The page will contain photos, videos, and print stories of events that occur throughout the deployment as the HST CSG operates in the
U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of operation.
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...
Joint Task Force – Quartz reports to U.S. Africa Command and is
responsible for Operation OCTAVE QUARTZ. The mission of Operation OCTAVE
QUARTZ is to reposition U.S. personnel from Somalia to other locations in
East Africa. Joint Task Force – Quartz priorities are to 1) safely
reposition U.S. forces, 2) protect U.S. forces through coordinated and
increased force protection measures,...
The story of Operation Allies Refuge from the Mobility Air Forces perspective.
The Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) provide Geographic Combatant Commanders with forward-deployed, sea-based, expeditionary forces that can operate across the range of military operations. The three ships that compose the Makin Island ARG are the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), the amphibious transport dock ship USS...
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...
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The Marine Corps Prepositioning Program-Norway (MCPP-N) caves currently house over 2000 major end items to include M1A1 Main Battle Tanks, Amphibious Assault Vehicles, Light Assault Vehicles, Howitzers, Trucks, and Engineer Equipment in support of a Marine Infantry Battalion Task Force and composite aviation squadron.
Martillo is a USSOUTHCOM supported and Joint Interagency Task Force-South (JIATF-South) led operation to deny transnational criminal organizations the ability to exploit shipment routes in international air and waters within the Western Hemisphere for the movement of narcotics, precursor chemicals, bulk cash, human trafficking and weapons.
