Featured Image caption: U.S. Marines with 1st Marine Division, prepare an M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System for a dry-fire iteration during exercise Intrepid Maven Oasis at an undisclosed location within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Aug. 4, 2024. IMO provides Marine Corps forces with the opportunity to enhance their proficiency across various military tactics and fields of expertise in support of regional security priorities. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Angela Wilcox
Army
Members of the U.S. Army Band play during an arrival ceremony hosted by Air Force Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, for United Arab Emirates Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces Lieutenant General Eisa Saif Mohammed Al… (Benjamin D. Applebaum)
Navy
The Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), front, and USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69), left, and the Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) transit the Atlantic Ocean during an ordnance transfer, Aug. 24, 2024. The aircraft carriers are underway for an ordnance transfer between the three ships and the Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS William McLean (T-AKE 12). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Matthew Nass)
Marines
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Eli Gregg, an assistant M3E1 multipurpose anti-armor anti-personnel weapon system gunner with Marine Rotational Force –Darwin 24.3, assists Lance Cpl. Ryan Waskosky, a MAAW gunner also with MRF-D 24.3, while firing a MAAW during a live-fire range as a part of Exercise Predator’s Run 24 at Mount Bundey Training Area, NT, Australia, July 30, 2024. Exercise Predator’s Run 24 is a littoral-focused, multilateral training exercise led by the Australian Army’s 1st Brigade. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Juan Torres
Air Force
An F-35A Lightning II assigned to the 388th Fighter Wing advances towards a KC-135 Stratotanker assigned to the 92nd Air Refueling Wing during an aerial refueling mission over Utah, Aug. 15, 2024. Aerial refueling capabilities are essential for strategic and tactical operations, as well as humanitarian relief efforts in support of Air Mobility Command, U.S. Transportation Command and Department of Defense priorities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Clare Werner)
Coast Guard
A U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba (WMEC 907) boat crew destroys a go-fast vessel interdicted in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, July 28, 2024. The crew of USCGC Escanaba offloaded more than 3,400 pounds of cocaine and 4,410 pounds of marijuana with a combined assessed street value of approximately $50 million in Port Everglades, Florida, Aug. 23, 2024. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nadia Sands)
