Story by Gunnery Sgt. Reina Vasquez | U.S. Special Operations Command | 05.10.2015
Logistics is often considered the motor of military exercises and operations, and here at Eager Lion 2015, a multinational exercise involving the U.S. and 17 other partner nations in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, it is no different....
Story by Senior Airman Colin Cates | 379th Air Expeditionary Wing | 09.26.2014
The 379th Expeditionary Medical Group and Special Operations Command Central, participated in an exercise Sept. 24 at Al Udeid Air Base....
Story by Sgt. Flor Gonzalez | 22nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 06.02.2014
The Jordanian desert quickly filled with parachutes infiltrating the early morning sky on June 2, as part of exercise Eager Lion 2014. Paratroopers from 10 different partner nations, including Pakistan, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, France, Italy, Canada and Great Britain emerged as symbols of multinational cooperation and lasting military bonds....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Joselito Aribuabo | 379th Air Expeditionary Wing | 10.27.2013
SOUTHWEST ASIA – Twenty- two U.S. military members participated in the Special Operations Command Central Forward Marine Corps Marathon at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, Oct. 27....
Story by Cpl. Michael Lockett | 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 07.09.2013
The 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit in the field is expected to be self-supporting. Power, water, fuel, and living arrangements. At the end of the day, the most important part of sustainment for the individual Marine is chow....
Story by Cpl. Michael Lockett | 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 07.06.2013
Marines smoke for all sorts of reasons. They smoke because they’re stressed, because it breaks the monotony and boredom, because it’s the sociable thing to do, because they’ve been away from home for months unending, and sometimes they just need an excuse to go outside and stare at the sea – feeling the wind and smelling the salt....
Story by Cpl. Michael Lockett | 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 06.19.2013
Shoot. Move. Communicate. This is one of the many sayings central to the Marine Corps rifle squad, the unit that the entire Marine Corps is built to support. Communications between units is one of the most critical components of a successful operation, especially for units as widely dispersed in their operations as the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit....
Story by Cpl. Michael Lockett | 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit | 06.15.2013
Napoleon once said that an army marches on its stomach. Credit the man with the wit to make the analogy quick and prescience to voice a truth that would only become more valid with time. In the age of sail and colonial expansion, an army relied on a source of food and ammunition to keep rolling – it was the lack of consumables that actually stalled Napoleon’s advance into Russia, bringing......
