From the U.S. Department of Defense, July 3, 2024 The Department of Defense (DoD), in close coordination with the government of Japan, today announced a plan to upgrade U.S. tactical aircraft laydown across multiple military installations in Japan. The modernization…
II Marine Expeditionary Force: Ready for a New Challenge as a Joint Task Force Headquarters
From II Marine Expeditionary Force, 2 July 2024 MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP LEJEUNE, North Carolina — A key transformational step in the Marine Corps’ journey of Force Design occurred in early July at the II Marine Expeditionary Force (II MEF)…
Training Air Wing 2 Completes 1 Million Hours in T-45 Goshawk
By Chief of Naval Air Training Public Affairs, July 2, 2024 KINGSVILLE, Texas – Representatives from Boeing, Chief of Naval Air Training (CNATRA), Training Air Wing (TAW) 2, the city of Kingsville and more met onboard Naval Air Station Kingsville…
Marine Corps Commandant Sheds Light on Reaper UAV Capabilities
By Richard R. Burgess, Senior Editor ARLINGTON, Va. — The Marine Corps’ MQ-9A ER [extended-range] Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are capable of carrying an electronic warfare pod that renders the UAVs “mostly undetectable” to enemy radars, a senior Marine…
HMLA-269 Reactivates After 18-Month Hiatus
MARINE CORPS AIR STATION CHERRY POINT, N.C. – Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron (HMLA) 269, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (MAW), reactivated during a ceremony this morning aboard Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River, North Carolina. HMLA-269, known as “The…
Shield AI’s V-BAT Tapped for $198M Coast Guard Contract
WASHINGTON (July 1, 2024) – Shield AI, the defense technology company building the world’s best AI pilot, announced today that the U.S. Coast Guard has awarded the company a $198,106,876 indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity firm fixed-price contract to provide Contractor Owned Contractor Operated (COCO) Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) services. This service…
USS Mason Returns to Mayport From Combat Deployment
USS Mason Returns to Mayport from Combat Deloyment By ENS Emily Moore, USS Mason Public Affairs, July 2, 2024 NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. — Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Mason (DDG 87) returned to Naval Station Mayport, July 2, 2024,…
July 1 CENTCOM Update
From U.S. Central Command July 1, 2024 TAMPA, Fla. – In the past 24 hours, U.S. Central Command forces successfully destroyed one Iranian-backed Houthi radar site in a Houthi controlled area of Yemen. It was determined the radar site presented an imminent…
RIMPAC 2024 Kicks Off in Hawaii
28 June 2024 From Lt.Cmdr. Robert Reinheimer HONOLULU, Hawaii - The opening ceremony and press conference kicked off the 29th edition of the biennial Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise, the world’s largest international maritime exercise, today. Approximately 29 nations, 40…
Naval Sea Systems Command Celebrates 50 Years
By Naval Sea Systems Command Office of Corporate Communications July 1, 2024 WASHINGTON – Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), responsible for the acquisition, construction, maintenance, and inactivation of ships, submarines, and combat systems for the U.S. Navy, celebrated its 50th…
