![Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group Returns to the South China Sea [Image 2 of 2]](https://d1ldvf68ux039x.cloudfront.net/thumbs/photos/2109/6855254/360x225_q95.jpg "Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group Returns to the South China Sea [Image 2 of 2]")
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Askia Collins | Commander, Task Force 70 / Carrier Strike Group 5 | 09.24.2021
SOUTH CHINA SEA (Sept. 24, 2021) The U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) steams through international waters. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, and supports alliances, partnerships and collective maritime interests in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy......
![Prototype hypersonic hardware delivered to unit on JBLM [Image 23 of 23]](https://d1ldvf68ux039x.cloudfront.net/thumbs/photos/2110/6874466/360x225_q95.jpg "Prototype hypersonic hardware delivered to unit on JBLM [Image 23 of 23]")
Photo by Staff Sgt. Kyle Larsen | Office of the Chief of Public Affairs | 09.14.2021
The delivery of the first prototype hypersonic hardware to Soldiers of the 5th Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, 17th Field Artillery Brigade is completed on Oct. 7, 2021, with a ceremony at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. The Army is prototyping the land-based, ground launched Long Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW) that will provide residual combat capability to Soldiers by Fiscal Year......
![Mike Company Initial Strength Test [Image 9 of 9]](https://d1ldvf68ux039x.cloudfront.net/thumbs/photos/2109/6860624/360x225_q95.jpg "Mike Company Initial Strength Test [Image 9 of 9]")
Photo by Sgt. Dana Beesley | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island | 09.24.2021
Recruits with Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, execute the Initial Strength Test aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C.Sept. 24, 2021. In order to even begin recruit training, these recruits must be able to complete a minimum of four dead-hang pull-ups, 44 abdominal crunches in two minutes, and run 1.5 miles in a time limit of 13 minutes, 30 seconds. (U.S. Marine......
![Hotel Receiving [Image 12 of 12]](https://d1ldvf68ux039x.cloudfront.net/thumbs/photos/2109/6857837/360x225_q95.jpg "Hotel Receiving [Image 12 of 12]")
Photo by Sgt. Dana Beesley | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island | 09.14.2021
New recruits with Hotel Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, arrive in droves for their first night on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C. Sept. 14, 2021. The recruits undergo hours of in-processing procedures and gear issue, and males receive their first haircut to fully indoctrinate them into the process of becoming a United States Marine. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt.......
![Mississippi Highway Patrol Visits Parris Island [Image 10 of 10]](https://cdn.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/photos/2110/6890298/360x225_q75.jpg "Mississippi Highway Patrol Visits Parris Island [Image 10 of 10]")
Photo by Sgt. Dana Beesley | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island | 10.15.2021
Instructors with the Mississippi Law Enforcement Officer’s Training Academy observe Fox Company's graduation ceremony aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C. Oct. 15, 2021. The instructors, alongside academy director Lt. Col. Thomas Tuggle II, came to observe recruit training, participate in various training events, and learn from the Marine Corps to help develop their training......
![U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lands on JS Izumo [Image 35 of 35]](https://d1ldvf68ux039x.cloudfront.net/thumbs/photos/2110/6872856/360x225_q95.jpg "U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lands on JS Izumo [Image 35 of 35]")
Photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler Harmon | 1st Marine Aircraft Wing | 10.03.2021
A U.S. Marine Corps F-35B Lightning II aircraft with Marine Fighter Attack Squadron (VMFA) 242 conducts a vertical landing aboard the Japanese Ship Izumo off the coast of Japan, Oct. 3, 2021. U.S. Marines and Sailors embarked aboard the Japanese Ship Izumo in support of the first ever F-35B Lightning II operations aboard a Japanese vessel. The U.S. and Japan continue to work closely together......
![USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) Return to Yokosuka [Image 11 of 11]](https://cdn.dvidshub.net/media/thumbs/photos/2110/6890947/360x225_q75.jpg "USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) Return to Yokosuka [Image 11 of 11]")
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Macadam Weissman | USS RONALD REAGAN (CVN 76) | 10.16.2021
211016-N-AC117-0010 YOKOSUKA, Japan (Oct. 16, 2021) The U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), returns to Yokosuka, Japan, following a regularly scheduled deployment. During Ronald Reagan’s deployment, the ship transited 43,000 nautical miles operating in the U.S. 5th fleet area of operations to assist with Operation Freedom's Sentinel and Operation......
![Recruits with Bravo Company complete the Crucible [Image 8 of 8]](https://d1ldvf68ux039x.cloudfront.net/thumbs/photos/2109/6854346/360x225_q95.jpg "Recruits with Bravo Company complete the Crucible [Image 8 of 8]")
Photo by Chief Warrant Officer Bobby Yarbrough | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island | 09.23.2021
Rct. Noah Wilson, a recruit with Bravo Company, 1st Recruit Training Battalion, completes martial arts drills during the Crucible at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., Sept. 23. The Crucible is a 54-hour culmination event that ends with recruits earning their Eagle, Globe and Anchor and the title U.S. Marine. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by CWO2 Bobby J. Yarbrough)...
