The German company Rheinmetall announced on 29 October that it has received an order to produce and deliver 40mm practice ammunition for the U.S. Marine Corps. According to a Rheinmetall’s statement, the United States Marine Corps has just contracted with Rheinmetall to produce and deliver 40mm practice ammunition. The ammunition, specifically the 40mm x 53 MK281 […]

Gunnery Sgt. T. T. Parish from 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit said the Marines and aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121 (VMFA-121) flexed their muscle Oct. 23, completing a three aircraft aerial refueling mission above the East China Sea. Three F-35B Lightning II stealth attack jets, the Marine Corps’ newest and most versatile fighter, flew […]

NATO launched the largest exercise in recent history military drills to showcase its own military prowess amid Russian warnings. Held in Norway, the Trident Juncture 2018 exercise starts on 25 October and continues through 7 November. Norway is hosting Nato’s biggest exercises since the end of the Cold War to remind Russia the alliance stands united, despite […]

In a statement made Monday, the NATO officials say that U.S. Marines take part in cold weather training in Iceland marking the initial phase of NATO’s largest exercise in many years, Trident Juncture 2018. Around 350 US Marines with the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conduct cold weather training in Iceland as they prepare for NATO’s exercise […]

In a statement made on 19 October, the Airbus Helicopters announced that company will showcase the versatile and market-leading H135 aircraft as the future training helicopter for the U.S. Navy at the Naval Helicopter Association’s Fleet Fly-in at Naval Air Station Whiting Field in Pensacola, Florida from October 22-26. “Airbus Helicopters is convinced the H135 […]

Several people were injured Friday 19 October 2018, when a US Navy MH-60 Seahawk crashed on the USS Ronald Reagan’s flight deck in the Philippine Sea, according to the  Scramble Magazine. The helicopter crashed upon takeoff on the flight deck of the USS Ronald Reagan. Several crew members were injured. “All injured personnel are in stable […]

Around 90 U.S. Marines from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit landed at Keflavík on Wednesday, marking the initial phase of NATO’s Exercise Trident Juncture 2018 in Iceland. The main phase of Trident Juncture will start in Norway on October 25. Arriving by MV-22 Osprey and CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters from the USS Iwo Jima, the […]

The U.S. Pacific Fleet Public Affairs has announced that units from the U.S. military and Japan Self Defense Force (JSDF) will conduct exercise Keen Sword beginning Oct. 29. The biennial exercise is the latest in a series of joint/bilateral field training exercises since 1986 designed to increase combat readiness and interoperability of U.S. forces and the […]

On Oct. 6, Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division christened the guided missile destroyer Frank E. Petersen Jr. (DDG 121) with approximately 900 guests in attendance. The ship is the 71st in the Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) class of destroyers and the 33rd built by Ingalls. The future USS Frank E. Petersen Jr. is the first ship named in honor […]

U.S. defense officials have confirmed that a USS Decatur came dangerously close to a Chinese destroyer during a recent exercise, forcing the US destroyer to perform evasive manoeuvres to avoid a collision. “A (People’s Republic of China) Luyang destroyer approached USS Decatur in an unsafe and unprofessional maneuver in the vicinity of Gaven Reef in the South […]