Featured Image:The Coast Guard Cutter Eagle sails from Norfolk, Virginia, to Boston, June 12, 2017. The Eagle is a 295-foot barque sailing vessel used to train Coast Guard Academy cadets in the historic aspects of sailing, leadership, navigation and teamwork. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Auxiliarist David Lau/Released)
Army
U.S. Army paratroopers assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade, Soldiers assigned to Mountain Warfare School and cadets from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, climb Palestra di Roccia Landro in the Dolomites during the Basic Climbing Course with the 6th Alpini Regiment Brunico, Dobbiaco, Italy on June 11, 2024. The paratroopers learned survival and trekking skills in an austere environment as part of a series of planned training events to enhance readiness and build allied interoperability between U.S. and Italian forces. (U.S. Army photo by Paolo Bovo)
U.S. Soldiers assigned to the 101st Airborne Division run for cover during Exercise Combined Resolve 24-02 at the Hohenfels Training Area, Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Germany, June 5, 2024. Combined Resolve is a U.S. Army Europe and Africa exercise training U.S. Soldiers and NATO allies and partners, providing training in support of NATO deterrence initiatives. Approximately 4,000 soldiers from 14 nations participated in Combined Resolve 24-02. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Jaimee Perez)
Navy
SOUTH CHINA SEA (June 11, 2024) An F/A-18E Super Hornet from the “Flying Checkmates” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 211 prepares to launch off the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), June 11, 2024. Theodore Roosevelt, flagship of Carrier Strike Group Nine, is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 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 Aaron Haro Gonzalez)
PACIFIC OCEAN (June 6, 2024) Sailors assigned to air and weapons departments aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) guide and hook ordnance to an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter assigned to the “Black Knights” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 4 during an ordnance handling evolution. Carl Vinson is currently underway, conducting routine maritime operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Emily Claire Bennett)
Marine Corps
U.S. Marines with India Battery, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 24.3, and Australian Army Soldiers with 102 Battery, 8th/12th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, fire an M777A2 medium towed 155 mm howitzer during Exercise Thunder Walk 24 at Mount Bundey Training Area, NT, Australia, June 5, 2024. U.S. Marines and their Australian Allies rehearsed delivering precision artillery fire, integrating the fire direction center, and enhancing the joint combat space. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Migel Reynosa
Royal Australian Navy Leading Seaman Joshua King, a flight deck marshal assigned to HMAS Adelaide, signals U.S. Marines with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 268, Marine Rotational Force – Darwin 24.3, for take off in an MV-22B Osprey from the flight deck of HMAS Adelaide as part of deck landing qualifications during a Wet and Dry Exercise Rehearsal, in the Arafura Sea, June 4, 2024. Marines and Sailors embarked on HMAS Adelaide (L01) alongside their Australian Allies to participate in WADER, transiting from Darwin to Townsville from June 2-20, 2024. During WADER, elements from the MRF-D Marine Air-Ground Task Force will conduct MV-22B Osprey deck landing qualifications, a live-fire deck shoot, medical subject matter expert exchanges, enhance amphibious fires, command and control, and initiate a ship-to-shore movement in order to set conditions for future operational tasking. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Kassie McDole
Air Force
A U.S. Air Force B-52H Stratofortress, assigned to the 69th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, prepares for flight at RAF Fairford, United Kingdom, June 7, 2024. U.S. European Command’s joint forces are engaged, postured and ready with credible force to assure, deter and defend in an increasingly complex security environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jared Brewer)
A 99th Reconnaissance Squadron U-2 performs touch-and-goes during the sunset at Beale Air Force Base, Calif., June 3, 2024. The U-2 is a high-altitude, near space reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft which delivers critical imagery and signals intelligence to decision makers throughout all phases of conflict, including peacetime indications and warnings, low-intensity conflict and large-scale hostilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Frederick A. Brown)
Coast Guard
The Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) begins its departure from Coast Guard Base Seattle for their annual Arctic deployment, June 12, 2024. The Healy will conduct high latitude science and research missions in the Arctic. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Annika Hirschler)
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Forrest Rednour – WPC 1129, homeported in San Pedro, Calif., gets underway from a pier in Manzanillo, Mexico as part of a search and rescue exercise, April 30, 2024. Secretaría de Marina (SEMAR) hosted the international exercise in efforts to improve interoperability and to share best practices in search and rescue. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo/released)
