Department of Defense
Aircrew Flight Equipment
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- Aircrew Flight Equipment
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- A look into the work and purpose of Aircrew Flight Equipment
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- Marines Conduct Parachute Training in Okinawa
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Better watch out, the U.S. Marine Corps is landing!
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- Mobile Dive and Salvage Unit 1
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Check out these U.S. Navy divers from Mobile Dive and Salvage Unit 1 who dove alongside their Malaysian counterparts during CARAT - Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training Malaysia 2018.
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- President Presents Medal of Honor to Fallen Airman’s Widow
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- President Donald J. Trump posthumously awards the Medal of Honor to Air Force Tech. Sgt. John A. Chapman for extraordinary heroism during the March 2002 Battle of Takur Ghar in Afghanistan during a White House ceremony, Aug. 22, 2018. Chapman was then inducted into the Pentagon Hall of Heroes on Aug. 23, 2018.
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- Why We Serve: Kalkbrenner Family
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- People join the military for a variety of reasons. For Staff Sgt. Ivan Kalkbrenner, joining the Air Force is a family tradition. In fact, his father was the office who swore him in. #WhyIServe #KnowYourMil
DoD video produced by Marine Corps Sgt. David Staten
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- Coast Guard HC-130 Crew Drops Message Block to Adrift Skiff in Bering Sea
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Watch this U.S. Coast Guard crew successfully drop a message block to six people aboard an adrift skiff off the coast of Alaska. Once the boaters were found, the Hercules aircrew radioed an Alaskan state trooper of their location to be towed back to shore.
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- Cool Jobs: Avionic Systems Repairer
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- The U.S. Army's Apache helicopters are so complex, they're like flying supercomputers. Meet one of the service members who maintains the electronics systems on those helicopters and find out why he thinks it's a cool job.
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- Dogs Need Dental Love, Too
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- This military working dog received a root canal at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst's veterinary clinic after fracturing one of his teeth. Restoring the pup's tooth helped him get back to his day job.
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- The C-17 Globemaster III
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- The C-17 Globemaster III arrived at Altus AFB in 1996. In its years here, it has been crucial to The Mighty 97th maintaining the Air Force standard of rapid global mobility.
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- Title
- Valor
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- U.S. Army Major Tyler Jensen, awarded the Silver Star for for his actions in Afghanistan, talks about what the word "valor" means, and how valor is not limited to what people do on the battlefield. Many people display valor in day to their day-to-day lives without any recognition.
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- Navy Recruit Bunk and Locker Drills
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Recruits perform bunk and locker drills at Recruit Training Command (RTC). More than 30,000 recruits graduate annually from the Navy's only boot camp. (U.S. Navy video by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Camilo Fernan/Released)
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- Life Cycle of an Airman
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Recruiting, developing and retaining a high-quality workforce of effective leaders is essential for war fighting success. The Air Force’s ability to respond faster than our adversaries relies on the talent and leadership of Airmen.
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- 100 Years of Female Marines
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Celebrating 100 years of Females in the Marine Corps.
(Video by Mathew Gleason)
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- Defense Secretary Mattis Visits Argentina
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Defense Secretary James N. Mattis provides remarks during his visit to Argentina, Aug. 15, 2018.
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/619405/mattis-visits-argentina
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- Good Grief Camp
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Military families don't have to grieve alone. The Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors provides emotional support and resources to families in need.
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- Coast Guard Offloads More than 12,500 Pounds of Cocaine
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton offloads more than 12,500 pounds of cocaine and 50 pounds of marijuana in Port Everglades, Aug. 1, 2018. The drugs were seized during the interdiction of five suspected smuggling vessels and the recovery of two floating bale fields found off the coast of Mexico, Central and South America by Coast Guard cutters Hamilton (WMSL-753), Alert (WMEC-630), and Venturous (WMRC-625). Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandon Murray and Seamen Erik Villa-Rodriguez
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- Title
- The Call to Duty
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Airman 1st Class Haiman Clark, Crew Chief from 175th Fighter Wing, Baltimore, MD., talks about his duties and proud moments during exercise Northern Strike 18, Aug. 7, 2018, at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Mich.
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- Beyond the Uniform: Paramedic to Pilot
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Josh Chason followed his childhood dream of becoming a flight paramedic with the Maryland State Police and along the way he pick up his pilot’s wings with the Maryland National Guard.
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- A Day With Carson #2
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- 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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- A Day With Carson Social Media
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- 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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- Title
- Sniper Training
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 200th Infantry Regiment, New Mexico, and 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment, Oregon conduct live Sniper Training during XCTC at Camp Roberts.
Multiple units are conducting a large-scale training exercise, July 21-August 12, 2018, at Camp Roberts and Fort Hunter Liggett, California.
The exercise is an instrumented brigade field training exercise known as eXportable Combat Training Capability (XCTC) designed to certify platoon proficiency across the brigade in coordination with First Army. The XCTC program brings full training resource packages to National Guard and active duty bases around the country, allowing units to train on their schedule, closer to home, minimizing cost and time away from civilian jobs.
The training exercise prepares the brigade for supporting federal mobilizations. Units will be exercising tactical, operational, communications, and decision-making skills while focusing on problem analysis.<...
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- President Signs National Defense Authorization Act
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- President Donald J. Trump signs the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act, a bill that increases funding for the military, at Fort Drum, N.Y., Aug. 13, 2018.
https://www.dvidshub.net/video/618915/president-signs-national-defense-authorization-act
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- CBRN Training
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Airmen from Yokota participate in CBRN training at Combined Arms Training Camp Fuji.
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- Girls Shouldn't Serve
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Why I Serve: Sarah Carpenter-Santos
“Girls shouldn’t be in the military”
Sarah told her mom she wanted to join the military when she was 18. Her mom said no. So, she didn’t. At 22, she joined the Army and now, as she is raising her daughter, she wants her to know being a girl is a strength, not a weakness.
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- Coast Guard Rescues Injured Hiker in Alum Rock State Park
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station San Francisco hoists and transfers an injured woman to emergency medical services personnel near San Jose, Calif.
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- Here Comes the Boom
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Keeping jets in the air is vital to Kadena Air Base. See how a Boom Operator from the 909th Air Refueling Squadron contributes to that mission.
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- Jungle Warfare 2018 Exercise 'Killer Punch'
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- U.S. Army Soldiers execute exercise 'Killer Punch,' a simulated attack on an enemy camp, at Jungle Warfare School in Achiase military base, Akim Oda, Ghana, August 4, 2018. The Jungle Warfare School is a series of situational training exercises designed to train participants in counter-insurgency and internal security operations. (U.S. Army video by Staff Sgt. Charles Stefan and Staff Sgt. Brandon Ames)
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- Did You Know Today is the DoD's Birthday?
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- Today is the 69th birthday of the #DoD as we all know it! Technically, the federal government organization that oversees the armed forces has been around about as long as our nation. It can be confusing, so we’ll explain: https://go.usa.gov/xUdbS #KnowYourMil #DoDSince1949
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- More Than One Way to Serve
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Air Force A1C Nala Cormier proves you don't have to be high-ranking in the military to make a difference. All it takes is initiative and the drive to help people.
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- Pence Announces Space Force as Sixth Armed Forces Branch
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Vice President Mike Pence announced that the Defense Department will establish a sixth branch of the armed forces, the U.S. Department of the #SpaceForce, by 2020, Aug 9, 2018.
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- Medical Evacuation Training
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Sgt. Julie Watkins of 141st Brigade Support Battalion, C Co., walks through the steps of a medical evacuation exercise performed at Camp Roberts.
The 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oregon Army National Guard, is scheduled to conduct a large-scale training exercise, July 21-August 12, 2018, at Camp Roberts and Fort Hunter Liggett, California. The 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team is scheduled to conduct convoy operations to California to participate in this training.
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- Title
- Giving Back Through Service
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Jean Jeudy left Haiti 🇭🇹 in 1994 to escape persecution in his native country. He wanted to give back to the nation that saved his life, so he joined the U.S. Army.
Read more about his story: https://go.usa.gov/xU7RN
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- Why I Serve: Marine Scholarship Recipient
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Proud to serve!
Take a look at why this U.S. Navy ROTC scholarship recipient wanted to join the U.S. Marine Corps.
Why do YOU serve?
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- US Marines in Australia become US citizens on Osprey
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force - Darwin are among the first service members to become U.S. citizens on an MV-22 Osprey in Darwin, Australia, July 20, 2018. Cpl. Milin Patel is from India and was influenced to join the Marines because of his uncle's history as an Indian Commando. Lance Cpl. Huiru Zhang is from China and came to the U.S. to seek a better education and travel the world through the Marine Corps.
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- Ready or not, here they come
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Marines with Tactical Readiness and Training Platoon (TRT), Marine Logistics Group Headquarters, 3rd Marine Logistics Group, trained at Jungle Warfare Training Center, Okinawa, Japan July 25, 2018. The Marines conducted attacks on known enemy positions using Special Effects Small Arms Marking System rounds to maintain tactical proficiency within a combat environment. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Joshua Pinkney)
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- A Day With Trailer
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- KnowYourMil Trailer
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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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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- 31st MEU MRF raids from sea, air
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit's Force Reconnaissance Platoon rehearses a Visit, Board, Search and Seizure mission during Realistic Urban Training Exercise, July 26, 2018. Marines with the FRP boarded the landing craft from hovering aircraft while other teams raided the target vessel from small, inflatable rubber boats, known as Combat Rubber Raiding Craft. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide-range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Bernadette Plouffe)
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- Cool Jobs: Medical Lab Tech
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Go behind the scenes to meet the military medical laboratory technicians who allow doctors to do their job by providing the information needed to diagnose and treat patients.
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- Ramstein, Aviano Airmen Provide Training for Romanian Air Force
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Airmen assigned to the 435th Contingency Response Support Squadron at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and Airmen assigned to the 31st Maintenance Squadron at Aviano Air Base, Italy, combined their knowledge and experience to provide training to Romanian air force personnel at Borcea Air Base, Romania, July 12 to Aug 4.
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- 2CR Soldiers Secure Ammunition and move on to wet gap crossing
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- 2nd Calvary Regiment Soldiers rolled from Rose Barracks enroute to Powidz Air Base, Poland. The Polish Air Base was the mid point resupply for the convoy to the Baltic’s for exercise Saber Strike and a crucial one as the base served as the Regiments Ammo Transfer and Holding Point where 2CR Soldiers secured a simulated full combat load of ammunition.
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#KnowYourMil
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- Coast Guard Cutter Maria Bray Crew Helps Create Underwater Reef Habitat
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Coast Guard Cutter Maria Bray crew members deploy concrete reef balls and old navigation anchors, July 18, 2018, off the coast of northeast Florida. The Maria Bray crew assisted in the deployment of reef balls, built by Mandarin High School students, and old navigation anchors for Think It, Sink It, Reef It, or TISIRI in order to create an underwater reef habitat. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Dickinson)
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#KnowYourMil
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- MQ-9 Reaper at a Glance
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- MQ-9 Reaper aircrews support a wide range of missions in their day-to-day lives. Check out how our Hunters utilize the MQ-9's capabilities to keep our troops and coalition forces safe overseas.
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- California Army National Guard Conducts water drops
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- California Army National Guard aviation UH-60 Blackhawks from the Mather Army Aviation facility perform water bucket drops on the Carr Fire. Sgt Justin Becerril a crew chief for the Golf 2-211 explains the process and equipment used for these missions.
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- A Day With Carson
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Army Reserve officer and CEO! Carson Goodale’s idea, ordering food on a phone at sporting events or concerts, helped him co-found the company Fan Food.
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- Air Delivery
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Air Assault trainees rappel from UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, operated by soldiers with the 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, at Fort Indiantown Gap March 15, 2018. (U.S. Army video by Chief Warrant Officer 5 Joseph Sandbakken)
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#KnowYourMil
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- USNS Sioux tows ex-McClusky Out to Sea
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Military Sealift Command fleet ocean tug USNS Sioux (T-ATF 171) tows decommissioned frigate ex-USS McClusky (FFG 41) out to sea to be the target of a sinking exercise.
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#KnowYourMil
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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- Retirement Benefits
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- #DYK: service members can earn money toward retirement, even if they serve less than 20 years? Find out about military retirement benefits. #KnowYourMil
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- Rapid Intervention Battalion Training
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Texas National Guard soldiers from CJTF-HOA train the Djiboutian Armed Forces Rapid Intervention Battalion to set them up for success!
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- Shore to ship
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
- Description
- Hitching a ride. Royal Australian Navy landing helicopter dock HMAS Adelaide conducts amphibious operations and takes on its biggest-ever multinational contingent - 800 personnel from Australia, Japan, Sri Lanka, Tonga and the United States.
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#KnowYourMil
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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