14 F-16s and approximately 280 Airmen from the 510th Fighter Squadron Aviano Air Base, Italy will be deploying to Ämari Air Base, Estonia to train with the Estonian air force and Estonian Joint Terminal Attack Controllers. This training will focus on maintaining joint readiness while building interoperability capabilities.
USS Sampson (DDG 102) and USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) are supporting Indonesian-led efforts to locate Air Asia Flight QZ8501. Sampson, a guided-missile destroyer, joined the effort on Dec. 30, followed by the littoral combat ship Fort Worth on Jan. 3.
U.S. Central Command - Disrupt, dismantle, and defeat al-Qaeda and its extremist allies and to set conditions in Afghanistan to prevent reestablishment of trans-national extremist sanctuaries
The U.S. Marine Corps is adjusting its force lay-down in the Asia-Pacific region to support the President’s Strategic Guidance for the Department of Defense issued in January 2012. Marines are perfectly designed and suited for both crisis response and the Asia-Pacific maritime environment. Two-thirds of the Marine Corps’ operational forces are assigned to the Pacific. This allocation of...
Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve (CJTF-OIR), led by Army Lt. Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, CJTF-OIR commanding general, is a coalition of partner nations united in their resolve against the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
The name INHERENT RESOLVE is intended to reflect the unwavering resolve and deep commitment of the U.S. and partner nations in the region...
Operation Atlantic Resolve is the continuing demonstration of the United States' solemn commitment to the collective defense of all NATO allies which includes increased and enhanced training, readiness, exercises, and necessary facility improvements which are needed in order to conduct quality training and readiness activities with all of the allies and partners.
Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force - Crisis Response - Central Command serves as an expeditionary, crisis-response force capable of supporting the evolving requirements of U.S. Marine Corps Forces Central Command and U.S. Central Command. Acting as a forward-deployed, flexible, shore-based MAGTF capable of conducting crisis response, contingency operations and theater security...
WASHINGTON — More than 600 gang members and associates from 145 different gangs were arrested in 179 cities across the U.S. during Project Southbound, a month-long operation executed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), which targeted gangs affiliated with the Sureños.
