U.S. Marines with 3rd Marine Division conduct helicopter on/off drills during exercise Fuji Viper 20-2 on Camp Fuji, Japan, November 21, 2019. On/off drills enable units to effectively and efficiently embark and disembark aircraft. Fuji Viper is a regularly scheduled training evolution that allows infantry units to maintain their lethality and proficiency in infantry and […]

U.S. service members, their families, local community members and Airmen from the Japan Air Self-Defense, Royal Australian Air Force, Royal New Zealand Air Force build packages during Operation Christmas Drop 2019 Bundle Build at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, December 7, 2019. More than 20,000 people residing on 56 Micronesian islands spread across a 1.8 […]

Caroline Kennedy, President John F. Kennedy’s daughter and sponsor of his namesake ship, smashed a bottle of American sparkling wine across the ship’s hull on Saturday, December 7, 2019, to christen the aircraft carrier. Retired U.S. Marine Corps Major General and former NASA Administrator Charles Frank Bolden Jr., served as the principal speaker. Subscribe to […]

World War II veterans, U.S. and allied service members, friends and family, commemorate the 78th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, at a ceremony sponsored by the Pearl Harbor National Memorial, National Parks Service, December 7 2019. This year’s ceremony — “Glimmers of Victory” — honors the sacrifices of those who died in […]

A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew medevacs a 16-year-old male Sitka Wilderness Therapy student who was experiencing chest pains while hiking on Duffield Peninsula, approximately 30 miles north of Sitka, Alaska, Dec. 8, 2019. The aircrew safely hoisted and transferred the teen to awaiting emergency medical services personnel in Sitka for […]