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  • CCTs and Marines showcase joint terminal attack control skills at RIMPAC

    In the chaos of battle, few things bring comfort to American and allied forces like the sound of a circling close air support aircraft. Service members breathe a sigh of relief as hardened structures and enemy strongpoints disappear in a cloud of dirt and smoke, granting freedom of movement to

  • Black Cats deliver air power during Arctic Anvil

    U.S. Air Force personnel work alongside U.S. Army personnel during exercise Arctic Anvil, July 19, 2016, at Ladd Army Airfield, Alaska. Arctic Anvil is an integrated combined, joint and coalition training event and gives Mobility Air Forces a greater opportunity to train with joint and coalition

  • JBER conducts MAE 16-7

    Hospital first responders and firefighters with the 673d Civil Engineer Squadron participate in a simulated aircraft crash during Mission Assurance Exercise 16-7 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 15, 2016. JBER used the exercise to test their ability to operate, coordinate and

  • This is my rifle -- 647th SFS hosts joint-service M4 marksman competition

    Airmen, Sailors, Soldiers, Marines and Coastguardsmen had the chance to earn some bragging rights as the 647th Security Forces Squadron hosted the EIC, or Excellence in Competition M4 event, July 13-15, at the 647th Security Forces Squadron Combat Arms Firing Range, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

  • Cope Taufan 16 kicks off

    “We are doing high end force integration efforts, because that’s the way…if we had to fight…we would fight together in this security environment,” said Col. Travis Rex, United States Air Force Exercise Director.

  • Kadena KC-135, Minot B-52 Support RIMPAC

    Aircrew from the 909th Aircraft Refueling Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan, participate in the Rim of the Pacific Exercise over the Pacific Ocean, July 14, 2016. Twenty-six nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft, and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June

  • A ‘poopie’ mission: someone’s got to do it

    Look out below, bombs away or dropping a load are terms familiar to military operations, but they’re also synonymous with a different act necessary for all people. As the content of the bowels pass into a porcelain throne and the deed is flushed and forgotten, the end of the pipe isn’t just below