Scout retrieval
June 30th, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Sheila
A 10th CAB, 10th Mountain Division scout is pulled out of an impending storm during HAMETS (High Altitude Mountain Environmental Training Strategy) in the mountains near Ft. Carson, Colorado.
Mighty Mo
June 30th, 2010 | From the Ranks | Posted by Alan Lessig
Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan man the rails as the ship passes by the battleship USS Missouri memorial. Ronald Reagan is in Hawaii to participate in the 22nd Rim of the Pacific exercise, the worldís largest multinational maritime exercise. RIMPAC is a biennial event which allows participating nations to work together to build trust and enhance partnerships needed to improve maritime security. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joseph M. Buliavac/Released)
Crossing the Line
June 30th, 2010 | From the Ranks | Posted by Alan Lessig
Brazilian Navy “Shellbacks” provide sea spray as “slimy wogs” paddle their way to becoming “Shellbacks” during a Crossing the Line ceremony as the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans is participating in Southern Partnership Station, an annual deployment of U.S. military training teams to the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility in the Caribbean and Latin America. Crossing the Line is an initiaion rite in the U.S. Navy and other navies that celebrates a sailors first crossing of the Equator. The tradition was originally created as a test for experienced sailors to ensure the younger sailors could handle long difficult voyages. Sailors who have already crossed the Equator are nicknamed trusty shellbacks and those who have not are called slimy pollywogs. (U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Robert Winkler, mass communication specialist)
Folded Flag
June 29th, 2010 | From the Ranks | Posted by Alan Lessig
Captains Roderick Reid, center, and Carol Nicholson, flight nurses from the 775th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Flight, fold an American flag on a C-17A Globemaster III aircraft Sunday June 20, 2010 at Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., as Staff Sgt. Brittany Zavala, an 775th EAES aeromedical evacuation technician watches, during the weekly Integrated Continental United States Medical Operations Plan mission or ICMOP mission as it’s known by it’s acronym. Capt Nicholson, a dual qualified flight nurse for the Canadian and U.S. air forces participating in an exchange program, says the flag belongs to her and she always flies it during the ICMOP. “It means a lot to me to fly the flag and brings a tear to my eye to see it flying over the cargo area when there are wounded Americans on-board.” The mission picks up war wounded and other patients at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, and returns them to their homes throughout the United States. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Rick Sforza/RELEASED)
Royal Visit
June 28th, 2010 | The Wires | Posted by Alan Lessig
Britain’s Prince Harry, examines the medals worn by U.S. Marine veteran Aaron Mankin on the deck of the US Intrepid during his visit to New York June 25, 2010. Prince Harry serves in the British Army Air Corps and served on the front lines in Afghanistan in 2008. (AP Photo/Lucas Jackson, Pool)
Playing With Fire
June 26th, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Chris Maddaloni
While on a tour of the engine room, LHD-3 USS Kearsarge Boiler Technician Chief Hurdis Rodgers reveals the Zippo that lights the boilers of the ship’s engines – an increasingly rare sight in the Navy these days, as ships engines are modernized with the “hybrid” power.
Memorial Flight
June 25th, 2010 | From the Ranks | Posted by Alan Lessig
Capt. Gary Costello, 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron U-2 Dragon Lady pilot, renders a salute to Lt. Col. Craig Nowicki 99th ERS U-2 Dragon Lady pilot, during a memorial flight at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia June 22. The memorial flight was the fifth held in honor of Maj. Duane Dively, a U-2 pilot that lost his life in a combat mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Tech. Sgt. April Wickes) (RELEASED)
Dogs of War
June 24th, 2010 | From the Ranks | Posted by Alan Lessig
Lance Cpl. Daniel Franke, a dog handler attached to Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 2, lays in the prone on an overlooking hill with his dog, in Towrah Ghundey, June 11. The Marines posted on the hill soon received enemy contact and suppressed the enemy, causing them to retreat.
President Removes Gen. McChrystal; Gen. Petraeus Takes Afghan Command
June 23rd, 2010 | The Wires | Posted by Alan Lessig
WASHINGTON – JUNE 23: U.S. President Barack Obama walks with Gen. David Petraeus, who will succeed Gen. Stanley McChrystal as commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan; and U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, to make a statement in the Rose Garden of the White House June 23, 2010 in Washington, DC. Earlier in the day U.S. Army General Stanley McChrystal was relieved as top commander of the U.S. Forces in Afghanistan by Obama due to disparaging comments he made of members of the Obama administration which were published in Rolling Stone magazine. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON – JUNE 23: Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top commander of the U.S. Force in Afghanistan, arrives at the White House for a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama June 23, 2010 in Washington, DC. McChrystal was summoned to the White House by the President after a controversial article quoting the general disparaging the Obama Administration was published in Rolling Stone magazine. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Watchmen?
June 18th, 2010 | Photography | Posted by Colin Kelly
No, this isn’t a Rorschach impersonator event. These guys are Royal Navy sailors on HMS Ark Royal. We were on board to film an episode of a TV show that we produce and in scouting locations we came across these guys. Turns out they were doing a damage control exercise where they were hooded and given commands over radio to simulate working in thick smoke.