10 photos from strategypage.com from 2 July 2013 year
1. The best place on the turntable
Sergeant Zach Smola (Zach Smola) the stern gunner of the CH-47 helicopter is watching the mountains in the province of Uruzgan, Afghanistan on the 12 of May 2013 of the year. Chinook helicopters, managed by crew members from the Bravo Company 2 Battalion 104 Air Regiment of the National Guard from Connecticut and Pennsylvania, played an important role in accomplishing missions in Afghanistan since their arrival in December 2012 of the year, completing the supply, evacuation missions and planned operations. (Photo by Sergeant Jessi Ann McCormick, US Army)
2. Eager lion
The 26th Expeditionary Marine Corps of the Special Forces is landing from the Hercules KC-130J transport aircraft assigned to the command of the 26th Expeditionary Marine Corps while landing from a high altitude with a parachute deployed at high altitude above King Faisal Air Base in Jordan, 15- June 2013th year. The Eager Lion 2013 exercises are annual, multinational exercises aimed at strengthening military cooperation and enhancing security and stability in the region, responding to realistic and modern security scenarios. It is a question of periodic exercises. The 26th Marine Expeditionary Force is part of the task force of the forward base of the 5th zone of responsibility fleet US based aboard the amphibious combat readiness group Kearsarge. The group acts as an expeditionary force for a sea-based crisis response capable of landing on the entire spectrum of military operations. (Photo by Sergeant Christopher Q. Stone, United States Marine Corps)
3. Grim Reapers received the first F-35C
Air Base Eglin, Florida (22-Juny 2013-year) Lieutenant Commander Christopher Tabert (Christopher Tabert), pilot-instructor F-35C Lightning II 101-th US Navy shock Fighter Squadron is committed lands in 33-th Fighter Wing Air Base Eglin after completing a two-hour flight from Fort Worth, Texas. The US Navy's 101 Shock Fighter Squadron received the first F-35C Lightning II Lockheed Martin aircraft on this day. This squadron, based at Eglin airbase, will serve as a backup squadron, train crews and support personnel and repair F-35C. (Photo by Major Karen Roganov (Karen Roganov), US Air Force)
4. Parachuting brigade Spartan
The paratroopers are parachuted from a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft over the Malamute Drop Zone 4 june 2013 on the joint basis of Elmendorf-Richardson during the weekly 4 25 tactical paratroop group in Alaska XNUMX brigade tactical paratroop group XNUMX th air paratroopers in Alaska. divisions. These are the largest mass landing exercises in the stories Spartan brigades during which more than 1400 paratroopers participated in addition to heavy equipment, including two 105-mm howitzers at the Donnelly Drop Zone in the Fort Grills area and the Malamute Drop Zone using five C-17 Globemaster III airplanes and one C-130 Hercules . Operation Spartan Reach is designed to simulate a brigade seizing key locations for the subsequent movement of forces into enemy territory.
(Photo by Justin Conacher (Justin Connaher), USAF)
5. Watching the enemy
The soldier of the armored troops, 1-th squadron of the 11-th armored cavalry regiment (approx. Translator, in fact, reconnaissance regiment) sends the coordinates of enemy positions to the higher headquarters during the June 15-th exercise in Fort Irwin, California . These exercises were part of more extensive exercises aimed at training the 2013 th brigade tactical group of the 2 th Infantry Division for future conflicts. (Photo by Sergeant Erik A. Thurman (Erik A. Thurman), US Army)
6. How not to tow a tank
Here is what happened. One tank lost speed, and the other towed it (approx. Translator, most likely pushed). Tanks M1s are equipped with gas turbine engines whose by-product is high temperature. When towing one M1 tank with another M1 tank, the crew had to use a gas shield. They did not do this. Actions took place in Iraq and the ambient temperature was more than 49 degrees Celsius.
7. Boomer returns home
Kings Bay, Georgia (17 June 2013 of the year) The Ohio-class USS Florida missile submarine (OHTL 728) returns to the Kings Bay submarine base upon completion of the annual cruise. (Photo of 3 Mass Communications Specialist Ashley Hedrick, US Navy)
8. Vertical take-off and landing jet apparatus
East China Sea (19 June 2013 of the year), sailors assigned to USS landing ship Bonom Richard (LHD 6) cover their faces from the exhaust jet during landing on the flight deck of a jet ship AV-8B Harrier assigned to 513- oh naval assault squadron. The amphibious combat group, Bonom Richard, conducts a joint operation in the area of responsibility in the US 7 fleet. (Photo by Mass Media Specialist Edward Guteres III (Edward Guttierrez III), US Navy)
9. Dutch Dolfijn
Baltic Sea (15 June 2013 of the year), a rigid hull inflatable boat approaching the HNLMS Dolfijn (S808) submarine of the Royal Netherlands Navy during Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2013 exercises. These 41 BALTOPS annual multinational exercises are designed to enhance maritime capabilities and improve interaction with partners to ensure maritime security in the Baltic Sea. (Photo by 2 Mass Media Josh Bennett, United States Navy)
10. Route clearance machines
The American soldiers from the 1 platoon of the Alpha company of the special battalion of the 4 brigade of the 101 airborne division are checking weapons systems on their vehicles before going on a demining route for patrolling in Khost province, Afghanistan of 25 of 2013. (Photo by Sergeant Justin A. Moler (Justin A. Moeller), US Army)
Sergeant Zach Smola (Zach Smola) the stern gunner of the CH-47 helicopter is watching the mountains in the province of Uruzgan, Afghanistan on the 12 of May 2013 of the year. Chinook helicopters, managed by crew members from the Bravo Company 2 Battalion 104 Air Regiment of the National Guard from Connecticut and Pennsylvania, played an important role in accomplishing missions in Afghanistan since their arrival in December 2012 of the year, completing the supply, evacuation missions and planned operations. (Photo by Sergeant Jessi Ann McCormick, US Army)
2. Eager lion
The 26th Expeditionary Marine Corps of the Special Forces is landing from the Hercules KC-130J transport aircraft assigned to the command of the 26th Expeditionary Marine Corps while landing from a high altitude with a parachute deployed at high altitude above King Faisal Air Base in Jordan, 15- June 2013th year. The Eager Lion 2013 exercises are annual, multinational exercises aimed at strengthening military cooperation and enhancing security and stability in the region, responding to realistic and modern security scenarios. It is a question of periodic exercises. The 26th Marine Expeditionary Force is part of the task force of the forward base of the 5th zone of responsibility fleet US based aboard the amphibious combat readiness group Kearsarge. The group acts as an expeditionary force for a sea-based crisis response capable of landing on the entire spectrum of military operations. (Photo by Sergeant Christopher Q. Stone, United States Marine Corps)
3. Grim Reapers received the first F-35C
Air Base Eglin, Florida (22-Juny 2013-year) Lieutenant Commander Christopher Tabert (Christopher Tabert), pilot-instructor F-35C Lightning II 101-th US Navy shock Fighter Squadron is committed lands in 33-th Fighter Wing Air Base Eglin after completing a two-hour flight from Fort Worth, Texas. The US Navy's 101 Shock Fighter Squadron received the first F-35C Lightning II Lockheed Martin aircraft on this day. This squadron, based at Eglin airbase, will serve as a backup squadron, train crews and support personnel and repair F-35C. (Photo by Major Karen Roganov (Karen Roganov), US Air Force)
4. Parachuting brigade Spartan
The paratroopers are parachuted from a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft over the Malamute Drop Zone 4 june 2013 on the joint basis of Elmendorf-Richardson during the weekly 4 25 tactical paratroop group in Alaska XNUMX brigade tactical paratroop group XNUMX th air paratroopers in Alaska. divisions. These are the largest mass landing exercises in the stories Spartan brigades during which more than 1400 paratroopers participated in addition to heavy equipment, including two 105-mm howitzers at the Donnelly Drop Zone in the Fort Grills area and the Malamute Drop Zone using five C-17 Globemaster III airplanes and one C-130 Hercules . Operation Spartan Reach is designed to simulate a brigade seizing key locations for the subsequent movement of forces into enemy territory.
(Photo by Justin Conacher (Justin Connaher), USAF)
5. Watching the enemy
The soldier of the armored troops, 1-th squadron of the 11-th armored cavalry regiment (approx. Translator, in fact, reconnaissance regiment) sends the coordinates of enemy positions to the higher headquarters during the June 15-th exercise in Fort Irwin, California . These exercises were part of more extensive exercises aimed at training the 2013 th brigade tactical group of the 2 th Infantry Division for future conflicts. (Photo by Sergeant Erik A. Thurman (Erik A. Thurman), US Army)
6. How not to tow a tank
Here is what happened. One tank lost speed, and the other towed it (approx. Translator, most likely pushed). Tanks M1s are equipped with gas turbine engines whose by-product is high temperature. When towing one M1 tank with another M1 tank, the crew had to use a gas shield. They did not do this. Actions took place in Iraq and the ambient temperature was more than 49 degrees Celsius.
7. Boomer returns home
Kings Bay, Georgia (17 June 2013 of the year) The Ohio-class USS Florida missile submarine (OHTL 728) returns to the Kings Bay submarine base upon completion of the annual cruise. (Photo of 3 Mass Communications Specialist Ashley Hedrick, US Navy)
8. Vertical take-off and landing jet apparatus
East China Sea (19 June 2013 of the year), sailors assigned to USS landing ship Bonom Richard (LHD 6) cover their faces from the exhaust jet during landing on the flight deck of a jet ship AV-8B Harrier assigned to 513- oh naval assault squadron. The amphibious combat group, Bonom Richard, conducts a joint operation in the area of responsibility in the US 7 fleet. (Photo by Mass Media Specialist Edward Guteres III (Edward Guttierrez III), US Navy)
9. Dutch Dolfijn
Baltic Sea (15 June 2013 of the year), a rigid hull inflatable boat approaching the HNLMS Dolfijn (S808) submarine of the Royal Netherlands Navy during Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 2013 exercises. These 41 BALTOPS annual multinational exercises are designed to enhance maritime capabilities and improve interaction with partners to ensure maritime security in the Baltic Sea. (Photo by 2 Mass Media Josh Bennett, United States Navy)
10. Route clearance machines
The American soldiers from the 1 platoon of the Alpha company of the special battalion of the 4 brigade of the 101 airborne division are checking weapons systems on their vehicles before going on a demining route for patrolling in Khost province, Afghanistan of 25 of 2013. (Photo by Sergeant Justin A. Moler (Justin A. Moeller), US Army)
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