Featured Image caption: PHILIPPINE SEA (June 4, 2024) The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114) conducts a replenishment-at-sea with the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) in the Philippine Sea, June 4, 2024. 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 Jamaal Liddell)
Army
U.S. paratroopers and color guard members assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division prepare for a ceremony outside of Mont-Saint-Michel, France, June 2, 2024, to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Prim Williams)
Charlie Company “DUSTOFF”, 3-82 General Support Aviation Battalion, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 82nd Airborne Division prepare and take off for a night flight on May 12, 2024. DUSTOFF utilizes the HH-60M to conduct medical evacuations. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Vincent Levelev)
Navy
NAVAL BASE CORONADO (June 6, 2024) A landing craft, air cushion (LCAC) from Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 1 comes ashore on Green Beach at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, carrying a light armored vehicle (LAV-25) from Alpha Company, 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, in preparation for an observance of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, June 6, 2024. Naval Beach Group One hosted the ceremony, which was attended by Sailors from Beachmaster Unit 1, Assault Craft Units 1 and 5, and Amphibious Seabee Battalion 1. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Mark D. Faram)
STRAIT OF MAGELLAN, Chile (June 5, 2024) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) transits the Strait of Magellan, June 5, 2024. George Washington is deployed as part of Southern Seas 2024 which seeks to enhance capability, improve interoperability, and strengthen maritime partnerships with countries throughout the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility through joint, multinational, and interagency exchanges and cooperation. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class August Clawson)
Marine Corps
U.S. Marines and Sailors assigned to Reconnaissance Company, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, fast-rope from a UH-1Y Venom attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 165 (Reinforced), 15th MEU, during sustainment training at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, May 30, 2024. Fast-roping provides Marines with the ability to conduct helicopter insertions to areas where helicopter landings are impractical. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joseph Helms)
U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division and service members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines conduct the final exercise for Archipelagic Coastal Defense Continuum in Barira, Philippines, May 28, 2024. The final exercise consisted of a bilateral company-level element conducting close-quarter combat and patrol-based operations. ACDC is a series of bilateral exchanges and training opportunities between the U.S. Marines and Philippine Marines aimed at bolstering the Philippine Marine Corps’ Coastal Defense strategy while supporting the modernization efforts of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Shaina Jupiter
Air Force
A U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer from the 37th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron receives a bath upon landing at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, June 3, 2024, in support of a Bomber Task Force mission. BTF missions demonstrate lethality and interoperability in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Audree Campbell)
U.S. Air Force special tactics Airmen assigned to the 57th Rescue Squadron jump out of a MC-130J Commando II over Normandy, France, June 2, 2024. Eighty years later, D-Day remains an enduring historic remainder of how the strength of alliance and dedicated resolve to shared ideals proved to be the turning point in the brutal fight against tyranny that spanned three continents and raged on for more than five years. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jessica Sanchez-Chen)
Coast Guard
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche and Japan Coast Guard vessel JCGC Wakasa (PL-93) test their water cannons during a trilateral search and rescue exercise in the East Sea, June 6, 2024. Coast Guardsmen from Japan, Republic of Korea and the United States used the trilateral training as an opportunity to rehearse cohesion between the nations when operating together. The U.S. Coast Guard has operated in the Indo-Pacific for more than 150 years, and the service is increasing efforts through targeted patrols with our National Security Cutters, Fast Response Cutters and other activities in support of Coast Guard missions to enhance our partnership. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Elijah Murphy)
The Commanding Officer of Coast Guard Cutter Resolute (WMEC 620) Cmdr. Mike Ross oversees a bulk contraband transfer with the Royal Netherlands Navy HNMLS Groningen (P843) in the Caribbean Sea, May 20, 2024. Resolute onloaded over 2,700 kg of contraband seized by the Groningen and an embarked Coast Guard law enforcement team. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Resolute)
