On Friday, June 18, the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) successfully completed the first scheduled explosive event as part of Full Ship Shock Trials (FSST). The first-in-class aircraft carrier was designed using advanced computer modeling methods, testing, and analysis to ensure the ship is hardened to withstand battle conditions, and these shock trials provide data used in validating the shock...
Exercise Southern Jackaroo 2021 is a field training exercise between the Marine Corps, Australian Defence Force (ADF) and the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF). The exercise enhances the ability for the three forces to conduct joint operation, enhancing interoperability and making a more lethal and postured force.
101st Airborne Division(Air Assault) is proud to host the 2021 Week of the Eagles June 21thru 25 with special highlight to recognize the 30th anniversary of Operation DESERT STORM. #WoE2021
WoE has been held since 1974 the “Weekof the Eagles” created by Maj. Gen. John Cushman, commanding general of the 101stAirborne Division (Air Assault) who rebuilt division after Vietnam. After...
The Department of Defense Warrior Games is an annual event, first held in 2010, that celebrates the resiliency and dedication of wounded, ill, and injured active duty and veteran U.S. military service members. The 2021 Warrior Games, hosted by the U.S. Army, will take place at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort from September 12-22, and will once again be open to the...
Hearings from the United States House of Representatives
This is the DVIDS feature page for the XVIII Airborne Corps' DragonCannes 2 program. DragonCannes 2 is a competitive film festival that will run September 4 - 6 on the XVIII Airborne Corps' Twitter account (@18airbornecorps). We're asking all units and Soldiers to submit a video, 2 minutes and 20 seconds or less, to this site no later than August 27th. The winner of DragonCannes 2 will be...
Operation Pacific Iron 2021 is a U.S. Pacific Air Forces' (PACAF) dynamic force employment (DFE) operation to project forces into the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM) area of responsibility in support of the 2018 National Defense Strategy (NDS) to be a more lethal, adaptive, resilient force. The operation will focus on deploying, operating, maneuvering, sustaining and generating forces...
The F-15EX Eagle II provides a unique opportunity for the test enterprise as it is the first Air Force aircraft to be completely tested and fielded through combined developmental and operational test efforts. Capabilities that the F-15EX adds to the F-15C are its fly-by-wire system; two extra weapon stations, and an updated cockpit with touch-screen color displays; EPAWSS and advanced radar...
