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The Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) and the Air Force Rescue Squadrons (RQs) will soon receive their new search and rescue (SAR) workhorse, the Sikorsky HH-60W Combat Rescue Helicopter. The HH-60W recently completed its maiden flight and will soon replace the aging HH-60G Pave Hawk. According to Lockheed Martin, the parent company of Sikorsky, […]
U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) CH-53E Super Stallion aircraft assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One (MAWTS-1) conduct flight operations during a long range raid in support of Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) course 1-19 in Yuma, Arizona, September 28, 2018. WTI is a seven-week training event hosted by MAWTS-1 which emphasizes operational integration […]
A U.S. Marine with 1st Platoon, Force Reconnaissance Company, II Marine Expeditionary Force, patrols during exercise Platinum Ren at an undisclosed location in Norway on May 13, 2019. The evening patrol was conducted to acclimatize the team to the harsh Arctic climate and mountainous terrain, increase interoperability within the allies and partners of the North […]
What a better way to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day then by jumping into Normandy? Green Berets assigned to the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) conducted static line and free-fall parachute drops on a drop zone in Normandy, France, last week. The Air Force’s 352nd Special Operations Wing and 86th Airlift Wing provided three […]
U.S Navy Lt. Carter Bonnafoux, a naval gunfire liaison officer with 6th Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company, 4th Force Headquarter Group, Marine Forces Reserve, stands for a picture during exercise Maple Resolve in Camp Wainwright, Alberta, Canada, May 12, 2019. Maple Resolve is an annual exercise—a three-week, multinational simulated war, hosted by the Canadian Army. […]
U.S. Navy SEALS with SEAL Team 5 and Royal Thai Navy SEALs conduct visit, board, and search and seizure training during exercise Cobra Gold in Sattahip, Kingdom of Thailand, February 15, 2019. Cobra Gold 19 provides a venue for the United States and partner nations to advance interoperability; and increase partner capacity in planning and […]
A Marine Raider with the U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command (MARSOC) graduated from the arduous French Commando “Moniteur” Training Course. The Marine Critical Skills Operator (CSO)—a gunnery sergeant—was the first Marine Raider to attend the course, and also became the first American to receive the highest distinction of the course for his stellar […]
A U.S. Army paratrooper assigned to the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne) lands in the drop zone near Mont-Saint-Michel, Avranches Commune, France, on May 18, 2019. This event comes at the invitation of the Mayor of Avranches in commemoration of World War II special operations that laid the groundwork for the successful Allied liberation of […]
The 75th Ranger Regiment has begun a new initiative in order to boost the success rates of new recruits who attempt the Ranger Assessment and Selection Program (RASP). In conjunction with the Fort Benning cadre of the infantry one-station unit training (OSUT), the 75th Ranger Regiment has been sending Ranger instructors to participate in various […]
Members of the 1st Helicopter Squadron fly UH-1 Hueys over Washington, D.C. during opening ceremonies of the Joint Base Andrews “Legends in Flight” Air & Space Expo May 10, 2019. The weekend event in Maryland featured headliners the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds and the U.S. Navy Blue Angels, as well as an impressive lineup of […]
A New Zealand Special Air Service (NZSAS) operator was killed during a training exercise with American special operations units. On May 7, Lance Corporal Nicholas Kahotea died in a night exercise taking place in the Ardmore training facility. The facility is almost brand new—inaugurated in 2016. It includes a four-story, all-weather special operations training building, […]
The cast and crew of the CBS television series “SEAL Team” prepare to film a scene for the series at Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton, California, on January 14, 2019. The series used MCB Camp Pendleton’s rugged terrain to display live action role-playing of a team of United States Navy SEALs with the assistance […]