Week In Pictures: Feb 15 – 21
Helicopter familiarization, heloborn vehicle interdiction and detection training conducted by the MWD (Military Working Dog) Team Deployment Training Course. The U.S. Marines’ Yuma Proving Ground of. Feb. 15, 2019. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Allison Lotz) U.S. Air Force contingency response forces, the California – based 821st Contingency Response Group out of Travis Air Force Base, respond to a simulated gunfire attack, part of a mission supporting the Green Flag Little Rock exercise. The exercise aims at supporting the Joint Readiness Training Center and providing the maximum number of airlift crews, ground support elements and mission planners to a simulated combat environment emphasising on joint force integration. The Geronimo Landing Zone , Fort Polk, Louisiana. Feb. 11, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Liliana Moreno) U.S. Sailors on the board of the USS Ashland Whidbey Island-class dock landing ship receive supplies during a replenishment-at-sea with the Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler of the U.S. Navy USNS Walter S. Diehl. The East China Sea, Feb. 15, 2019. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Markus Castaneda) Air Assault students of the U.S. Army train rappelling out of a Black Hawk helicopter on the 9th day of Air Assault School’s Class 301-19 that provides them with the opportunity to develop additional skills, including rappelling and moving equipment, that benefited their unit while forward deployed. Camp Buehring, Kuwait Feb. 14, 2019. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Christopher Lindborg) A Royal Thai Marine demonstrates and teaches Marines how to start a fire out of bamboo during the Cobra Gold 19 exercise. The jungle training event shows the commitment of the Kingdom of Thailand and the U.S. to the long-standing alliance, by advancing security cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region and promoting regional partnerships. Camp Ban Chan Khrem, Khao Khitchakut District, Thailand, Feb. 14, 2019. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Cameron E. Parks) A mobile gun system Stryker variant of the U.S. Army, which belongs to Quickstrike Troop, 4th Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, fires upon several targets during a week long gunnery range that was the culminating event for regiment’s multi-month training progression. The Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Feb. 14, 2019. Gunnery was the. (U.S.Army photo by Sgt. Timothy Hamlin) U.S. Marine Corps, Marine Rotational Force-Europe 19.1, Marine Forces Europe and Africa, hike on skis, part of the Exercise White Claymore that aims at enabling the Marines to improve their skills of moving over the snow in the harsh arctic climate of northern Norway. Blåtind, Norway, Feb. 14, 2019. The training. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Menelik Collins) A single-seat, twin turbofan engine, straight wing jet aircraft A-10 Thunderbolt II of the U.S. Air Force, the 442nd Fighter Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, lands at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Feb. 11, 2019. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jesus Sepulveda Torres) An LAU-61 rocket launcher installed on a multi-mission helicopter Sikorsky MH-60S Sea Hawk by U.S. Sailors, on the flight deck of the USS Kearsarge amphibious assault ship, in the U.S. 5th Fleet Area of Operations, Feb. 11, 2019. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Megan Anuci) Soldiers of the Malian special forces participate in combat reload drills. The annual, African-led, integrated military and law enforcement exercise Flintlock is conducted since 2005 to strengthen key partner nation forces throughout North and West Africa, as well as Western Special Forces. Loumbila, Burkina Faso, Feb. 16, 2019. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Peter Seidler)