Story by Staff Sgt. Osvaldo Equite | Special Operations Command South | 07.28.2016
ANTOFAGASTA, Chile – Multinational Special Operations Forces from Chile and the U.S. completed exercise Southern Star on July 28, 2016 amid Antofagasta, Chile’s arid desert plains and mountain sights along the Pacific coastline....
Story by Staff Sgt. Sara Keller | 86th Airlift Wing | 03.20.2016
Senior Airman Tormod Lillekroken makes a joke to his teammate next to him and flashes a smile as his eyes dart from the map in his hand to an old car about 500 meters in the distance. This is his target, and he’s attempting to pinpoint its exact location. Shielded by bushes on a high hill, he peeks through openings in the leaves to gather enough information to describe it to a pilot that he......
Story by Staff Sgt. Sara Keller | 86th Airlift Wing | 03.07.2016
U.S. Air Force Airmen, along with 11 additional NATO countries officially kicked off the French-led Exercise SERPENTEX 16 on the island of Corsica, France, March 7....
Story by Cpl. Garrett White | Task Force 51/5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade | 10.08.2015
U.S. Marines with Task Force Al Asad’s Advise and Assist team helped members of the 7th Iraqi Army Division’s (7th ID) media cell set up radio transmission equipment at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Sept. 28, 2015....
Story by Staff Sgt. Justin Kronenberg and Cpl. Garrett White | Task Force 51/5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade | 09.11.2015
Graduating from Marine Corps Recruit Training is a special day in any Marine’s life. It is a day of great pageantry, fanfare, and marks the closing of the first chapter in a Marine’s career. For the friends and family of the new Marines, it’s a chance for them to share in their loved one’s accomplishment. But for some in attendance, it is a glimpse into what their own futures......
Story by Lance Cpl. Garrett White | Task Force 51/5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade | 09.02.2015
U.S. Marine Corps and Royal Danish Army service members, assigned to Task Force Al Asad, issued weapons and equipment to members of the 75th Iraqi Army Brigade at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, Aug. 21....
Story by Staff Sgt. Justin Kronenberg and Lance Cpl. Garrett White | Task Force 51/5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade | 07.30.2015
Al Asad Air Base is a large, sprawling military airfield in Al Anbar province. The base is home to Task Force Al Asad, an international coalition and part of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve. The task force runs 24-hour advise and assist operations focused on improving the ability and lethality of Iraqi security forces against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.......
Story by Cpl. Jonathan Boynes | Task Force 51/5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade | 07.27.2015
With the ever-present threat of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, having a strong and capable fighting force to defeat them is a priority. The Iraqi army’s 7th Division, with the help of Combined Joint Task Force—Operation Inherent Resolve’s multination coalition forces, are at the forefront of that fight....
