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

    Sep 09 2025
    250903-N-BD484-1054
    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, Sept. 3, 2025. The exercise is part of ongoing III Marine Expeditionary Force and U.S. 7th Fleet efforts to provide flexible, forward-postured and quick-response options to combatant commanders. Ohio is operating in the 7th Fleet area of operations. 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 Elijah Webb)

  • III MEF Support Battalion executes live-fire machine gun range

    Sep 08 2025
    250820-M-EJ408-1171
    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 gun range served to maintain III MSB’s proficiency in employing crew-served weapons. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Michael Taggart)

  • Super Garuda Shield 25: U.S., Dutch, Japanese forces conduct close quarter battle drills

    Sep 08 2025
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    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 street during close quarters battle drills during Super Garuda Shield 25 in Jakarta, Indonesia, Aug. 27, 2025. Super Garuda Shield is an annual exercise between the Indonesian National Armed Forces and U.S. Military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities, and cooperation. MRF-D is an annual six-month rotational deployment to enhance interoperability with the Australian Defence Force and provide a forward postured crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Anita Ramos)

  • Super Garuda Shield 25- Airborne Jump into Baturaja, Indonesia

    Aug 28 2025
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    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 Shield is an annual exercise between the Indonesian National Armed Forces and the U.S. military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities, and cooperation. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Justin Yarborough)

  • HSC-14 conducts flight ops in Dutch Harbor during Northern Edge 2025

    Aug 28 2025
    DUTCH HARBOR, Alaska
    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 Command that serves as a platform for joint, multi-domain operations to deliver high-end, realistic warfighter training, strengthen joint interoperability, and sharpen the air and sea-based combat readiness of U.S. and participating forces. (Courtesy photo)

  • Garuda Shield holds it's annual exercise between the Indonesian National Armed Forces and U.S. Military

    Aug 27 2025
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    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 24, 2025. Super Garuda Shield is an annual exercise between the Indonesian National Armed Forces and U.S. Military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities, and cooperation. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. John Farmer)

  • 2ID and ROK Army Conduct Combined Wet Gap Crossing Training for UFS25

    Aug 27 2025
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    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 during combined wet gap crossing training as part of Ulchi Freedom Shield near Yeoju, South Korea, Aug 27, 2025. Ulchi Freedom Shield is an annual combined exercise conducted in support of the ROK-U.S. Mutual Defense Treaty signed in 1953. This combined exercise program highlights the ironclad commitment between the two nations to maintain a robust combined defense posture and to defend the people of the ROK from any threat. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Cheyenne Mayer)

  • Aurora Borealis appears over Abraham Lincoln during exercise Northern Edge 2025

    Aug 27 2025
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    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 an exercise led by U.S. Indo-Pacific Command that serves as a platform for joint, multi-domain operations to deliver high-end, realistic warfighter training, strengthen joint interoperability, and sharpen the air and sea-based combat readiness of U.S. and participating forces. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Angel Campbell)

  • Super Garuda Shield 25 Stinger live-fire exercise

    Aug 27 2025
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    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 Shield is an annual exercise between the Indonesian National Armed Forces and U.S. military designed to strengthen bilateral interoperability, capabilities and cooperation. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Seu Chan)

  • Boxer Flight Operations

    Aug 26 2025
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    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) while conducting flight operations Aug. 20, 2025. The Boxer is currently underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 3rd Fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Normand Basque)

  • George Washington Conducts Flight Operations

    Aug 26 2025
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    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 (CVN 73), while underway in the Philippine Sea, Aug. 22, 2025. George Washington is the U.S. Navy’s premier forward-deployed aircraft carrier, a long-standing symbol of the United States’ commitment to maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific region, while operating alongside allies and partners across the U.S. Navy’s largest numbered fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Nicolas Quezada)

  • Abraham Lincoln participates in exercise Northern Edge 2025

    Aug 26 2025
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    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 exercise led by U.S. Indo-Pacific Command that serves as a platform for joint, multi-domain operations to deliver high-end, realistic warfighter training, strengthen joint interoperability, and sharpen the air and sea-based combat readiness of U.S. and participating forces. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Daniel Kimmelman)

  • Boxer Conducts Flight Operations

    Aug 25 2025
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    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 flight operations Aug. 19, 2025. The Boxer is currently underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 3rd Fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Dustin Drake)

  • Ulchi Freedom Shield 25: 2CAB Refueling Operations

    Aug 25 2025
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    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, prepares for refueling operations of a AH-64 Apache during Ulchi Freedom Shield on Deju Island, South Korea, Aug. 21, 2025. This critical task ensures the aircraft remains mission-ready and supports uninterrupted aviation operations during the joint military exercise. Ulchi Freedom Shield is an annual combined exercise conducted in support of the ROK-U.S. Mutual Defense Treaty signed in 1953. This combined exercise program highlights the ironclad commitment between the two nations to maintain a robust combined defense posture and to defend the people of the ROK from any threat. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kalisber Ortega)

  • Wolf Pack integrates with follow-on forces for UFS25

    Aug 22 2025
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    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 of Korea, Aug. 20, 2025. UFS25 challenges participants with realistic combat scenarios designed to bolster shared understanding and combined defense capabilities with allies and partners in the region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Landon Gunsauls)

  • Abraham Lincoln conducts flight operations

    Aug 20 2025
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    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 of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72). Abraham Lincoln, flagship of Carrier Strike Group Three, is underway conducting routine training operations in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations. As an integral part of U.S. Pacific Fleet, Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet operates naval forces in the Indo-Pacific and provides the realistic and relevant training to ensure the readiness necessary to execute the U.S. Navy’s timeless role across the full spectrum of military operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Daniel Kimmelman)

  • Artillerymen Fight Mother Nature to Qualify at Rodriguez Live Fire Complex

    Aug 19 2025
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    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.

  • Abraham Lincoln conducts routine operations

    Aug 18 2025
    PACIFIC OCEAN
    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 U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations. As an integral part of U.S. Pacific Fleet, Commander, U.S. 3rd Fleet operates naval forces in the Indo-Pacific and provides the realistic and relevant training to ensure the readiness necessary to execute the U.S. Navy’s timeless role across the full spectrum of military operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Glory Anderson)

  • USS Theodore Roosevelt Flight Operations

    Aug 14 2025
    250811-N-BR246-1500
    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 deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), Aug. 11, 2025. Theodore Roosevelt, flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 9, is underway conducting exercises to bolster strike group readiness and capability in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Aaron Haro Gonzalez)

  • 2/23 Marines conduct final field operation during KMEP 25.2

    Aug 13 2025
    250807-M-RY790-1077
    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 Korean Marine Exercise Program 25.2, Pohang, South Korea, Aug. 7, 2025. KMEP is conducted regularly between the ROK and U.S. Marine Corps to increase their combined capabilities through realistic training geared towards deterrence and maintaining peace in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kanoa Thomas)

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8th FW RAPCON “cave trolls” ensure safe, efficient air-traffic flow

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Nichole Headley, 8th Operations Support Squadron Airfield Automation Management NCO in-charge, views a display screen showing aircraft in the surrounding airspace at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Aug. 2, 2017. Headley, who works in the Radar Approach Control section, is responsible for directing aircraft at larger distances that cannot be visually seen.

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8th FW RAPCON “cave trolls” ensure safe, efficient air-traffic flow

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Nichole Headley, 8th Operations Support Squadron Airfield Automation Management NCO in-charge, views a display screen showing aircraft in the surrounding airspace at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Aug. 2, 2017. Headley, who works in the Radar Approach Control section, is responsible for directing aircraft at larger distances that cannot be visually seen.

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