On April 18, 1942, airmen of the US Army Air Forces launched from the USS Hornet and carried the Battle of the Pacific to the heart of the Japanese empire with a surprising and daring raid on military targets at Tokyo, Yokohama, Yokosuka, Nagoya and Kobe. This heroic attack, led by Lt. Col. James H. (Jimmy) Doolittle, was the result of coordination between the Army Air Forces and the US Navy...
From 1941 through 1946, nearly 1,000 young men were trained as pilots, and, after successfully completing the training, they received their commissions and silver pilot wings. The Tuskegee Airmen formed the 332nd Fighter Group which originally consisted of four fighter squadrons: the 99th, the 100th, the 301st and the 302nd. They flew over 15,000 missions/sorties in the European Theater of...
In the wake of Sept. 11, 2001, the 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne), also known as the "Legion," was called upon to play a major role in our Nation's defense. Within hours of the terrorist attacks, Soldiers from the Group were deployed in support of the Global War on Terror.
From October 2001 through April 2002, Special Forces Operational Detachments – Alpha (SFOD-A), or A- teams, from...
USS Gerald R. Ford's (CVN 78) virtual tour program. An inside look at the 23 new technologies that make up the first-in-class warship, and the Sailors who operate and maintain that equipment.
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"Like a Marine" is a how to video series featuring III Marine Expeditionary Force experts stationed in Okinawa, Japan. They share their firsthand knowledge acquired from vast experience across the Pacific. Through candid, well-versed instructions, you can learn how to perform like a Marine.
MISSION STATEMENT: Replicate a wartime ACE scenario with C2, BOS, and MGFEs, demonstrating the CC&D, tech and TTPs that will complicate Level 1/2 ground threat and groups 1-3 UAS targeting and test friendly force survivability while still generating combat power in a scripted, live-fly.
