Department of Defense
Service Members in the Field
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- Service Members in the Field
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Check out some of the cool things service members do in the field.
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- Helicopter Support Team Exercise
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion (CLB) 3 and Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron (VMM) 363 team up during a helicopter support team (HST) exercise at Landing Zone Westfield, Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Sept 20, 2018. The HST exercise is targeted to make the landing support specialists with CLB-3 and VMM-363 pilots more proficient in the insert and extraction of equipment in hard to traverse areas. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Brendan Custer)
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- Deputy Secretary: ‘Our Nation’s Security is in Your Hands’
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month. Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick M. Shanahan explains why every member of the Defense Department is on the front lines as warfighters in the cyber domain, and urges active measures people should take to be part of that fight.
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- Cool Jobs: Hurricane Hunters
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Flying into the heart of dangerous weather systems is just another day at work for the Hurricane Hunters of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron. Using high-tech equipment, they aid in forecasting hurricanes and other tropical storms, saving lives in the process.
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- Marine EOD Training
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Check out some of the training EOD Marines go through.
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- A Day With Jeremy
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Jeremy Tinder is a reservist at the Washington Air National Guard whose day job is a security manager at Microsoft. Jeremy uses both careers to defend your home network and our country’s national network.
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- Marine Sniper Platoon Precision Fire
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- U.S. Marine Cpl. Logan Sutte, a team leader with Headquarters and Service Company, Battalion Landing Team 3/1, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, speaks about the precision fire range as well as what it means to be a part of a sniper platoon during Theater Amphibious Combat Rehearsal (TACR) 18. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Francisco J. Diaz Jr./Released)
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- Military Urban Terrain Training
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Members of the 179th Airlift Wing Security Forces Squadron participated in MOUT (Military Operations in Urban Terrain) training June 2, 2018 at the Alpena Combat Readiness Center, Alpena, Michigan. The training included building searches, active shooter response training, and squad tactics. (U.S. Air National Guard video by Airman 1st Class Marc Wilson/Released.
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- Teaching Tech to the Community
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- A sailor bridges both the language gap and the technology gap in his local community.
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- ZAP! BAM! WOW! This Soldier's a Comic Author
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Phillip Johnson is an Army musician and comic book author. Follow him in a day as a soldier, musician, teacher, father, and comic book writer!
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- Cool Jobs: Serving Whidbey
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- A Navy search and rescue team is reaching out to agencies in their local community to let them know how they can help in crisis situations.
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- Strength Through Partnership
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- In the Northern region of Cameroon, Army Civil Affairs are building and strengthening partnerships in the region. We are enabling our African partners to be able to fight their own fights and we are strengthening their institutions: schools, governments, and militaries.
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- Combat Assault Battalion
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Combat Assault Battalion reflects on their accomplishments across the Pacific Region. After 76 years of conducting amphibious assaults, light armored reconnaissance and combat engineer operations, CAB is set to deactivate Oct 12, 2018. (U.S. Marine Corps Video by Lance Cpl. Brandon Salas)
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- Coalition Artillery
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Coalition forces artillery strike targets against ISIS in Iraq and Syria.
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- Joint Terminal Attack Controllers - Ample Strike 18
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTAC) from the 321st Special Tactics Squadron training during Ample Strike 18.
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- The Navy's Indoor Ocean Revisited
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Did you know the U.S. Navy has an indoor ocean that’s helped guide the creation of every Navy ship ever commissioned? Press play for a peek inside the Naval Sea Systems Command Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division in Maryland. #KnowYourMil
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- Beyond the Uniform: Building homes
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Sailors and Marines use their time during Fleet Week to volunteer with Habitat for Humanity.
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- Cool Jobs: Mounted Patrol
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Check out the U.S. Air Force’s only working horse program, part of the 30th Space Wing at Vandenberg, AFB, Calif.
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- Coast Guard Fifth District Air Stations Respond to Hurricane Florence
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Coast Guard 5th District aviation #SearchAndRescue crews rescued 67 people and 12 pets in #NorthCarolina on Sunday in the aftermath of #HurricaneFlorence.
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- Service Therapy
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Helping others can take many forms. It can even end up being a way to help yourself.
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- U.S. Army Africa participates in MEDRETE in Rwanda
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- MEDRETE 18-5 is the first combined effort for a medical readiness training exercise between the Rwandan government and U.S. Army Africa. MEDRETE 18-5 is part of a series of medical readiness training exercises that U.S. Army Africa is scheduled to facilitate within various countries in Africa, and serves as an opportunity for the partnered militaries to hone and strengthen their general surgery and trauma skills while reinforcing the partnership between the countries. The mutually beneficial exercise brings together Rwandan military and U.S. Army medical professionals to foster cooperation while conducting medical specific tasks.
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- The KC-135
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- The KC 135 Stratotanker from the 155th Air Refueling Wing assigned to the Nebraska Air National Guard participating in exercise Ample Strike 2018.
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- The Water Range
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Master Sgt. Serge Allan, Heavy Equipment Supervisor / Boat Operator at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center discusses the advantages of having Lake Huron as a bombing range for aircraft for units to train in.
Northern Strike 18 is a National Guard Bureau-sponsored exercise uniting service members from many states, multiple service branches and a number of coalition countries during the first three weeks of August 2018 at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center and the Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, both located in northern Michigan and operated by the Michigan National Guard. The accredited Joint National Training Capabilities exercise demonstrates the Michigan National Guard's ability to provide accessible, readiness-building opportunities for military units from all service branches to achieve and sustain proficiency in conducting mission command, air, sea, and ground maneuver integration, together with the synchronization of fires in a joint, multi...
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- DoD Leaders Host Vice President for Ceremony at Pentagon's September 11th Memorial
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Defense Secretary James N. Mattis and Air Force Gen. Paul J. Selva, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, host Vice President Mike Pence for a memorial commemoration ceremony at the Pentagon's September 11th Memorial, Sept. 11, 2018.
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/624253/dod-leaders-host-vice-president-ceremony-pentagons-september-11th-memorial
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- Cool Jobs: Army Helicopter Crew Chief
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Specialist Barry Angus, a native of San Juan, Puerto Rico and a UH-60 Black Hawk crew chief, discusses the importance and pride he takes in his job and explains the responsibility it takes to maintain an Army helicopter.
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- HUMRO
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- HUMRO is the military acronym for Humanitarian Relief Operation. Take a look at how the U.S. military helps around the world.
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- AFTER 9/11
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- After the attacks of 9/11, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) drastically changed the way it was conducting airspace defense and began to look for threats not only outside the borders of the U.S. and Canada, but now also from within.
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Your military is an all-volunteer force that serves to protect our security and way of life, but Service members are more than a fighting force. They are leaders, humanitarians and your fellow Americans. Get to know more about the men and women who serve, who they are, what they do, and why they do it.
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- 2018 Best Medic Competition
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- BAUMHOLDER, Germany -- 15 competitors endured grueling medical tasks and events over a 96 hour period during the 21st Theater Sustainment Command Best Medic Competition at Baumholder, Germany, August 27-30, 2018.
Two teams, one from 21st TSC and one from Regional Health Command Europe, will move onto the 2018 CSM Jack L. Clark Best Medic Competition at Camp Bullis, Texas, September 15-20, 2018.
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- AV-8B Harrier Landing and Take Offs
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- An AV-8B Harrier lands and takes off from the flight deck of the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) during the Carrier Strike Group FOUR (CSG 4) Amphibious Ready Group, Marine Expeditionary Unit exercise (ARGMEUEX). Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group and 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit are enhancing joint integration, lethality and collective capabilities of the Navy-Marine Corps team through joint planning and execution of challenging and realistic training scenarios. CSG 4 mentors, trains and assesses East Coast units preparing for future deployments. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael R. Sanchez/Released)
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- Canine Combat Care
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- U.S. Army veterinarians deployed to Djibouti, team up to provide a canine tactical combat care training to U.S. Service members at Camp Lemonnier.
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Your military is an all-volunteer force that serves to protect our security and way of life, but Service members are more than a fighting force. They are leaders, humanitarians and your fellow Americans. Get to know more about the men and women who serve, who they are, what they do, and why they do it.
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- Rising Thunder 2018 Sniper Identification Training
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- American #Soldiers from 1-17 Infantry "Buffaloes", along with Soldiers from the 1st Infantry Regiment, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, participate in a #Sniper Identification Training Range during Exercise Rising Thunder 18 at the Yakima Training Center, Washington, Sept. 1, 2018.
This exercise allows both forces to learn each others’ capabilities and work as a unified team building #partnership and #readiness.
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- Petroleum, Oils, and Lubricants
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Members of the 179th Petroleum, Oils, and Lubricants shop or POL shared best practices with the 647th POL shop in Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Honolulu,Hawaii. The 179th Airman were able to experience hands on training with new aircraft and refueling vehicles and learn procedures executed by the United States Navy. Learning these procedures is vital in preparing the 179th Airman for Joint Air Force and Navy Operations.
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- Humanitarian Mission to the Amazon
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- A team of U.S. Navy doctors spent a month on a humanitarian mission along the Amazon River in Brazil to provide medical care to some of the most isolated communities in the world.
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- National Preparedness Month
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Are you prepared for a potential emergency? Check out this step-by-step guide to planning for any situation then check out Ready.Gov for even more information.
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- U.S. Service Members and Kenya Defense Force Conduct Military Working Dog Information Exchange
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Personnel trained on aspects of first aid, combat casualty care and handler proficiency, strengthening the relationship of the two militaries. (U.S. Air Force video by Senior Airman Taylor Harrison)
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- A Day With Annie
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Annie Lepillez took her childhood memories of making crepes with the family to start a small business in Colorado, Springs. Additional, she was inspired by the fire response in 2013 that threatened her community and joined the Air Force Reserve to become a part of the effort.
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- Coast Guard Medevacs Woman from NOAA Research Vessel
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew hoists a 32-year-old woman from the Bell M. Shimada over 40 miles northwest of Grays Harbor, Wash., Aug. 26, 2018.
The woman had reportedly suffered a seizure and a temporarily loss of consciousness while aboard the 196-foot National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research vessel.
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- F-35B Lightning II Vertical Landing
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- A detachment of F-35B Lightning II's with Fighter Attack Squadron 121 (VMFA-121) arrived aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1) March 5, marking the first time the aircraft has deployed aboard a U.S. Navy ship and with a Marine Expeditionary Unit in the Indo-Asian-Pacific.
The F-35B, assigned under the Okinawa-based 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, will provide a robust set of sea-based capabilities that will enhance Navy-Marine Corps expeditionary operations. The aircraft is equally capable of conducting precision strikes inland, supporting Marines inserted ashore or providing air defense for the Expeditionary Strike Group.
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- Live Fire: 2-12 Platoon
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Soldiers with the 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment "Thunder Horse", 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, conduct a platoon live fire Aug. 22, 2018. Soldiers maneuvered, fired and dismounted from Bradley Fighting Vehicles before assaulting a two-building objective surrounded by concertina wire using squad-level movement and tactics, smoke cover, suppressing fire, and radio communications.
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- Working with Sub-Zero Temperatures
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Christopher Tallan, 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron, cryogenic production operator at Kadena Air Base, Japan, shares his perspective on the importance and financial impact Kadena’s cryogenic facility has on the Pacific region, July 27, 2018. Cryogenic technicians work with sub-zero temperatures to convert oxygen and nitrogen into liquids, which can be used by units across the Pacific Command. (U.S. Air Force video by SSgt Daniel Fernandez)
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- Exercise Platinum Lion 18
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 18.1 participate in Exercise Platinum Lion 18 at Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, July 30 - Aug. 8, 2018. Platinum Lion is an annual field training exercise that reinforces relationships in a joint training environment, builds understanding of partner nation tactics, techniques and procedures, and increases interoperability with Allied and partner forces. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Alexander Sturdivant/Released)
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- Cool Jobs: Army Veterinarian
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Capt. Sarah Sulkosky is a veterinarian in the U.S. Army. She always knew she wanted to be a vet, and loves every part of her job, but she especially enjoys working with military working dogs. She finds it both satisfying and fulfilling that she is able to ensure they get the mission done. The U.S. Army is the only branch of service to offer the job of veterinarian. They treat military working dogs, as well as the pets of military and their families. People who are interested and still in school may qualify for the Army’s Health Professions Scholarship Program that pays tuition as students earn their D.V.M. or V.M.D.
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- Meet A1C Agyeman-Prempeh
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- The story of an Airman that went through hardships in his past and is determined to be the best Airman he can be.
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- Marine Corps Pugil Stick Training
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Sgt. Katie Wissmann, a martial arts instructor with Support Battalion, Recruit Training Regiment, discusses the importance of close quarter combat and bayonet fighting skills taught during recruit training on Parris Island, Marine Corps Recruit Depot, August 6, 2018. Pugil sticks represent bayonets in a sparring match that is required for recruits to earn the first belt in the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program, which one of seven graduation requirements to graduate recruit training. (Video by Lance Cpl. Carlin Warren)
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- Task Force Empire Shield Protecting NYC
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Patrolling the city that never sleeps 🗽
They keep an eye out for anything out of the ordinary in the Big 🍎. Meet the men and women of Task Force Empire Shield. #KnowYourMil
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- Defense Secretary, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Pentagon Briefing
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Defense Secretary James N. Mattis and Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, brief reporters in the Pentagon briefing room, Washington, Aug. 28, 2018.
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- Mobile Assault Course
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Watch these Marines participate in the Mobile Assault Course at MAGTF Training Command/Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center at 29 Palms. The training sharpens technical and tactical skills in the field to ensure mission success
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- Why I Serve: Aviano Air Base
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Airmen at Aviano Air Base, Italy explain why they chose to serve in the Air Force.
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- F-22 Raptor Refuel
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- What do you do when you need a little gas? You get by with a little help from your friends! Watch as these United States Air Force F-22s and Norwegian F-35s train together over #Norway 🇳🇴. When they needed more fuel, the Bloody Hundredth of RAF Mildenhall, England 🇬🇧 came through with the liquid gold
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- Cool Jobs: U.S. Army Artist in Residence
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Army Sgt. 1st Class Juan Munoz strives to bridge the gap between civilians and military members by creating art for the U.S. Army Art Program.
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