ice liberty while the cutter sits hove-to in McMurdo Sound during Operation Deep Freeze, Jan. 7, 2025. Polar Star is conducting ice-breaking operations in Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze, a joint service, inter-agency support operation for the National Science Foundation, which manages the United States Antarctic Program.  (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeremy Burgess)

USCGC Polar Star (WAGB 10) holds ice liberty in McMurdo Sound during Operation Deep Freeze
PACIFIC OCEAN (Jan. 21, 2025) — A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer assigned to the 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., approaches a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 506th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron to conduct aerial refueling during Bomber Task Force 25-1 over the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 21, 2025. The United States supports the vision of the Indo-Pacific as a free and open region composed of nations that adhere to the international rules-based order. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brittany Kenney)

B-1B Lancer conducts aerial refueling during Bomber Task Force 25-1
PHILIPPINE SEA (Jan. 22, 2025) — An AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Air Combat Element (ACE), takes off from the flight deck the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), while conducting flight operations in the Philippine Sea, Jan. 22. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Kenneth Melseth)

USS America (LHA 6) Conducts Flight Operations
JAPAN (Jan. 16, 2025) — U.S. Marines Amphibious Combat Vehicles embark from open water onto the USS Rushmore (LSD-47) during naval integration operations at Fleet Activities Sasebo, Japan, Jan. 16, 2025. Amphibious Combat Vehicles and LSD-47 embarked and debarked vehicles to rehearse ship-to-shore maneuver. The Marines are with 4th Marine Regiment, 3d Marine Division and are forward deployed in the Indo-Pacific under the Unit Deployment Program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Adam Trump)

4th Marines ACVs Splash with the USS Rushmore
PHILIPPINE SEA (Jan. 20, 2025) — Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 2nd Class Edward Stewart, from Suffolk, Virginia, assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), launches an F-35B Lightning II fighter aircraft from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242 on the ship’s flight deck in the Philippine Sea, Jan. 20. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Amy Cocoro Mullins)

USS America (LHA 6) Conducts Flight Operations
OKINAWA, Japan (Jan. 7, 2025) — U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, detonate an explosive charge during an urban breaching range on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 7, 2025. Marines rehearsed breaching techniques that increase their proficiency with operations in urban terrain which enhances tactical speed and tempo. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alora Finigan)

31st MEU | BLT 2/4 conducts urban breaching range
NAVAL BASE GUAM (Jan. 12, 2025) — The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Columbia (SSN 771) transits Apra Harbor, Naval Base Guam, Jan. 12, 2025. Columbia is on deployment supporting the U.S. 7th Fleet, the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, operating with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. James Caliva)

USS Columbia (SSN 771) pulls into Naval Base Guam
OKINAWA, Japan (Jan. 10, 2025) — U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotankers assigned to the 909th Air Refueling Squadron line up on a flight line during an Elephant Walk at Kadena Air Base, Japan, Jan. 10, 2025. Kadena’s ability to rapidly generate airpower is a key function of air operations, ensuring stability and security of the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jonathan R. Sifuentes)

BH 25-1: 909th ARS conducts elephant walk
OKINAWA, Japan (Jan. 15, 2025) — U.S. Marines with 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct fast rope training from MV-22 Ospreys assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor 262 (Rein.) at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 15, 2025. Marines participated in fast rope training to enhance air-to-ground insertion capabilities. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force, ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Trevor BishopWilliams.)

31st MEU | BLT 2/4 conducts Fast Rope Exercise
SOUTH CHINA SEA (Jan. 12, 2025) — An F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to the “Golden Dragons” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 192, is secured on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Jan. 12, 2025. Vinson, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group ONE, is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nate Jordan)

USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Conducts Routine Flight Operations in the South China Sea
OKINAWA, Japan (Jan. 9, 2025) — U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to conduct Howitzer M777A2 loading drills during lift operations at LZ Dodo, on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Jan. 9, 2025. U.S. Marines participated in a training exercise designed to simulate attaching supplies and weaponry onto an aircraft in a field scenario. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force, ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Raul Sotovilla

31st MEU | CLB 31 Conducts M777 Howitzer Lift Exercise
SOUTH CHINA SEA (Jan. 12, 2025) — Lt. Clint Vance, of Kalispell, Mont., signals an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the “Bounty Hunters” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 2, to launch from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Jan. 12, 2025. Vinson, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group ONE, is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nate Jordan)

USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Conducts Routine Flight Operations in the South China Sea
CHIBA, Japan (Jan. 12, 2025) — Japan Ground Self-Defense paratroopers assigned to the 1st Airborne Brigade jump out of a U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron during New Year’s Jump in Indo-Pacific 25, Jan. 12, 2025. Approximately 200 JGSDF and multinational paratroopers jumped out of several aircraft during the event. With the focus on the Indo-Pacific region, NYJIP 25 underscored the preparedness of airborne forces for any mission that may arise. The strategic importance of a robust airlift capability in the region was evident in every meticulously executed jump. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)

US, international airborne forces soar during New Year’s Jump
SOUTH CHINA SEA (Jan. 9, 2025) — The Visit Board Search and Seizure (VBSS) team participates in a VBSS drill on the flight deck aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104), Jan. 9, 2025. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brianna Walker)

USS Sterett conducts routine operations as part of the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group
SOUTH CHINA SEA (Jan. 4, 2025) — Sailors heave the messenger line aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sterett (DDG 104) during a replenishment-at-sea with the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Richard E. Byrd (T-AKE 4), Jan. 4, 2025. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brianna Walker)

USS Sterett conducts routine operations as part of the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group
SOUTH CHINA SEA (Jan. 3, 2025) — An E-2D Advanced Hawkeye assigned to the “Black Eagles” of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 113 launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Jan. 3, 2025. Vinson, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group ONE, is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nate Jordan)

USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Conducts Routine Flight Operations in the South China Sea
SOUTH CHINA SEA (Jan. 3, 2025) — An F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to the “Stingers” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 113, prepares to launch from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier (CVN 70), Jan. 3, 2025. Vinson, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group ONE, is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Isaiah B. Goessl)

USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Conducts Routine Flight Operations in the South China Sea
POHAKULOA TRAINING AREA, Hawaii (Jan. 2, 2025) — U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from the 100th Battalion, 442nd Infantry Regiment, 322nd Civil Affairs Brigade, 9th Mission Support Command return fire while defending a forward operating base during the Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center (JPMRC) 25-01 at Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii, Oct. 11, 2024. The JPMRC is the Army’s newest Combat Training Center (CTC) and generates readiness in the environments and conditions where our forces are most likely to operate. The 100th Battalion, 422nd Infantry Regiment is the only infantry unit in the U.S. Army Reserve, and consists of companies based out of Hawaii, Washington State, American Samoa, Guam, and Saipan. #ArmyReserve #100thbattalion442infantryregiment #GoForBroke #PrideOfThePacific #lethality (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Scott)

100th BN 442nd IN REGT at JPMRC

FEBRUARY

OKINAWA, Japan (Feb. 20, 2025) — U.S. Marines with Combat Logistic Company Bravo, Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, observe a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262 (Rein.), 31st MEU, during an external lift exercise in support of Iron Fist 25, at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 20, 2025. Iron Fist is an annual bilateral exercise designed to increase interoperability and strengthen the relationships between the U.S Marine Corps, U.S. Navy and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force, ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premier crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Raul Sotovilla)

Iron Fist 25 | CLB 31, 12th conduct external lift exercise
LOP BURI, Thailand (Feb. 27, 2025) — Air Commandos from the 353rd Special Operations Wing perform a military free-fall near Lop Buri, Thailand, Feb. 27, 2025, during Exercise Cobra Gold. The 353rd SOW is the focal point for special operations aviation activities throughout the Pacific. U.S. Special Operations Command Pacific serves as the operational component command for all SOF missions throughout the Indo-Pacific region. Cobra Gold 25 – the 44th iteration of this exercise – exemplifies a longstanding alliance with Thailand and reflects a shared commitment to preserving a peaceful, prosperous, and secure Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew J. Wisher)

Cobra Gold 25 | Thailand, U.S military free-fall operations
CHON BURI, Thailand (Feb. 26, 2025) — From Feb. 26-27, America’s First Corps, the Royal Thai Army’s First Area Command, and many other allied and partnered nations came together in Bangkok, Thailand for the Indo-Pacific Motorized Forum 25 to enhance multinational motorized capabilities, security cooperation, and interoperability across the Indo-Pacific. This is the third year the forum has taken place and the first time the Royal Thai Army hosted the event. Since 2023, it has become a key platform for force modernization, operational integration, and strategic discussions. (U.S. Army photo by CPT Angelo Mejia)

Indo-Pacific Motorized Forum 25
KUMAMOTO, Japan (Feb. 21, 2025) — U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262 (Rein.), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, stage U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Ospreys assigned to VMM-262 (Rein.), during aerial refuel operations in support of Iron Fist 25, at Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Vice-Camp Takayubaru, Kumamoto, Japan, Feb. 21, 2025. Iron Fist is an annual bilateral exercise designed to increase interoperability and strengthen the relationships between the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force, ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tyler Andrews)

Iron Fist 25 | VMM-262 (Rein.) conducts Aerial Refuel of MV-22B Ospreys with C-130H
NAGASAKI, Japan (Feb. 23, 2025) — Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members with 1st Amphibious Rapid Deployment Regiment, embark a high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle onto a CH-47 Chinook helicopters assigned to 1st Helicopter Brigade, during a bilateral insert exercise in support of Iron Fist 25, at JGSDF Camp Ainoura, Sasebo, Nagasaki, Japan, Feb. 23, 2025. Iron Fist is an annual bilateral exercise designed to increase interoperability and strengthen the relationships between the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force, ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tyler Andrews)

Iron Fist 25 | VMM-262 (Rein.) and JGSDF conduct Bilateral Insert
ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (Feb. 24, 2025) — A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer assigned to the 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., takes off during a training mission in support of Bomber Task Force 25-1 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 24, 2025. Bomber missions provide opportunities to train and work with our Allies and partners in joint and coalition operations and exercises. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Robert M. Trujillo)

U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers assigned to the 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron execute BTF 25-1 training missions
PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 18, 2025) — A CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter, from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Air Combat Element (ACE) takes off from the flight deck of forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) while conducting flight operations in the Philippine Sea, Feb. 18. America, lead ship of the America Amphibious Ready Group, along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Kenneth Melseth)

USS America (LHA 6) Conducts Flight Operations
WESTERN AUSTRALIA (Feb. 25, 2025) — USS Minnesota (SSN 783) arrives in Western Australia on Feb. 25, 2025, initiating the first of two planned U.S. fast-attack submarine visits to HMAS Stirling in 2025. Port visits support the first pillar of the Australia, United Kingdom, and United States trilateral security agreement, known as AUKUS, that is delivering a sovereign conventionally armed, nuclear-powered attack submarine capability to Australia. (U.S. Navy photo by Public Affairs Officer Lt. Corey Todd Jones)

The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Minnesota (SSN 783) arrives at HMAS Stirling, Western Australia
ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (Feb. 21, 2025) — Allies from the United States, Japan and Australia come together for a group photo on the flight-line in front of three F-35A Lightning IIs to celebrate the end of exercise Cope North 2025 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 21, 2025. CN25 is a multinational, U.S. Pacific Air Forces-sponsored, field training exercise focused on conducting Combat Air Force training to increase interoperability. This exercise enhances U.S. relationships and interoperability with our regional Allies and partners by fostering the exchange of information and refining shared tactics, techniques and procedures to better integrate multilateral defense capabilities and compatibility in support of regional security. ( U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Tala Hunt)

US, Japan, Australian forces come together for CN25 ENDEX
INDONESIA (Feb. 19, 2025) — An Indonesian Air Force (IDAF) F-16 Fighting Falcon flies alongside a Hawaii Air National Guard KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 203rd Air Refueling Squadron during an air-to-air refueling training mission over Indonesia, Feb. 19, 2025. This bilateral training, supported by the 154th Wing, enables IDAF pilots to recertify their F-16 air refueling qualifications while strengthening interoperability and regional security. The Hawaii National Guard State Partnership Program continues to enhance operational readiness and fosters U.S.-Indonesia defense cooperation in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Mysti Bicoy)

HIANG conducts AAR with IDAF
CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan (Feb. 14, 2025) — U.S. Marines buddy rush during a live-fire range on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 14, 2025. The four-day field exercise focused on marksmanship skills and fire team fire and movement, strengthening the unit’s combat capabilities. Live-fire ranges give Marines the opportunity to engage and destroy targets in a dynamic environment, enhancing battlefield effectiveness. The Marines are with 12th Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Rodney Frye)

12th MLR Marines Execute a Fire and Movement Range
OSAN AIR BASE, GYEONGGIDO [KYONGGI-DO], South Korea (Feb. 20, 2025) — A U.S. Air Force F-16, left, flies in formation with a U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer, middle, and two Republic of Korea Air Force F-15K Slam Eagles, during a bilateral training event in airspace over South Korea, Feb. 20, 2025. The bomber, assigned to the 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, is currently deployed to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, in support of Bomber Task Force 25-1. (Photo courtesy of ROK Air Force)

B-1s train with US, ROKAF fighter aircraft
BALI SEA (Feb. 16, 2025) — (Front to back) The Martadinata-class frigate KRI Raden Eddy Martadinata (331), the Kedah-class offshore patrol vessel KD Kelantan (F175), the Kedah-class offshore patrol vessel KD Selangor (F176), the Independence-class littoral mission vessel RSS Fortitude (20), and the Victory-class corvette RSS Valour (89) manuever ahead of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Dewey (DDG 105) while in formation during Multinational Exercise Komodo (MNEK) 2025, in the Bali Sea, Feb. 16, 2025. Hosted by the Indonesian Navy, MNEK 2025 is an international, joint exercise taking place in the vicinity of Bali, Indonesia, emphasizing multilateral maritime cooperation and disaster response protocols. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Devin Monroe)

USS Dewey (DDG 105) Participates in Multinational Exercise Komodo (MNEK) 2025
ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (Feb. 16, 2025) — A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer assigned to the 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., undergoes routine maintenance after its return to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, after completing a mission in support of U.S. participation at the Aero India 2025 air show, Feb. 16, 2025. Aero India 2025 is a forum to showcase U.S. defense aircraft and equipment while contributing towards compatibility and interoperability with other countries. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brittany Kenney)

Expeditionary Bomb Squadron B-1B Lancer returns to Andersen AFB from Aero India 2025 air show
PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 12, 2025) — Aircraft from the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group (VINCSG) and French Carrier Strike Group (CSG) fly in formation over the Philippine Sea with ships from VINCSG, French CSG, the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF), and U.S. Military Sealift Command (MSC) during Pacific Steller 2025, Feb. 12. From left, an F/A-18F Super Hornet, F-35C Lightning II, E-2D Advanced Hawkeye, and two French Navy Rafale Marine (F4) fighter jets. The ships from VINCSG include the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59), and Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers USS Sterett (DDG 104) and USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110). The ships from French CSG include the aircraft carrier FS Charles De Gaulle (R 91) and its escort of air-defense destroyers and multi-mission frigates. The ships from JMSDF include the Izumo-class multi-functional destroyer JS Kaga (DDH 184) and Akizuki-class destroyer JS Akizuki (DD 115). The ships from MSC include the Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS Tippecanoe (T-AO 199) and Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Charles Drew (T-AKE 10). VINCSG is underway conducting Pacific Steller 2025, a multi-large deck event with French CSG and JMSDF, fostering our alliance and maritime security in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Pablo Chavez)

Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group sails in formation with French Carrier Strike Group and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force during Pacific Steller 2025
PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 13, 2025) — U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, embark an U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Rein.) aboard the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), during a tactical recovery of aircraft and personnel exercise in the Philippine Sea, Feb. 13, 2025. The TRAP exercise showcased advanced trauma life support capabilities and evaluated the platoon’s rapid response and recovery tactics of downed aircraft, personnel and equipment in isolated locations. The America Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), comprising amphibious assault carrier USS America (LHA 6), amphibious transport dock ship USS San Diego (LPD 22), and amphibious dock landing ship USS Rushmore (LSD 47) along with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), are underway conducting routine integrated operations in U.S. 7th Fleet are of operations. U.S. 7th Fleet is the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners to preserve a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Tyler Andrews)

31st MEU | BLT 2/4 conducts Night TRAP Exercise
PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 14, 2025) — Sailors conduct flight operations on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) in the Philippine Sea during Pacific Steller 2025, Feb. 14. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is underway conducting Pacific Steller 2025, a multi-large deck event with the French Carrier Strike Group and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, fostering our alliance and maritime security in support of a secure and prosperous Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nate Jordan)

USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Conducts Routine Flight Operations in the Philippine Sea
ANDERSEN AFB, Guam (Feb. 7, 2025) — A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II is flanked from top to bottom by a Royal Australian Air Force F-35A, a Japan Air Self Defense Force F-35A and a U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II during a formation over the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility, Feb. 7, 2025, as part of exercise Cope North 2025. The F-35A provides next-generation stealth, enhanced situational awareness, and reduced vulnerability to the realistic combat training and scenarios in CN25. The aircraft participating in CN25 engage in realistic combat training, an essential part of ensuring the success of air and space operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Thomas Hansford)

U.S., JASDF and RAAF aircraft fly in formation during CN25
YOKOTA AIR BASE, TOKYO, Japan (Feb. 6, 2025) — U.S. Air Force Capts. Zachary Norton and Steven Gilliam, 36th Airlift Squadron C-130J pilots, conduct a pre-flight check before conducting a night sortie at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Feb. 6, 2025. Night time sorties, or night tacs, present unique challenges and provide pilots and loadmasters an opportunity to implement tactics and techniques under limited visibility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Spencer Tobler)

36 AS flexes agility, conducts airdrop operations under limited visibility
ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (Feb. 7, 2025) — A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer assigned to the 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., takes off in support of Bomber Task Force 25-1 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Feb. 10, 2025. Demonstrating cutting-edge capabilities, forward presence, and commitment to our Allies and partners communicates the United States’ resolve in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alec Carlberg)

B-1B Lancers assigned to the 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron take off in support of a BTF 25-1
CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea (Feb. 7, 2025) — U.S. and Republic of Korea service members participate in the culminating physical training event during United States Forces Korea’s Backbone University 2025 at Camp Humphreys, South Korea, Feb. 7, 2025. Enlisted leaders from the Republic of Korea and United States joined together to train, validate and elevate the combined lethality and capability of the ROK-US alliance by providing participants with an understanding of joint operations and their function in a joint environment. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Kestner)

BACKBONE UNIVERSITY
PACIFIC OCEAN (Feb. 10, 2025) — An F/A-18E Super Hornet from the “Kestrels” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 137 launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the Pacific Ocean, Feb. 10, 2025. Nimitz is underway in U.S. 3rd Fleet conducting routine training operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Hannah Kantner)

Nimitz Conducts Flight Operations
CELEBES SEA (Feb. 10, 2025) — An F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to the “Bounty Hunters” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 2, refuels on the flight deck of the French aircraft carrier FS Charles De Gaulle (R 91) Feb. 10, 2025. USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), the flagship of Carrier Strike Group ONE, is underway conducting Pacific Steller 2025, a multi-large deck event with the French Carrier Strike Group and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, fostering our alliance and maritime security in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nate Jordan)

Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group conducts flight operations with FS Charles De Gaulle
ANDERSEN AFB, Guam (Feb. 11, 2025) — A Royal Australian Air Force F-35A Lightning II approaches the boom arm of a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker assigned responsibility to the 465th Aerial Refueling Squadron, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, over the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of , Feb. 11, 2025, as part of exercise Cope North 2025. The aircraft participating in CN25 engage in realistic combat training, an essential part of ensuring the success of air and space operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Thomas Hansford)

RAAF F-35As conduct aerial refueling with USAF KC-135
CELEBES SEA (Feb. 7, 2025) — An MH-60S Seahawk, assigned to the “Black Knights” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 4, conducts search and rescue training with Sailors assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Feb. 7, 2025. Vinson, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group ONE, is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Pablo Chavez)

USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Conducts Routine Operations in the Celebes Sea
HOKKAIDO, Japan (Feb. 7, 2025) — U.S. Army Pfc. Abraham Garcia (left) and Spc. William Sisk both infantrymen from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment participate in the culminating field training exercise during North Wind 25, at Camp Minami-Eniwa, Hokkaido, Japan, February 8, 2025. North Wind 25 is a bilateral cold-weather field training exercise designed to enhance combat readiness and promote interoperability of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and U.S. Army, taking place January 31 through February 9, 2025, at Camp Makomanai and the Hokudai-en Hokkaido Large Training Area in Hokkaido, in northern Japan. This exercise reaffirms the U.S. commitment to the defense of Japan against external aggression. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Lindiwe Henry)

1-5 Infantry Soldiers Participate in North Wind 25 Culminating Field Training Exercise
ANDERSEN AFB, Guam (Feb. 7, 2025) — U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Thomas Hansford, Aerial Combat Camera Journeyman, assigned to the 1st Combat Camera Squadron, Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, prepares to document a formation flight inside an F-16D Fighting Falcon over the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility, Feb. 7, 2025, as part of exercise Cope North 2025. CN25 is a multinational, U.S. Pacific Air Forces-sponsored, field training exercise focused on conducting Combat Air Force training to increase partner nation interoperability. Participants exercise interoperability during CN25 through agile, integrated generation of airpower, demonstrating

U.S., JASDF and RAAF aircraft fly in formation during CN25
CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan (Feb. 3, 2025) — U.S. Marine Corps Pfc. Javohn Thorne sets security during a patrol at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Feb. 3, 2025. Marines with 12th Marine Littoral Regiment refine their patrolling skills through offensive and defensive exercises, as well as reconnaissance operations, to enhance operational proficiency. By rehearsing patrols, these Marines improve their ability to move swiftly and efficiently, minimizing the risk of detection while strengthening unit cohesion and teamwork. Thorne, a native of Washington, is a combat engineer with 12th MLR, 3d Marine Division. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Rodney Frye)

12th MLR Marines Execute Patrolling Operations
SOUTH CHINA SEA (Feb. 4, 2025) — An F/A-18E Super Hornet, assigned to the “Golden Dragons” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 192, launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Feb. 4, 2025. Vinson, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group ONE, is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Nate Jordan)

USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Conducts Routine Flight Operations in the South China Sea
HOKKAIDO, Japan (Feb. 3, 2025) — U.S. Army Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment practice loading a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter in Camp Okadama, Japan as part of North Wind 25, February 3, 2025. North Wind 25 is a bilateral cold-weather field training exercise designed to enhance combat readiness and promote interoperability of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force and U.S. Army, taking place January 31 through February 9, 2025, at Camp Makomanai and the Hokudai-en Hokkaido Large Training Area in Hokkaido, in northern Japan. This exercise reaffirms the U.S. commitment to the defense of Japan against external aggression. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Joshua Whitaker)

1-5th Inf Soldiers Practice Loading a UH-60 Blackhawk

MARCH

NAMOLUK ATOLL, Federated States of Micronesia (March 30, 2025) — The USCGC Oliver Henry (WPC 1140) crew depart Namoluk Atoll, Federated States of Micronesia, on March 30, 2025, after responding to a SAR case, rescuing two distressed mariners from an 18-foot skiff adrift near Namoluk Atoll, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). USCGC Oliver Henry (WPC 1140) crew returned to their homeport in Guam April 1, 2025, following several months of drydock maintenance in Honolulu, leveraging their 4,844 nautical mile transit back to Guam to conduct operations, respond to a search and rescue (SAR) case, and make history with the first-ever U.S. government vessel to moor at the Republic of Nauru’s newly constructed wharf. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

USCGC Oliver Henry returns to Guam after successful transit post drydock
THAILAND (March 28, 2025) — Members of a U.S. military Joint Engineer Response team assess damage and structural integrity after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake affected Thailand and its neighbor countries on March 28, 2025. U.S. military engineers continue to work alongside Thai military counterparts and first responders in conducting complex search and rescue operations and emergency excavation to locate survivors. The Joint Engineer Response Team consists of personnel from the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Army, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers who have expertise in structural security, providing risk mitigation for personnel extraction teams to search for survivors. These assets are invaluable to humanitarian aid and disaster response operations. Servicemembers arrived in Thailand between the 28th and 30th of March to deliver critical aid and support to our Thailand partners in the Indo-Pacific.

Joint Engineer Response team assess damage after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake
THAILAND (March 28, 2025) — Members of a U.S. military Joint Engineer Response team assess damage and structural integrity after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake affected Thailand and its neighbor countries on March 28, 2025. U.S. military engineers continue to work alongside Thai military counterparts and first responders in conducting complex search and rescue operations and emergency excavation to locate survivors. The Joint Engineer Response Team consists of personnel from the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Army, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers who have expertise in structural security, providing risk mitigation for personnel extraction teams to search for survivors. These assets are invaluable to humanitarian aid and disaster response operations. Servicemembers arrived in Thailand between the 28th and 30th of March to deliver critical aid and support to our Thailand partners in the Indo-Pacific.

Joint Engineer Response team assess damage after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake
FORT MAGSAYSAY, Philippines (March 26, 2025) — Soldiers of the Philippine Army 5th and 7th Infantry Division and U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 11th Artillery Regiment, 25th Division Artillery, 25th Infantry Division, conduct joint Sling Load training during Salaknib 2025, Fort Magsaysay, Philippines, March 26, 2025. Salaknib 2025 is an annual exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the U.S. Military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities, trust, and cooperation built over decades of shared experiences. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Wyatt Moore, 28th Public Affairs Detachment)

Salaknib 2025 - 2-11 Joint Sling Load Training
PACIFIC OCEAN (March 28, 2025) — An E/A-18G Growler from the “Cougars” of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 139 prepares to make an arrested landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the Pacific Ocean, March 28, 2025. Nimitz is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations, highlighting the ship’s historic 50-year legacy of forward presence and operational excellence. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Hannah Kantner)

Nimitz Conducts Flight Operations
BANGKOK, Thailand (March 30, 2025) — U.S. Indo-Pacific Command military personnel work alongside Thai military and first responders near the collapsed State Audit Office building in Bangkok, which fell after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake affected Thailand and its neighboring countries on March 28, 2025. Disaster emergencies, both natural and man-made, remain an ever-present threat to life, security, stability and prosperity across the Indo-Pacific. The United States providing humanitarian assistance to our Thai allies saves lives, alleviates suffering during crises and fosters stability across the region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew J. Wisher)

U.S. humanitarian disaster response
VICTORIA, Australia (March 27, 2025) — U.S. Air Force Capt. Ethan “Bantam” Smith, Pacific Air Forces F-16 Demonstration Team pilot, performs aerial maneuvers with an F-16 Fighting Falcon during the Avalon Australian International Airshow, Australia, March 30, 2025. The United States is committed to its allies, partners, and the people of the Indo-Pacific region. Our participation in AVALON 2025 demonstrates this commitment and reinforces our strong relationships with Australia and other regional partners. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Peter Reft) (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Peter Reft)

Pacific Air Forces F-16 Demonstration Team performs at Avalon Australian International Airshow 2025
VICTORIA, Australia (March 28, 2025) — A Royal Australian Air Force C-27J Spartan demonstrates evasive combat maneuvers during the Avalon Australian International Airshow at the Avalon Australian International Airshow, Australia, March 28, 2025. The Australia-United States Alliance is a key partnership that helps maintain security, peace, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific, evolving to meet the challenges of a changing world. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Peter Reft)

Pacific Air Forces F-16 Demonstration Team performs at Avalon Australian International Airshow 2025
PHILIPPINES (March 27, 2025) — Soldiers with the Philippine Army 5th, 7th Infantry Division and U.S. Army with the Division Sustainment Brigade, 25th Infantry Division conducted combined Sling Load Tactical Operations training during Salaknib 2025 at Fort Magsaysay, Philippines, March 27, 2025. Salaknib is an annual bilateral exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the U.S. military, designed to improve interoperability, enhance capabilities, and strengthen the partnership built through decades of shared training and cooperation. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Taylor Gray, U.S. Army Pacific Public Affairs)

Joint Sling Load Operation Training between Philippine and US Army Soldier
PACIFIC OCEAN (March 28, 2025) — Amphibious transport dock USS Somerset (LPD 25) conducts flight operations during NASA Underway Recovery Test 12 in the Pacific Ocean, March 28, 2025. In preparation for NASA's Artemis II crewed mission, which will send four astronauts around the moon and beyond in the Orion spacecraft, NASA and the Department of Defense will conduct a series of tests to demonstrate and evaluate the processes, procedures, and hardware used in recovery operations for crewed lunar missions. The Department of Defense has many unique capabilities that make it an ideal partner to support NASA, including its amphibious ships with the ability to embark helicopters, launch and recover small boats and provide medical care at advanced onboard facilities. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nettie Mae Manfull)

NASA prepares for recovery tests aboard USS Somerset
PACIFIC OCEAN (March 26, 2025) — Sailors assigned to amphibious transport dock USS Somerset (LPD 25) and NASA engineers release a crew module test article from the ship’s well deck during NASA Underway Recovery Test 12 in the Pacific Ocean, March 26, 2025. In preparation for NASA's Artemis II crewed mission, which will send four astronauts around the moon and beyond in the Orion spacecraft, NASA and the Department of Defense will conduct a series of tests to demonstrate and evaluate the processes, procedures, and hardware used in recovery operations for crewed lunar missions. The Department of Defense has many unique capabilities that make it an ideal partner to support NASA, including its amphibious ships with the ability to embark helicopters, launch and recover small boats and provide medical care at advanced onboard facilities. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Evan Diaz)

NASA begins recovery tests aboard USS Somerset
OKINAWA, Japan (March 19, 2025) — U.S. Marines with Expeditionary Operations Training Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force fast-rope from an MV-22B Osprey onto Landing Zone Starling, Okinawa, Japan, March 19, 2025. Fast roping is an effective method of inserting into an area of operation when landing an aircraft is not feasible. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Sotodavila)

U.S. Marine with Expeditionary Operations Training Group fast-rope out of an MV-22B Osprey
CAMP MUJUK, South Korea (March 11, 2025) — Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 267, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, sights in on an M2 machine gun during a simulated close air support (SIMCAS) exercise during Korean Marine Exchange Program 25.1, in South Korea, March 11, 2025. SIMCAS are training exercises to provide ground combat with aerial support. KMEP is a semi-annual exercise that provides iterative opportunities for Republic of Korea Marine Corps and U.S. Marine Corps units to train together, improving their combined capabilities to deter threats and maintain peace on the Korean Peninsula. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Yanisa Culp)

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Tristan Walker, a helicopter crew chief with CAMP MUJUK, South Korea
OKINAWA, Japan (March 20, 2025) — A U.S. Marine with Force Reconnaissance Platoon, Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, jumps from a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Rein.), during parachute operations for a Reconnaissance and Surveillance exercise at Ie Shima Training Facility, Okinawa, Japan, Mar. 20, 2025. The Marines participated in day parachute operations to sustain their aerial insertion skills and enhance their low visibility capabilities. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force, ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Skilah Sanchez)

31st MEU | MRF conducts Parachute Operations
YEONCHEON-GUN, GYEONGGIDO [KYONGGI-DO], South Korea (March 20, 2025) — A Republic of Korea, 1st Capital Mechanized Infantry Brigade, K1 tank crosses a U.S. Army Improved Ribbon Bridge (IRB) during joint wet gap training as part of Freedom Shield 25 at Yeoncheon-gun, Republic of Korea, on March 20, 2025. Freedom Shield 25 is a multi-domain, military training exercise integrating ground, air, naval, space, and cyberspace elements to enhance readiness through realistic combat scenarios. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Neil McLean.)

Freedom Shield 25 - ROK-US Joint Force Wet Gap Crossing
KORAT ROYAL AIR BASE, Thailand (March 18, 2025) — Aircraft from the U.S. Air Force, the Royal Thai Air Force and the Republic of Singapore Air Force fly in formation during Cope Tiger 25 in Thailand, Mar. 18, 2025. The flight formation served as a symbol of airpower, cooperation and friendship among the three nations. (Courtesy Photo)

Cope Tiger 25 takes off in Thailand
SEA OF JAPAN (March 15, 2025) — An EA-18G Growler, assigned to the “Gauntlets” of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 136 launches from the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) during a replenishment-at-sea with the Henry J. Kaiser-class underway replenishment oiler USNS Guadalupe (T-AO 200) and the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59), March 15, 2025. The Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Jacob I. Allison)

USS Princeton conducts routine operations as part of the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group
SOUTH KOREA (March 19, 2025) — Republic of Korea special operations Soldiers depart a ROK H-60 airframe as a part of a multiday training event associated with exercise Freedom Shield 25 at Paengnyong-Do (Baengyeong-Do), ROK, March 19, 2025. Freedom Shield is an annual combined exercise conducted in support of the U.S.-ROK Mutual Defense Treaty signed on Oct. 1, 1953. This combined exercise hones the U.S. and ROK combined lethality through defense capabilities that ensure the mutual defense of both nations’ homelands and contributes to regional peace and stability through integrated deterrence. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Daniel Lee)

U.S. and ROK special operations forces conduct routine combined training during exercise Freedom Shield 2025
MISAWA AIR BASE, AOMORI, Japan, (March 18, 2025) — A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 14th Fighter Squadron takes off during Beverly Sunrise 25-03 at Misawa Air Base, Japan, March 18, 2025. The 35th Fighter Wing’s pursuit of excellence strengthens the U.S. Indo-Pacific defense posture and fortifies allied readiness against emerging threats. (U.S. Air Force photo 250320-A-JJ342-7339 by Senior Airman Patrick Boyle)

Beverly Sunrise 25-03: Fighting Falcons Soar into the Night
OKINAWA, Japan (March 17, 2025) — U.S. Army Garrison firefighters extinguish flames after a controlled burn exercise at Torii Station, Okinawa, Japan, March 17, 2025. The training teaches firefighters to recognize, prevent and survive a flashover, a dangerous, rapid ignition of gases that can occur in a fire.

Feeling the Heat: USAG Okinawa Leaders Train for Flashover
SOUTH KOREA (March 13, 2025) — Two U.S. Air Force F-35A Lighting IIs fly in formation with two ROKAF F-35As during Freedom Shield 25, a defense-oriented exercise featuring live, virtual, and field-based training, March 13, 2025. The aircraft participated in dynamic targeting and aerial refueling training, validating the capability of ROK and U.S. Air Forces, to find, fix, and defeat a range of threats. (Photo courtesy of Republic of Korea Air Force)

USAF, ROKAF and USN F-35s integrate during FS25
PAJU, GYEONGGIDO [KYONGGI-DO], South Korea (March 11, 2025) — Republic of Korea soldiers assigned to 1st Infantry Division/ROK army conduct an assault, March 11, 2025 at a training facility near Paju, South Korea as part of Freedom Shield 25. The training aims to enhance operational capabilities between the two forces, strengthening their readiness for potential threats. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. David White)

ROK and U.S. forces conducts air assault training exercise
OSAN AIR BASE, GYEONGGIDO [KYONGGI-DO], South Korea (March 13, 2025) — F-35 Lightning IIs from the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, and Republic of Korea Air Force flight in formation over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) during integration training for Freedom Shield 25, March 13, 2025. FS25 is a defense-oriented exercise featuring live, virtual, and field-based training that engages alliance forces and governmental agencies; the event highlighted the capability of U.S. and ROK forces to seamlessly integrate air, ground and maritime operations, reinforcing their enhanced combined defense posture. (Photo courtesy of Republic of Korea Air Force)

USAF, ROKAF and USN F-35s integrate during FS25
SEA OF JAPAN (March 10, 2025) — Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) run to chock and chain MH-60S assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 4 the “Black Knights” on the flight deck while underway in the Sea of Japan, March 10. Ralph Johnson is forward deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th fleet’s principal surface force. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Hannah Fry)

DDG 114 Flight Operations with HSC 4
SHIZUOKA, Japan (March 4, 2025) — Japan Ground Self-Defense Force paratroopers assigned to the 1st Airborne Brigade descend from a U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron over JGSDF East Fuji Maneuver Area, Japan, March 4, 2025, during Airborne 25. Airborne 25 is the largest annual static-line personnel jump exercise between the U.S. Air Force and JGSDF. The exercise integrated six C-130J Super Hercules from the 36th Airlift Squadron carrying 215 JGSDF soldiers for an airdrop training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe)

JGSDF conduct annual mass airborne operations
OKINAWA, Japan (March 6, 2025) — U.S. Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Taiyo Tatara, left, a communication strategy and operations officer with 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3rd MLG), and Cpl. Ekwili Ekpo, right, a food service specialist with Combat Logistics Regiment 37, 3rd MLG, traverse through water during a Basic Jungle Skills Course at Jungle Warfare Training Center, Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, March. 7, 2025. Tatara is a native of Japan. Ekpo is a native of Texas. The course is designed to sharpen the Marines' ability to operate effectively in harsh, unfamiliar terrain, preparing them to confront adversaries in any environment, ensuring they remain agile and combat-ready in the face of evolving threats. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Weston Brown)

U.S. Marines with CLR-37 Conduct Basic Jungle Skills Course
JAPAN (March 1, 2025) — U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 2/4, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, insert onto the beach during a bilateral simulated boat raid part of Iron Fist 25 at Kin Blue Training Area, Okinawa, Japan on Mar. 1, 2025. Iron Fist is an annual bilateral exercise designed to increase interoperability and strengthen the relationships between the U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force. The 31st MEU is operating aboard ships of the USS America Amphibious Ready Group in the 7th Fleet area of operations, the U.S. Navy’s largest forward-deployed numbered fleet, and routinely interacts and operates with allies and partners in preserving a free and open Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Angel Diaz Montes De Oca)

Iron Fist 25 | 31st MEU, JGSDF Boat Raid
YAMAGUCHI, Japan (March 8, 2025) — U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 214, Marine Aircraft Group 13, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing taxi the flight line after arriving at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, March 8, 2025. VMFA-214, an F-35B squadron from MCAS Yuma, Arizona, deployed to augment MAG-12, 1st MAW under the Unit Deployment Program, which provides U.S.-based units with operational experience in the Indo-Pacific. Their arrival marked the start of the Marine Corps’ transition from the F/A-18 Hornet to the F-35 for rotational deployments to the region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Samantha Rodriguez)

U.S.-based F-35s replace Hornets in rotational deployments to Japan
BANGKOK, Thailand (March, 6, 2025) — Maj. Melanie

F-35A Demonstration Team Arrives, Prepares for 88th RTAF Airshow
YOKOTA AIR BASE, TOKYO, Japan (March 4, 2025) — U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Michael Ricketts, 374th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron avionics technician, conducts maintenance on ground support equipment during inclement weather for exercise Beverly Morning 25-2 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, March 4, 2025. BM 25-2 is an annual exercise designed to sharpen Mission Ready Airmen and fortify base readiness. Through routine training, personnel at Yokota Air Base remain postured to rapidly respond to any potential real-world crises and maintain its status as the premiere hub for power projection in the Indo-Pacific theater. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Cayla Hunt)

374 AMXS conducts nighttime maintenance
ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (March 4, 2025) — U.S. Air Force maintainers assigned to the 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., prepare a B-1B Lancer for a training mission in support of Bomber Task Force 25-1 at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Mar. 4, 2025. Bomber missions contribute to joint force lethality and deter aggression in the Indo-Pacific by demonstrating USAF ability to operate anywhere in the world at any time in support of the National Defense Strategy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Robert M. Trujillo)

U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers assigned to the 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron launch to support BTF 25-1 training mission

APRIL

LAL-LO, Philippines (April 28, 2025) — A U.S. Marine with Marine Wing Support Squadron 174, Marine Aircraft Group 24, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, runs with a refueling hose to refuel an AH-64 Apache assigned to 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, 25th...

Balikatan 25: B Co. 3-25 exfils Gimlets
PHILIPPINE SEA (April 4, 2025) — An F/A-18E Super Hornet from the “Mighty Shrikes” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 94 is guided onto the catapult on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the Philippine Sea, April 30, 2025....

Nimitz Conducts Flight Operations
GWANGJU AIR BASE, South Korea (April 30, 2025) — A Republic of Korea Air Force F-15K Slam Eagle aircraft with the 11th Fighter Wing takes off from Gwangju Air Base, South Korea, during exercise Freedom Flag 25-1, April 30, 2025. FF25-1 is a military...

U.S. Air Force participates in Freedom Flag 25-1
PHILIPPINE SEA (April 29, 2025) — A search and rescue swimmer is lifted into an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the “Indians” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 6 during training in the Philippine Sea, April 29, 2025. Nimitz is underway in the...

Nimitz Conducts Search and Rescue Training
RIZAL, Philippines (April 28, 2025) — Philippine Marines with the 3rd Marine Brigade load an M101 105mm Howitzer, a light field artillery weapon, as part of a counter landing live fire during Exercise Balikatan 25 at Rizal, Philippines, April 28,...

Balikatan 25: U.S., Philippine, Australian Forces Conduct Counter Landing Live Fire Exercise
PHILIPPINES (April 28, 2025) — U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 5th Battalion, 3rd Artillery Regiment, 1st Multi-Domain Task Force, staged with a U.S. Army M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System for a training iteration in support of Exercise...

Staging
KUNSAN AIR BASE, South Korea (April 30, 2025) — Senior Airman Eduardo Ledezma, Tech. Sgt. Kristopher Speir, and Tech Sgt. Aldrich Aldana, 163d Attack Wing MQ-9 Reaper armament systems specialists, load an AGM-114 Hellfire missile onto an MQ-9 Reaper...

MQ-9 maintainers, planners integrate during Freedom Flag 25-1
NORTHERN TERRITORY, Australia (April 29, 2025) — U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 25.3 post security during on-off drills from Royal Australian Air Force Base Darwin to Robertson Barracks, Darwin, Australia, April 29, 2025. This...

MRF-D 25.3: Marines conduct on-off drills
FORT MAGSAYSAY, Philippines (April 25, 2025) — U.S. Air Force Air Commandos assigned to the 353rd Special Operations Wing jump from an MC-130J Commando II during static line jump training as part of Exercise Balikatan 25 at Fort Magsaysay,...

Balikatan 25: 353rd SOW, Philippine Special Forces Regiment conduct static line jump training
PHILIPPINES (April 24, 2025) — U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Tyler T. Hallman, a native of Maryland and a low altitude air gunner with 3d Littoral Anti-Air Battalion, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, conducts a weapons maintenance check on...

Balikatan 25: MADIS initial live fire drill
NORTHERN TERRITORY, Australia (April 29, 2025) — U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 25.3 board a MV-22B Osprey during on-off drills from Royal Australian Air Force Base Darwin to Robertson Barracks, Darwin, Australia, April 29, 2025....

MRF-D 25.3: Marines conduct on-off drills
PHILIPPINES (April 26, 2025) — U.S. Marines with Medium-Range Missile Battery, 3d Marine Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division conduct a simulated fire-mission with the Navy-Marine Corps Expeditionary Ship...

Balikatan 25: Marines deploy NMESIS to Basco
PHILIPPINES (April 26, 2025) — Philippine Army soldiers from the 5th and 7th Infantry Division and U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 25th Infantry Division conduct helocast training during the Jungle Operations Training Course (JOTC) at Fort Magsaysay,...

Balikatan 25: JOTC Completes HELOCAST Insertion Training
RIZAL, Philippines (April 23, 2025) — Australian soldiers with 5th/7th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment step off an MV-22B Osprey with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 364, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, during an air insert from Puerto Princesa,...

Balikatan 25: MRF – D 25.3, ADF conduct air insert into Rizal
CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan (April 23, 2025) — U.S Marines aim at a target in a night shoot during a Combat Marksmanship Coaches Course at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, April 23, 2025.  The Marines that participated in the CMC will earn an additional...

Night Shoot | Marines participate in a Combat Marksmanship Coaches Course
CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan (April 23, 2025) — A U.S. Marine Corps MK36 wrecker with Marine Air Support Squadron 2, Marine Air Control Group 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing pulls a Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement on Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan,...

MASS-2 recovers tactical vehicle in rain
PHILIPPINE SEA (April 23, 2025) — An F/A-18E Super Hornet from the “Kestrels” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 137 launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the Philippine Sea, April 23, 2025. Nimitz is underway in...

Nimitz Conducts Flight Operations
PHILIPPINE SEA (April 22, 2025) — A Sailor awaits confirmation to signal the seating of the catapult onto an F/A-18F Super Hornet from the

Nimitz Conducts Flight Operations
MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan (April 18, 2025) — A B-1B Lancer assigned to Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, lands at Misawa Air Base, Japan, during Bomber Task Force 25-2, April 18, 2025. Bomber missions provide opportunities to train and operate with allies...

B-1B Lancers arrive at Japan for BTF 25-2 Deployment
PACIFIC OCEAN (April 22, 2025) — An F/A-18E Super Hornet from the “Blue Diamonds” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 146 launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the Pacific Ocean, April 22, 2025. Nimitz is underway...

Nimitz Conducts Flight Operations
GWANGJU GWANG'YEOGSI [KWANGJU-KWANGYOKSHI], South Korea (April 18, 2025) — Republic of Korea and U.S. military aircraft fly in formation April 18, 2025. The aircraft will participate in Freedom Flag 25-1, a joint and bilateral military exercise...

ROK, US forces showcase airpower ahead of Freedom Flag 25-1
DYESS AIR FORCE BASE, Texas (April 17, 2025) — A C-130J Super Hercules equipped with external fuel tanks, assigned to the 39th Airlift Squadron, leaves for a Max Endurance Operation enroute to support Exercise Balikatan 25 at Dyess Air Force Base,...

Balikatan 25: 317th AW delivers varsity airlift to the Indo-Pacific
CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan (April 18, 2025) — U.S. Marines with Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fast-rope from a U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (Rein.), during alternate...

31st MEU | Fast Rope Sustainment
PACIFIC OCEAN (April 17, 2025) — An F/A-18F Super Hornet from the

Nimitz Conducts Flight Operations
MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan (April 15, 2025) — A B-1B Lancer assigned to Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, lands at Misawa Air Base, Japan, kicking off Bomber Task Force 25-2, April 15, 2025. BTF missions allow the U.S. to maintain a strong, credible...

US Airmen deploy in support of first Bomber Task Force mission to Japan
JAPAN (April 15, 2025) — U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Brian Goetz, an infantry Marine with Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team 1/7, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, posts security with an M4 carbine during a jungle field exercise on Camp Hansen,...

31st MEU | Jungle Field Exercise
CORAL SEA (April 11, 2025) – Aviation Electronics Technician 3rd Class Trevor Bailey, from Post Fall, Idaho, assigned to the “Golden Falcons” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 12 communicates with the pilots of an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter...

USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) conducts flight operations in the Coral Sea
OSAN AIR BASE, GYEONGGIDO [KYONGGI-DO], South Korea (April 15, 2025) — Two U.S. Air Force B-1 Lancers fly in formation with two U.S. F-16 Fighting Falcons and two Republic of Korea Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs in airspace over the western region of...

B-1s train with ROKAF, conduct flyover
CAMP TECSON, Philippines (April 9, 2025) — Philippine Army Soldiers with the First Squat Regiment and U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Light Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, conducted a jungle...

Philippine and U.S. Soldiers Enhance Interoperability in Jungle Tracking Course
KAKINADA BEACH, India (April 11, 2025) — Indian Army soldiers from the 4/8 Gurkha Rifles Infantry Battalion, 91st Infantry Brigade, simulate securing a beach before a U.S. Navy Landing Craft, Air Cushion launched from the Whidbey Island-class dock...

U.S., Indian joint forces conduct large-scale amphibious landing drill during Exercise Tiger Triumph 2025
PACIFIC OCEAN (April 03, 2025) — Sailors prepare to launch an EA-18G Growler, attached to Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 133, from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln, flagship of...

Abraham Lincoln conducts flight operations
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan (April 8, 2025) — A U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules aircraft assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron flies over Yokota Air Base, Japan, during a training mission, April 8, 2025. The avenue opens for public viewing every...

Yokota in full bloom
NAGASAKI, Japan (April, 5, 2025) — A Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) assigned to Naval Beach Unit (NBU) 7 transits the Juliet Basin alongside the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Kongo-class guided-missile destroyer JS Kongo (DDG 173)...

CFAS Hosts Sasebo Fleet Friendship Day
VISAKHAPATNAM, Andhra Pradesh, India (April 4, 2025) — U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to Bayonet Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division, and Indian Army Soldiers, under the command of...

U.S. and Indian Armies strengthen alliances during Tiger Triumph
ANDHRA PRADESH, India (April 3, 2025) — A Soldier assigned to Bayonet Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 11th Airborne Division, provides cover for an Indian Army Soldier, under the command of Col. Yash...

U.S. and Indian Armies enhance combat readiness during Tiger Triumph

MAY

FRENCH POLYNESIA (May 31, 2025) — A Marine Nationale rescue swimmer descends from a French Navy Flottille 35F AS365 Dauphin helicopter during a joint training exercise between the French Navy and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane (WMEC 903) on...

Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane Performs joint flight operations with French Navy off the coast of Tahiti
TOWNSVILLE, QUEENSLAND, Australia (May 30, 2025) — U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 25.3, conduct communications checks during Exercise Southern Jackaroo at Townsville Field Training Area,...

MRF-D 25.3: 2nd Bn., 1st Marines, conduct raid with VMM-363 during Southern Jackaroo
PHILIPPINE SEA (May 31, 2025) — A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B lightning II aircraft assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepares to land during night flight operations aboard the amphibious assault ship...

31st MEU | F-35B night flight operations
NORTHERN TERRITORY, Australia (May 28, 2025) — U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 25.3, disembark off an MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 363 (VMM-363), MRF-D 25.3, during...

MRF-D 25.3: 2nd Bn., 1st Marines, VMM-363 conduct air assault rehearsals during Predator’s Walk
PHILIPPINE SEA (May 28, 2025) — Chief Logistics Specialist Jonathan Cruz, right, from Olongapo, Philippines, and Chief Logistics Specialist Antonio Evans, from Los Angeles, both assigned to supply department’s aviation supply division, participate...

Conducts Vertical Replenishment Training
CAMP RODRIGUEZ, South Korea (May 24, 2025) — U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marines, forward deployed with 4th Marine Regiment, 3d Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program, clear buildings during a live fire shoothouse as a part...

Activated Reserve Marines Conduct Live Fire MOUT during Korea Viper 25.4
MISAWA, AOMORI, Japan (May 30, 2025) — U.S. Air Force Capt. Ethan “Bantam” Smith, Pacific Air Forces F-16 Demonstration Team commander, salutes his crew chief as he taxis out in an F-16 Fighting Falcon during the team’s final flight at Misawa Air...

PACAF F-16 Demo Team conducts final flight after 30 years of enhancing U.S. relations worldwide
NORTHERN LUZON, Philippines (May 27, 2025) — Two U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey aircraft assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 364, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, fly in formation over Northern Luzon, Philippines,...

KAMANDAG 9: VMM-364 Inserts Marines into Basco Island, Philippines
VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (May 21, 2025) — An unarmed Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile launches during an operational test at 12:01 Pacific Time May 21, 2025, at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif. ICBM test launches...

Operational Test Launch GT 253 is a 'Glory Trip' for wing
SOUTH CHINA SEA (May 27, 2025) — E/A-18G Growlers from the “Cougars” of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 139 fly near the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the South China Sea, May 27, 2025. Nimitz is underway in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of...

Nimitz Conducts Flight Operations
KANEʻOHE, Hawaiʻi (May 26, 2025) — The State Office of Veterans’ Services hosted the Governor’s Memorial Day Ceremony on May 29, 2025, at the Hawai‘i State Veterans Cemetery in Kāneʻohe, Hawaiʻi. Governor Josh Green provided the Memorial Day Address...

Governor's Memorial Day Ceremony
COLONEL ERNESTO RABINA AIR BASE, Philippines (May 26, 2025) — U.S. Marines with 3d Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, engage targets during a high explosive in support of Exercise KAMANDAG 9 at Colonel Ernesto...

KAMANDAG 9: 3d LCT conducts high explosive battle drills
CAMP STANLEY, South Korea (May 20, 2025) — U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marines, forward deployed with 4th Marine Regiment, 3d Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program, set security for U.S. Army Soldiers with the 23rd...

Activated Reserve Marines Conduct CBRN Response Training with U.S. Army during Korea Viper 25.4
EAST CHINA (May 20, 2025) — Two F-35B Lightning II fighter aircrafts from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242, prepare to land on the flight deck the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) while conducting flight...

USS America (LHA 6) Conducts Flight Operations
SOUTH CHINA SEA (May 14, 2025) — An F/A-18E Super Hornet from the “Kestrels” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 137 prepares to make an arrested landing on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the South China Sea, May 14,...

Nimitz Conducts Flight Operations
OSAN AIR BASE, GYEONGGIDO [KYONGGI-DO], South Korea (May 17, 2025) — Participants of the Four Chaplain Memorial Run and Ruck trek through the Norwegian Foot March course at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, May 17, 2025. The NFM was first held in...

Four Chaplains: Norwegian Foot March
YOKOTA AIR BASE, TOKYO, Japan (May 18, 2025) — U.S. Marine Corps Marines assigned to the 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion conduct a military free fall demonstration during the Japanese-American Friendship Festival 2025 at Yokota Air Base, Japan, May 18,...

U.S., Japan display interoperability during Friendship Jump 2025
YOKOTA AIR BASE, TOKYO, Japan (May 18, 2025) — A U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron sits on the flight line during the 2025 Japanese-American Friendship Festival fireworks display at Yokota Air Base, Japan,...

FF25: Blaze of Friendship
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (May 16, 2025) – The U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) arrives in Wellington, New Zealand, May 16, 2025. The Blue Ridge and embarked U.S. 7th Fleet staff conduct regular Indo-Pacific patrols to deter aggression,...

Blue Ridge Arrives in Wellington, New Zealand for the First Time
JAPAN (May 2, 2025) — A U.S. Marine rappels during Jungle Leaders Course at the Jungle Warfare Training Center, Okinawa, Japan, May 02, 2025. The course is designed to test physical and mental resilience of Marine Corps leaders in a harsh jungle...

U.S. Marines Execute Casualty Evacuation Training during Jungle Leaders Course
WHITE BEACH NAVAL FACILITY, OKINAWA, Japan (May 3, 2025) — U.S. Marines with Baker Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct paddling and broaching drills during small boat refresher...

31st MEU Boat Company conducts Small Boat Skills during MEUEX
WAKE ISLAND (May 10, 2025) — U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 211, Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing fly over Wake Island enroute to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, May 10,...

F-35B Lightning IIs fly over Wake Island
NAVAL BASE GUAM (May 13, 2025) — The Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Minnesota (SSN 783) transits Apra Harbor, Naval Base Guam, May 13, 2025. Assigned to Commander, Submarine Squadron 15, based at Polaris Point, Naval Base Guam, Minnesota...

USS Minnesota (SSN 783) returns to Naval Base Guam
SOUTH CHINA SEA (May 11, 2025) — Members of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 11 fast-rope out of an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter from the “Indians” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 6 onto the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS...

EOD members conduct fast-rope ops onto USS Nimitz in South China Sea
APPARI, Philippines (May 2, 2025) — U.S. Marines Corps Cpl. Nycorian Allen, a native of Georgia and an anti-tank missileman with 3d Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, fires an FGM-148 Javelin during the...

Balikatan 25: 3d LCT and 25th ID Conduct Counter Landing Live Fire Event with AFP
OSAN AIR BASE, GYEONGGIDO [KYONGGI-DO], South Korea (May 11, 2025) — Republic of Korea Air Force Black Eagles perform aerial maneuvers during Osan Air Power Days at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, May 11, 2025. Their performance demonstrated...

Respect the Past, Forge the Future: Air Power Days Returns to Osan
CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan (May 3, 2025) — U.S. Marines with Animal Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to embark an MV-22B Osprey aircraft assigned to Marine Medium Tilt Rotor...

31st MEU conducts quick response force rehearsal for MEUEX
SOUTH CHINA SEA (May 5, 2025) — Capt. Justin Eckhoff, executive officer of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), observes a replenishment-at-sea with the fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Lewis (T-AO 205) from the hangar bay of the aircraft...

Nimitz Sailors Conduct a Refueling-at-Sea
MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan (May 8, 2025) — U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Colby Delia, 9th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron crew chief, marshals a B-1B Lancer on a flight line during Bomber Task Force 25-2 at Misawa Air Base, Japan, May 3, 2025. BTF 25-2...

BTF 25-2: Seventh Mission Operations
PHILIPPINES (May 3, 2025) — A U.S. Army Soldier assigned to the 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, 2nd Mobile Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, fires a FGM-148 Javelin missile in a Counter Landing live-fire exercise with U.S. Marines...

Balikatan 25: Counter Landing Live Fire Exercise
KADENA AIR BASE, Japan (May 5, 2025) — U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy aircraft, along with U.S. Army Patriot missile batteries line up on the runway for an elephant walk during a routine operational readiness exercise at Kadena Air Base, Japan, May 6,...

BH 25-2: Kadena demonstrates Indo-Pacific readiness with joint elephant walk
(May 24, 2024) An EA-18G Growler, attached to the Shadowhawks of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 141, launches off the flight deck of the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), in the Philippine Sea, May 24....

USS Ronald Reagan conducts routine flight operations in the Philippine Sea
(May 15, 2024) U.S and Indonesian Reconnaissance Marines return from conducting amphibious operations with combat rudder raiding crafts during Exercise Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Indonesia 24 in Bandar Lampung, Indonesia, May...

MARFORPAC, Indonesian Marine Corps conduct recon small boat operations during CARAT Indonesia 24
(May 13, 2024) An E-2D Hawkeye, assigned to the “Liberty Bells” of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 115, launches off the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) during a VAW-115 change of...

USS Theodore Roosevelt conducts flight operations during change of command ceremony in the South China Sea
(May 14, 2024) U.S. Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force operate combat rubber raiding crafts during an incidental combat rubber raiding craft course at Naval Base White Beach, May 14, 2024, Okinawa, Japan. The course was hosted by...

III MEF conducts incidental combat rubber raiding craft course in Japan
(May 8, 2024) U.S. Marines with the maritime raid force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a dive operations exercise on Ukibaru, Okinawa, Japan, May 8, 2024. The purpose of the exercise was to maintain proficiency and practice standard...

31st MEU conducts dive operations exercise in Japan

JUNE

CORAL SEA (June 29, 2025) — A U.S. Marine F-35B Lightning II aircraft from Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepares to land on the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America...

USS America (LHA 6) Conducts Flight Operation
KADENA AIR BASE, OKINAWA, Japan (June 26, 2025) — Japan Air Self-Defense Force members from the Naha Air Rescue Squadron ride on a U.S. Air Force HH-60W Jolly Green II assigned to the 33rd Rescue Squadron, in support of exercise Cope Angel 25-1 at...

Cope Angel 2025: U.S and Japan sharpen search and rescue skills
CORAL SEA (June 29, 2025) — U.S. Marines with Baker Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct ship-to-shore movement, utilizing the Enhanced Combat Rubber Reconnaissance Craft, in the...

31st MEU | Boat Company Conducts Ship-to-Shore Movement
CORAL SEA (June 28, 2025) — A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 265 (Rein.), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, takes off during flight operations aboard amphibious transport dock USS San Diego...

USS San Diego conducts flight ops in Coral Sea
CAMP FUJI, Japan (June 8, 2025) — U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Dawson Dauzat operates an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System during a field training exercise at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan, June 8, 2025. The training demonstrates...

3/12 Executes a HIMARS Dry-Fire Training at Camp Fuji
JAPAN (June 30, 2025) — U.S. Navy EOD divers prepare to place a charge on a bottom mine during IWO-TO LIVE MINEX 2025. (U.S. Navy Photo by EODCS Steven Jurgielewicz)

Mine Matters
U.S. 7TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (June 23, 2025) — A CMV-22B Osprey, attached to Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (VRM) 30, readies for takeoff on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) while underway in...

USS George Washington conducts flight ops in Philippine Sea
TASMAN SEA (June 20, 2025) Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 1st Class Rebekah Hood, from Gilbert, Arizona, assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) directs an MH-60S Seahawk from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron...

USS America (LHA 6) Conducts Flight Operation
YOKOSUKA, KANAGAWA, Japan (June 21, 2025) — Sailors aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS John Finn (DDG 113) take in a line on the fo’c’sle during a sea and anchor detail in Yokosuka, Japan, June 21. John Finn is...

USS John Finn departs Yokosuka
PHILIPPINES (June 24, 2025) — U.S. Army Soldiers from the Transformation in Contact enabled 2nd MBDE, 25th Infantry Division train alongside their Philippine 5th Infantry Division Partners in Operational Maneuver in Northern Luzon, Philippines, June...

Salaknib 25 | Operation Maneuver
U.S. 7TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (June 16, 2025) — Sailors signal for an F/A-18F to launch off the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) while underway in the Philippine Sea, June 16, 2025. The USS George...

U.S. 7TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY
TIMOR SEA (June 12, 2025) — A U.S. Marine with Weapons Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, tests his L3Harris Binocular Night Vision Device (PVS-31) during a night live-fire deck shoot...

31st MEU | Live-fire deck shoot aboard USS San Diego
PHILIPPINE SEA (June 15, 2025) — Naval Air Crewman (Helicopter) 2nd Class Jeremy Valdez from Kaneohe, Hawaii, assigned to the Golden Falcons of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 12, looks down at Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George...

George Washington Conducts Helicopter Operations
FIVE HILLS TRAINING AREA, MONGOLIA (June 14, 2025) — U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 11th Military Police Brigade, 200th Military Police Command, march during the opening ceramony for Khaan Quest 2025, on June 14, 2025, at Five Hills Training Area,...

Khaan Quest kicks off with an opening ceremony
NAVAL BASE GUAM (June 11, 2025) – Sailors assigned to the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Annapolis (SSN 760) conduct mooring operations at Polaris Point, Naval Base Guam, June 11, 2025. Assigned to Commander, Submarine Squadron 15,...

USS Annapolis (SSN 760) returns to Naval Base Guam
PHILIPPINE SEA (June 12, 2025) — An F-35C Lightning II, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147, approaches a catapult on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) while underway in the Philippine Sea,...

USS George Washington conducts flight ops in Philippine Sea
SOUTH CHINA SEA (June 6, 2025) — An F/A-18E Super Hornet from the “Blue Diamonds” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 146 prepares to launch from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the South China Sea, June 6, 2025. Nimitz...

Nimitz Conducts Flight Operations
SOLOMON SEA (June 8, 2025) — U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepares to take off during touch-and-go flight operation drills aboard the amphibious...

31st MEU | F-35B Lightning IIs conduct rapid flight operations
JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (June 6, 2025) — Sailors man the rails aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), as the ship pulls into Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, June 6, 2025. Tripoli is currently underway in the Pacific Ocean forward...

Sailors man the rails aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), as the ship pulls into Pearl Harbor
MISAWA AIR BASE, AOMORI, Japan (June 5, 2025) —U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to the 14th Fighter Squadron receive fuel from a KC-46A Pegasus assigned to the 60th Air Mobility Wing during an off-station training near Misawa Air Base,...

Travis AFB sends KC-46 across the Pacific to train with Misawa F-16s
PALAWAN, Philippines (June 4, 2025) — Philippine Marines with 3rd Brigade fire a 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft system during a counter-landing live-fire event for KAMANDAG 9 at Quezon, Palawan, Philippines, June 4, 2025. KAMANDAG is an annual Philippine...

KAMANDAG 9: MRF-D 25.3 and PMC conduct a counter-landing live-fire defense
GUAM (June 7, 2025) — U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II from the 25th Fighter Squadron, Osan Air Force Base, South Korea, fly in formation over Wake Island, June 7, 2025. The A-10 is a twin-engine, straight-wing, subsonic attack aircraft designed...

506th EARS Refuel A-10s across the Pacific
FORT MAGSAYSAY, Philippines (June 6, 2025) — Philippine Army Soldiers assigned to 71st Infantry Battalion, 702nd Brigade, 7th Infantry Division, move to an objective during Salaknib 25 at Fort Magsaysay, Philippines, June 6, 2025. This iteration of...

Salaknib 25 | Final Assault
PACIFIC OCEAN (June 3, 2025) — A U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper, left, attached to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 369, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, refuels on the flight deck of the amphibious dock landing ship USS...

QUART: HMLA-369 Conducts Deck Landing Qualifications Aboard USS Harpers Ferry
PACIFIC OCEAN (June 1, 2025) — A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion attached to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 466, Marine Aircraft Group 16, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, prepares to lift off the flight deck of the of the amphibious dock landing...

QUART: CH53s Conduct Deck Landing Qualifications Aboard USS Harpers Ferry

JULY

CAMP SCHWAB, Japan (July 30, 2025) — U.S. Marines with Headquarters Company, 4th Marine Regiment fire M240B machine guns during a live-fire range on Camp Schwab, Okinawa, Japan, July 30, 2025. This range allowed Marines to reinforce their machine...

U.S. Marines Conduct a M240B Machine Gun Live-Fire Range
OKINAWA, Japan (July 28, 2025) — U.S. Marines patrol during Expeditionary Advanced Base Field Training Exercise at the Central Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, July 28, 2025. The EAB FTX developed the 12th Littoral Combat Team’s proficiency in command...

12th LCT Executes an Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations FTX
CAMP COURTNEY, Japan (July 28, 2025) — U.S. Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force conduct a 10-kilometer hike on Camp Courtney, Japan, July 28, 2025. The hike served as a physical endurance challenge designed to build resilience, strengthen...

III Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Company conducts 10k hike
POHANG, South Korea (July 21, 2025) — A Republic of Korea Marine with the 1st Marine Division, ROK Marine Corps, demonstrates a rope traversal during the Korean Marine Exercise Program 25.2 in Pohang, South Korea, July 24, 2025. KMEP is conducted...

2/23 Marines and ROK Marines Joint Obstacle Course Training at KMEP 25.2
QUEENSLAND, Australia (July 25, 2025) — A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft assigned to Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, conducts cargo airdrop proficiency training over the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility during...

Training for proficiency: C-17 crew practices cargo drops during TS25
NEW SOUTH WALES, Australia (July 8, 2025) — U.S. Naval Special Warfare (NSW) operators, soldiers from Australia’s Special Operations Command, and United Kingdom Royal Marine Commandos from 42 Commando board a simulated target vessel for Visit,...

NSW Conducts Multi-National VBSS Training during Talisman Sabre 2
PACIFIC OCEAN (July 26, 2025) — U.S. Navy Sailors direct a V-22 Osprey, assigned to the “Sunhawks” of Fleet Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron (VRM) 50, as it prepares to land on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore...

USS Theodore Roosevelt Conducts Flight Operations
INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORIES (July 22, 2025) — The 3d Multi-Domain Task Force (3MDTF) led a High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System Rapid Infiltration (HIRAIN) demonstration in Indian Ocean Territories, July 22, 2025. A Royal Canadian Air Force C-17...

MDTF Projects Combined Joint Combat Power to Indian Ocean Territories During HIRAIN Demonstration
INDIAN OCEAN (July 24, 2025) — The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Milius (DDG 69) fires the Mark 45 5-Inch light-weight gun during a live-fire weapons exercise in the Indian Ocean, July 24, 2025. Milius is forward-deployed and...

USS Milius (DDG 69) Conducts Live-Fire Weapons Shoot with Mark 45 5-Inch Light-Weight Gun and Close-In Weapon System
NORTHERN TERRITORY, Australia (July 24, 2025) — A Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft flies alongside a U.S. Air Force KC-46 Pegasus aircraft from Travis Air Force Base, California, during an aerial refueling mission as part of...

KC-46 integrates with RAAF for bilateral refueling during Talisman Sabre 25
PACIFIC OCEAN (July 17, 2025) — A landing craft, air cushion, assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 5 approaches the well deck of amphibious transport dock ship USS Somerset (LPD 25) while underway in the Pacific Ocean, July 24, 2025. Somerset is...

Shore to Sea: Landing craft delivers cargo to Somerset
NORTHERN TERRITORY (July 20, 2025) — U.S. Coast Guard Port Security Unit 307 boat crew conduct seaward security for the Royal Canadian Navy HMCS Ville de Québec during Exercise Talisman Sabre 25 in Northern Territory, Australia, July 20, 2025....

Talisman Sabre 25: U.S. Coast Guard Port Security Unit 307 boat crew conduct seaward security for the Royal Canadian Navy HMCS Ville de Québec
OKINAWA, Japan (July 19, 2025) — A U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom and an AH-1Z Viper helicopter with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing fly off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, July 19, 2025....

HMLA-169 projects light attack combat power
PHILIPPINE SEA (July 21, 2025) — Sailors prepare to conduct flight operations on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), July 21, 2025. Vinson, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group ONE, is underway conducting...

USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Conducts Routine Flight Operations in the Philippine Sea
CORAL SEA (July 20, 2025) — The forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6), flag ship of the America Strike Group, steams alongside U.S. Navy ships from the America Strike Group, Royal Australian Navy, Republic of Korea Navy, Royal...

America Strike Group Conducts Formation Sail During Talisman Sabre 25
NORTHERN TERRITORY, Australia (July 17, 2025) — U.S. Hawaii Air National Guard Capt. Devon Ferguson and Capt. Michael Ah Hee, 203rd Air Refueling Squadron pilots, fly a KC-135 Stratotanker during Exercise Talisman Sabre 25 at Northern Territory,...

KC-135 refuels RC-135, Talisman Sabre 25
NORTHERN TERRITORY, Australia (July 16, 2025) — A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor assigned to the 199th Air Expeditionary Squadron sits beneath a hangar as the sun sets in Northern Territory, Australia, July 16, 2025, during Talisman Sabre 2025. Talisman...

199th Air Expeditionary Squadron conducts operations during TS25
NORTHERN TERRITORY, Australia (July 15, 2025) — A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker from the 203rd Air Refueling Squadron, Hawaii Air National Guard, refuels an Australian F-35A Lightning II during Exercise Talisman Sabre 25 over Northern...

U.S. KC-135 and Australian F-35 refuel mission, Talisman Sabre 25
TIMOR SEA (July 16, 2025) — An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 195, taxis on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) while underway in the Timor Sea, July 16, 2025, in support...

George Washington Conducts Flight Operations
PERAK, Malaysia (July 20, 2025) — A U.S. Army soldier demonstrates the proper technique for safely handling an eagle, educating U.S. and Australian Army partners on the importance of wildlife awareness and respectful interaction during jungle...

Survival in the Tropics: Malaysian Army Shares Essential Jungle Training with U.S. and Australian Soldiers
TIMOR SEA (July 18, 2025) — U.S. Navy aircraft, attached to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, fly over U.S. Navy George Washington Carrier Strike Group, as it participates in dual carrier operations alongside Royal Navy HMS Prince of Wales Carrier Strike...

TALISMAN SABRE 2025 Dual Carrier Operations
TIMOR SEA (July 18, 2025) — U.S. Navy aircraft, attached to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 5, fly over U.S. Navy George Washington Carrier Strike Group, as it participates in dual carrier operations alongside Royal Navy HMS Prince of Wales Carrier Strike...

TALISMAN SABRE 2025 Dual Carrier Operations
TINIAN, Northern Mariana Islands (July 18, 2025) — A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor assigned to the 3rd Air Expeditionary Wing conducts aerial maneuvers during exercise Resolute Force Pacific 2025 in Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands, July 17, 2025....

JBER F-22s land in Tinian during REFORPAC
TIMOR SEA (July 15, 2025) — An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 195, takes off from the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) while underway in the Timor Sea in support of Talisman...

George Washington Conducts Flight Operations
AUSTRALIA (July 17, 2025) — U.S. Marines with Baker Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct shore-to-ship movement utilizing the Enhanced Combat Rubber Reconnaissance Craft as a...

31st MEU Boat Company Secures Beach Landing Site during Exercise Talisman Sabre 25
TOKYO, Japan (July 5, 2025) — U.S. Air Force firefighters assigned to the 169th Civil Engineer Squadron’s fire department and the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron’s fire department conduct car burn procedures during a deployment for training course at...

169th CES firefighters complete vehicle burn training
DARWIN, Australia (July 13, 2025) — U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Cindy Bollos, right, an ammo chief, and Lance Cpl. Jeziel Marin, a field artillery cannoneer, both with Kilo Battery, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin...

Talisman Sabre 25: 3rd Bn., 11th Marines, MRF-D 25.3, and 103 Battery, 8/12th Regiment conduct Bilateral Gunline Fire with M777 Howitzers
TIMOR SEA (July 14, 2025) — An E-2D Hawkeye, attached to Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 125, prepares to take off from the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) while underway in the Timor Sea in...

USS George Washington conducts flight ops during Talisman Sabre in Timor Sea
AUSTRALIA (July 13, 2025) — U.S Marines, with Golf Battery, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, work together to quickly reload their M777 towed 155mm howitzer during a 15 round fire mission in...

Talisman Sabre 25
CELEBES SEA (July 13, 2025) — An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 195, takes off from the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) while underway in the Celebes Sea, July 13, 2025....

USS George Washington Conducts Flight Operations
ROCKHAMPTON, Australia (July 15, 2025) — High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems from the Australian Army, the United States Army and the Singapore Army fire a salvo of rockets during a combined joint live fire exercise in Queensland, Australia...

Talisman Sabre 25 - CJLFX
CORAL SEA (July 13, 2025) — Two U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, land on the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America...

USS America (LHA 6) Conducts Flight Operations during Exercise Talisman Sabre 25
CELEBES SEA (July 10, 2025) — Sailors, assigned to deck department’s forward division, heave a phone-and-distance line on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) during a fueling-at-sea evolution with Military...

George Washington Conducts Fueling-at-Sea Evolution with Badlands Trader
WHITE BEACH NAVAL FACILITY, Japan (July 9, 2025) — A 33-foot Force Protection-Medium Harbor Security Boat attached to Commander, Fleet Activities Okinawa’s (CFAO) Naval Security Forces (NSF) conducts high-speed maneuvers during a Citadel Protect...

Fleet Activities Okinawa Enhances Readiness During Citadel Protect Exercise
QUEENSLAND, Australia (July 4, 2025) — U.S. Marines with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Company, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a mechanized patrol on Light Armored Vehicles...

31st MEU | LAR conducts a force on force
PYEONGTAEK, South Korea (July 3, 2025) — The Republic of Korea Air Force aerobatic demonstration team, the Black Eagles, practice aerial maneuvers over Camp Humphreys, South Korea, July 3, 2025. The demonstration team visited the garrison to...

ROKAF Black Eagles soar over Camp Humphreys
WAKUNI, YAMAGUCHI, Japan (July 2, 2025) — U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Devon Tschirley, station executive officer, Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, marches with the color guard during a change of command ceremony at MCAS Iwakuni, Japan, July 2, 2025....

Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni Change of Command Ceremony
CORAL SEA (July 1, 2025) — Three U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft, assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, fly by the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) while...

VMFA-242 aircraft conduct flyover of USS America in Coral Sea

AUGUST

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan (Aug. 27, 2025) — A U.S. Air Force pararescueman assigned to the 31st Rescue Squadron, jumps off a C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 36th Airlift Squadron, above Yokota Air Base, Japan, Aug. 27, 2025. The squadron spent a...

Every Jump Matters: 31st RQS enhances rescue readiness at Yokota
PHILIPPINE SEA (Aug. 29, 2025) — U.S. Marines with 12th Littoral Combat Team, 12th Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, wait for a fire mission during Resolute Dragon 25 at Hijudai Maneuver Area, Oita Prefecture, Japan, Sept. 13, 2025....

MRF-D 25.3: VMM-363’s MV-22B Ospreys arrive to USS Miguel Keith
CAMP HANSEN, Japan (Aug. 20, 2025) — U.S. Marines with III Marine Expeditionary Force Support Battalion (MSB), III MEF Information Group, fire an M240B machine gun during a live-fire range at Camp Hansen, Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 20, 2025. The machine...

III MEF Support Battalion executes live-fire machine gun range
JAKARTA, Indonesia (Aug. 2025) — U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 25.3, a Royal Dutch Marine, an Indonesian Marine, and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force soldier run across the...

Super Garuda Shield 25: U.S., Dutch, Japanese forces conduct close quarter battle drills
BATURAJA, Indonesia (Aug. 27, 2025) — A U.S. Army paratrooper assigned to the 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) jumps with an MC-6 parachute from a C-130 aircraft into Baturaja, Indonesia, during Super Garuda Shield 25, Aug. 27, 2025. Super Garuda...

Super Garuda Shield 25- Airborne Jump into Baturaja, Indonesia
DUTCH HARBOR, Alaska (Aug. 21, 2025) — An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter, attached to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 14, flies over Dutch Harbor during exercise Northern Edge 2025 (NE25), Aug. 21. NE25 is an exercise led by U.S. Indo-Pacific...

HSC-14 conducts flight ops in Dutch Harbor during Northern Edge 2025
LAMPUNG, Indonesia (Aug. 24, 2025) — A U.S. Air Force Special Tactics operator with the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, performs a High-Altitude Low Opening jump during Super Garuda Shield 2025 at Gatot Soebroto Airport, Lampung, Indonesia, August...

Garuda Shield holds it's annual exercise between the Indonesian National Armed Forces and U.S. Military
GYEONGGIDO [KYONGGI-DO], South Korea (Aug. 27, 2025) — U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 11th Engineer Battalion, 2d Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade, 2d Infantry Division/ROK-U.S. Combined Division pull security on a bridge erecting boat...

2ID and ROK Army Conduct Combined Wet Gap Crossing Training for UFS25
PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 18, 2025) — The Aurora Borealis appears in the night sky over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) as the ship transits the North Pacific Ocean during exercise Northern Edge 2025 (NE25), Aug. 18. NE25 is...

Aurora Borealis appears over Abraham Lincoln during exercise Northern Edge 2025
INDONESIA (Aug. 26, 2025) — U.S. Army Pfc. Jackson Muse, infantryman assigned to the 11th Airborne Division, fires an FIM-92 Stinger for the first time in Indonesia during Super Garuda Shield 25, in Baturaja, Indonesia, Aug. 26, 2025. Super Garuda...

Super Garuda Shield 25 Stinger live-fire exercise
PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 20, 2025) — A U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey attached to Marine Tiltrotor Squadron Marine Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 163 (Reinforced), prepares to land on the flight deck of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4)...

Boxer Flight Operations
PHILIPPINE SEA (Aug. 22, 2025) — Sailors, assigned to air department’s flight deck crash and salvage division, direct an F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 27, on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS...

George Washington Conducts Flight Operations
NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 23, 2025) —An F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 151, launches from the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) during Northern Edge 2025 (NE25). NE25 is an...

Abraham Lincoln participates in exercise Northern Edge 2025
PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 19, 2025) — An MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the “Blackjacks” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 21, takes off from the flight deck aboard the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD 4) while conducting...

Boxer Conducts Flight Operations
SOUTH KOREA (Aug. 21, 2025) — Sgt. Clayton Odneal and Pfc. Maddyson Woods, petroleum supply specialists assigned to 3rd Battalion, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 2d Infantry Division/ROK-U.S. Combined Division,...

Ulchi Freedom Shield 25: 2CAB Refueling Operations
KUNSAN AIR BASE, South Korea (Aug. 20, 2025) — U.S. Air Force Capt. Nicholas Patrick, 35th Fighter Squadron pilot, flies an F-16 Fighting Falcon for a dogfighting training scenario during exercise Ulchi Freedom Shield 25 at Kunsan Air Base, Republic...

Wolf Pack integrates with follow-on forces for UFS25
PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 13, 2025) — Aviation Electronics Technician Airman Apprentice David Benito, from Los Angeles, signals an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter, attached to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 71, as it takes off from the flight deck...

Abraham Lincoln conducts flight operations
SOUTH KOREA (Aug. 13, 2025) — Artillery crews from 2-12 FA coordinate to reload an M777 howitzer during Table VI qualification at Rodriguez Live Fire Complex, South Korea, Aug. 13, 2025.

Artillerymen Fight Mother Nature to Qualify at Rodriguez Live Fire Complex
PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 13, 2025) — The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) transits through the Pacific Ocean. Abraham Lincoln, flagship of Carrier Strike Group Three, is underway conducting routine training operations in the...

Abraham Lincoln conducts routine operations
PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 11, 2025) — U.S. Navy Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 1st Class Anna Perez, from Fardel, Minn., prepares to launch an F/A-18F Super Hornet, assigned to the “Flying Eagles” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 122, off the flight...

USS Theodore Roosevelt Flight Operations
POHANG, South Korea (Aug. 7, 2025) — U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 23rd Marines, forward deployed with 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division as part of the Unit Deployment Program, maintain security during a field operation as part of the...

2/23 Marines conduct final field operation during KMEP 25.2
PHILIPPINE SEA (Aug. 10, 2025) — U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey assigned to Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262 (Rein.), 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, prepare to take off from the flight deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America...

31st MEU Supports Anti-Submarine Warfare Operation in Indo-Pacific
SOUTH KOREA (Aug. 6, 2025) — A Soldier from Brutal Company takes a defensive position during a blank-fire squad attack at Rodriguez Live Fire Complex, South Korea on Aug. 6, 2025.

Brutal Company 4-9IN Conducts Blank-Fire React-to-Contact and Squad Attack Training
PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 7, 2025) — A U.S. Navy F/A-18F Hornet, assigned to the “Flying Eagles” of Strike Fighter Squadron 122, lands on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), Aug. 7, 2025. Theodore...

USS Theodore Roosevelt Flight Operations
PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 5, 2025) — Sailors observe an F-35C Lightning II, attached to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 314, make an arrested landing on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln,...

Abraham Lincoln conducts flight operations
LAL-LO, Philippines (Aug. 8, 2025) — An MV-22B Osprey assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 363, Marine Rotational Force - Darwin 25.3, flies in a formation flight with CV-22 Ospreys assigned to the 21st Special Operations Squadron,...

MRF-D 25.3: U.S. Marines and Airmen deliver critical supplies during foreign disaster relief in the Philippines
CORAL SEA (Aug. 2, 2025) — Sailors assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) and U.S. Marines with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit stand in formation for a photo commemorating 250 years of naval service, while...

USS America, 31st MEU commemorate 250 years with formation in Coral Sea

SEPTEMBER

OKINAWA, Japan (Sept. 26, 2025) — U.S. Marines with Force Reconnaissance Platoon, Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a freefall jump during parachute operations training over Okinawa, Japan, Sep. 26, 2025. The Marines...

31st MEU | 1st LAR conducts a Live Fire Range
MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan (Sept. 26, 2025) — A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 4th Fighter Squadron flies over the Pacific Ocean during a refueling mission in preparation of Exercise Bushido Guardian 2025 near Misawa Air Base, Japan,...

F-35 Refueling Operations over the Pacific
OKINAWA, Japan (Sept. 26, 2025) — U.S. Marines with Force Reconnaissance Platoon, Maritime Raid Force, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct a freefall jump during parachute operations training over Okinawa, Japan, Sep. 26, 2025. The Marines...

31st MEU | Parachute Operations
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan (Sept. 26, 2025) — A Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) KC-30, two U.S. Air Force F-35s, two RAAF F-35s and two Japan Air Self-Defense Force (JASDF) F-15Js fly in formation over the Pacific Ocean prior to the start of Exercise...

Bushido Guardian 25: Trilateral exercise kicks off in the Pacific
OKINAWA, Japan (Sept. 23, 2025) — U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Devin McRae, a loadmaster with Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 153, Marine Aircraft Group 24, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, waits for arrival at a drop zone before releasing container...

U.S. Marines with 3rd Marine Logistics Group conduct aerial deliveries during Resolute Dragon 2
OITA, Japan (Sept. 20, 2025) — U.S. Marines with 12th Littoral Combat Team, 12th Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, participate in force-on-force training during Resolute Dragon 25 at Hijudai Maneuver Area, Oita, Japan, Sept. 20, 2025....

RD25 | 12th LCT’s Akuma Co Participates in a Force-on-Force Day 1
NIIGATA, Japan (Sept. 19, 2025) — U.S. Army Missouri National Guard Soldiers assigned to the 1st Battalion, 138th Infantry Regiment and Japan Ground Self Defense Force personnel conduct tactical maneuver training as part of Orient Shield 25 at...

Orient Shield 25: Tactical Maneuver Training
IE SHIMA, Japan (Sept. 24, 2025) — U.S. Marine Corps pilots with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing perform a hot seat switch during Resolute Dragon 25 on Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force...

U.S. Marines, Sailors, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members refuel AH-64 Apaches with MV-22B Ospreys
IE SHIMA, Japan (Sept. 19, 2025) — U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Cole Goodrich, a crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, gives a signal for refueling during exercise Resolute Dragon 25 on...

U.S. Marines, Sailors, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members refuel AH-64 Apaches with MV-22B Ospreys
IWAKUNI, Japan (Sept. 22, 2025) — A U.S. Navy F-35C Lightning II jet with Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 147, Carrier Air Wing 5, conducts field carrier landing practice at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Sept. 18, 2025. Pilots aboard...

Navy and Marine jets fly at MCAS Iwakuni
KADENA AIR BASE, Japan (Sept. 16, 2025) — A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 355th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, departs after receiving fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 909th Air Refueling Squadron, during Freedom...

Freedom Edge 25
JGSDF CAMP METABARU, Japan (Sep. 12, 2025) — A U.S. Marine Corps AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter with Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing flies over Saga Prefecture, Japan, Sept. 12, 2025,...

U.S. Marines, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force operate forward arming, refueling point
OITA, Japan (Sep. 13, 2025) — U.S. Marines with 12th Littoral Combat Team, 12th Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, wait for a fire mission during Resolute Dragon 25 at Hijudai Maneuver Area, Oita Prefecture, Japan, Sept. 13, 2025....

RD25 | 12th Littoral Combat Team Mortar Range
U.S. 7TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (Sept. 16, 2025) — Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, Republic of Korea Navy, and U.S. Navy ships sail in formation in support of Exercise Freedom Edge 25, Sept. 16. Trilateral exercises like Freedom Edge...

U.S., Japan, Republic of Korea navies sail during Exercise Freedom Edge in U.S. 7th Fleet
PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 11, 2025) — Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Ashley Oscar, from Atlanta, left, and Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) Airman Korie Espenschied, from Beach City, Ohio, both assigned to the amphibious assault ship...

USS America (LHA 6) Conducts Joint Army AH-64E Apache Helicopter Exercise
KAGOSHIMA, Japan (Sept. 12, 2025) — U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Ospreys with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing fly in formation during exercise Resolute Dragon 25 off of the coast of...

U.S., Japan forces fly together during Resolute Dragon 25
KANOYA AIR BASE, Japan (Sept. 8, 2025) — A U.S. Marine with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 262, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing guides an MV-22B Osprey after landing at Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Kanoya Air Base,...

VMM-262 arrives at JMSDF Kanoya Air Base
ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (Sept. 11, 2025) — A honor guard consisting the Guam Police Department, 36th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighters and a 36th Security Forces Squadron patrolman, present the colors during a Patriot Day Remembrance...

Team Andersen honors 9/11’s 24th anniversary, remembers the fallen
OKINAWA, Japan (Sept. 8, 2025) — U.S. Marine CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters, assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 462, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, fly in formation off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, Sept. 8, 2025....

Marines with MWSS-172, HMH-462 fly in formation
PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 7, 2025) — A CH-47F Chinook helicopter assigned to the U.S. Army 25th Combat Aviation Brigade takes off from the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) while conducting flight operations in the Pacific...

USS America (LHA 6) Conducts Flight Operations
PHILIPPINE SEA (Sept. 3, 2025) — U.S. Marines with the 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, conduct combat rubber reconnaissance craft training with the Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Ohio (SSGN 726), in the Philippine Sea,...

3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division conducts Combat Rubber Reconnaissance Craft training with USS Ohio (SSGN 726)

OCTOBER

OKINAWA, Japan (Oct. 27, 2025) — A U.S. Air Force F-35 Lightning II assigned to the 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, deployed to Kadena Air Base, flies over the Pacific Ocean after an aerial refueling, Oct. 27, 2025. As the Keystone of the...

Air Refueling: Power beyond the horizon

NOVEMBER

ABURATSU, Japan (Nov. 22, 2025) Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit (EODMU) 5 Expeditionary Mine Countermeasures (ExMCM) Company 9-3 and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) EOD teams jump from an MH-53E Sea Dragon from Helicopter Mine...

Mine Warfare Exercise (MINEX) 3JA
OKINAWA, Japan (Nov. 4, 2025) — U.S. Marines with 7th Communication Battalion, III Marine Expeditionary Force Information Group, patrol on an obstacle course during Operation Odyssey Stormbreaker III at Jungle Warfare Training Center, Okinawa,...

7th Communication Battalion Marines conduct jungle endurance obstacles at Jungle Warfare Training Center
U.S. 7TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Nov. 28, 2025) — An F-35B Lighting II, assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 242, lands on the flight deck during flight operations aboard the forward-deployed amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA...

USS Tripoli Conducts F-35 Lightning Flight Operations
PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 26, 2025) — U.S. Sailors attach a cargo hook to an MH-60R Sea Hawk, assigned to the “Battle Cats” of Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 73, on the flight deck of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne...

Wayne E. Meyer Conducts Flight Operations
PHILIPPINE SEA (Nov. 25, 2025) — U.S. Sailors prepare an F/A-18E Super Hornet, attached to the “Mighty Shrikes” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 94, for launch on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) in the...

Nimitz Sailors Conduct Flight Operations
SOUTH KOREA (Nov. 20, 2025) — The weapons squad from C Co. 4-9 Infantry engages designated targets during a platoon live fire exercise at the Rodriguez Live Fire Complex in South Korea. Sustained and accurate fires allow the platoon to suppress and...

C CO 4-9 Infantry Conducts Live Fire Exercise at Rodriguez Live Fire Complex
PACIFIC OCEAN (Nov. 23, 2025) — An F-35C Lightning II, attached to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 314, prepares to make an arrested landing on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) on Nov. 23, 2025. USS...

Abraham Lincoln conducts flight operations
POHAKULOA TRAINING AREA, Hawaii (Nov. 7, 2025) — A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III completes a joint precision airdrop system delivery during Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center (JPMRC) 25-01 on Pohakuloa Training Area, Hilo, Hawaii,...

U.S. Air Force, Army complete airdrops during JPMRC 26-01
YAMAGUCHI, Japan (Nov. 7, 2025) — U.S. Marines with Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, run in formation at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Nov. 7, 2025. In celebration of the Marine Corps 250th birthday, Marines with MAG-12...

MAG-12 Marines run 250 miles commemorating Marine Corps’ 250th birthday
KUNSAN AIR BASE, SOUTH KOREA (Nov. 21, 2025) — Three U.S. Air Force Fighting Falcons from the 35th Fighter Squadron depart for the Super Squadron Phase 2 test at Osan Air Base in an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Nov....

Pantons depart Kunsan for Super Squadron Phase 2
NAVAL BASE GUAM (Nov. 18, 2025) — Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Asheville (SSN 758) returns to Naval Base Guam, reaffirming its role in the Indo-Pacific, Nov. 18, 2025. Assigned to Commander, Submarine Squadron 15 at Polaris Point,...

USS Asheville (SSN 758) returns to homeport
NAMHAN RIVER, South Korea (Nov. 20, 2025) — U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 814th Multi-Role Bridge Company, 11th Engineer Battalion, 2d Infantry Division Sustainment Brigade, 2d Infantry Division/ROK-U.S. Combined Division, construct a floating...

Champion Brigade Wet Gap Crossing
AT SEA, Guam (Nov. 13, 2025) — Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Hyuga-class helicopter destroyer, JS Hyuga, leads United States Navy Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, USS Fitzgerald (centre-right), Indian Navy Shivalik-class frigate, INS Sahyadri...

Australia, India, Japan and U.S. Forces Participate in Exercise Malabar 2025
OKINAWA, Japan (Nov. 17, 2025) — A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, deployed to Kadena Air Base, conducts aerial refueling with a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 909th Air Refueling Squadron...

A U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 4th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, deployed to Kadena Air Base, conducts aerial refueling with a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 909th Air Refueling Squadron during a local exercise over the Pacific Ocean, Nov. 17, 2025
KADENA AIR BASE, Japan (June 1, 2025) — U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles assigned to the 336th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron conduct a mission sortie during a three-month deployment to U.S. Navy Support Facility Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean...

F-15Es Complete Historic Forward Operations from Diego Garcia
SHIZUOKA, Japan (Oct. 26, 2025) — U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Dawson Dauzat, a high mobility artillery rocket system operator assigned to 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, operates an M240B machine gun during a live-fire mission...

U.S. Marines Conduct HIMARS Live-Fire on Combined Arms Training Center, Fuji

DECEMBER

SOUTH KOREA (Dec. 18, 2025) — U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 2nd Aviation Regiment, 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 2d Infantry Division/ROK-U.S. Combined Division, alongside 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade...

2-2 AHB Conducts Joint Fast-Rope Air Assault Training
ANTARCTICA (Dec. 23, 2025) — A LC-130 Skibird takes off in Antarctica. The New York National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing flies the LC-130 in support of Operation Deep Freeze, supporting the National Science Foundation in Antarctica. The LC-130...

109th Airlift Wing Operates in Antarctic
OKINAWA, Japan (Dec. 11, 2025) — Three U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs assigned to the 356th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, deployed to Kadena Air Base, fly in formation before aerial refueling over the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 11, 2025. The...

Lightning strikes… then refuels
KADENA AIR BASE, OKINAWA, Japan (Dec. 11, 2025) — A U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon assigned to the 119th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, deployed to Kadena Air Base, flies over the Pacific Ocean, Japan, Dec. 18, 2025. As the Keystone of the...

Falcon Flyover
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION, Japan (Dec. 30, 2025) — U.S. Marines with Marine Aircraft Group 12, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, refuel an F/A-18C Hornet aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 232, MAG-12, 1st MAW, at Marine Corps Air Station...

U.S. Marines perform ordnance loading and refueling

 

 

 

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