A 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit Mexico City on Tuesday Sept. 19, was about 650 kilometers from the epicenter of the 8.1-magnitude earthquake that hit off the southeast coast of Mexico Sept. 8.
This feature page highlights imagery of U.S. Customs and Border Protection helping to provide relief to areas impacted by Hurricane Maria.
Hurricane Maria formed in the Atlantic Ocean and affected islands in the Caribbean Sea, including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. U.S. military assets supported FEMA as well as state and local authorities in rescue and relief efforts.
NATO Air Days is scheduled for Sept. 16-17, with lead-up community events and interviews scheduled for Sept. 12-14 in Ostrava Air Base, Czech Republic. The event consists of the presentation of heavy military hardware, police and rescue equipment, dynamic displays of Special Forces training, flying displays, and presentations of armaments, equipment, and gear of individual units.
Documentation of the DoD response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Irma in the Virgin Islands.
U.S. Army Europe will host the 2017 European Best Sniper Squad Competition at the Grafenwoehr Training Area, Sept. 24-28, 2017. The mentally and physically challenging four-day competition, with more than 30 events, will test multinational sniper squads on land navigation, advanced marksmanship, medical simulations and more. The European Best Sniper Squad Competition is designed to project a...
Exercise Viking Star is an Overseas Deployment for Training (ODT) involving the 1-125th Infantry Regiment of the Michigan Army National Guard. Soldiers from Bravo Company based in Saginaw, Michigan, conduct combative training, orienteering and joint live fire exercises with the Danish Home Guard and Scottish and North Irish Yeomanry. The exercise promotes collaboration with allied partners and...
Michigan Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 125th Infantry Regiment (1/125IN) conducts Expeditionary Deployment Operations as well as Platoon Movement to Contact and Platoon Attack Battle Drills with units of the British Royal Wessex Yeomanry (RWxY) in order increase interoperability between the two nations for future operations.
