U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, assigned to the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command (SPMAGTF-CR-CC) 19.2, reinforce the Baghdad Embassy Compound in Iraq, January 2, 2020. The SPMAGTF-CR-CC is a quick reaction force, prepared to deploy a variety of capabilities across the region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kyle C. […]

Equipment assigned to 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division is loaded onto aircraft bound for the U.S. Central Command area of operations from Fort Bragg, North Carolina on January 4, 2020. This deployment is a precautionary action taken to respond to increased threat levels against U.S. personnel and facilities. The ‘Devil’ Brigade is the […]

A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin rescue helicopter locates a sailing vessel in distress Friday, Jan. 3, near Long Beach, Washington. The man aboard the vessel called the Coast Guard for assistance after his vessel lost power and the mast fell while transiting the waters near Cape Disappointment. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Sector North Bend) […]

The Coast Guard conducted memorial events to honor Petty Officer 2nd Class Sean Carroll, an aviation maintenance technician with Air Station Miami, who passed away the weekend after Thanksgiving 2019. The memorial events included an honorable transfer flight from Florida to Pennsylvania, a memorial service held at Coast Guard Air Station Miami and a burial […]

A U.S. Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules crew drops a container with an electronic position indicating radio beacon, handheld radio, and food to the crew of the dismasted 42-foot sailing vessel Coco Haz III and they are subsequently rescued by the crew of the commercial vessel Kalamazoo about 656 miles off Hawaii Dec. 29, 2019. The […]