The Here, Now

[michaelmaltby]

Happy Valentine's Vlad: The 'Bone' is coming to Norway

 

[michaelmaltby]

AFT: Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 2nd Class Skyler Campbell directs a Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey on Jan. 23, 2021, during takeoff from the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8) in the Indian Ocean. (MC3 Aaron Sperle/Navy

 

[michaelmaltby]

The F-15EX fighter jet demonstrates a vertical "Viking" departure during its first flight on Feb. 2, 2021. (Boeing photo by Eric Shindelbower)
The Air Force's New F-15EX Jet Just Took Its First Flight

 

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[michaelmaltby]

US destroyer steams through Taiwan Strait for 1st time under Biden | Taiwan News | 2021/02/04

 

[michaelmaltby]

PLA monitors US warship transiting in Taiwan Straits, opposes US using old tricks to disturb regional stability: spokesperson - Global Times

 

[michaelmaltby]

China's Type 99A main battle tank deployed in high-altitude border defense frontier: reports - Global Times

 

[michaelmaltby]

AFT: U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jeremiah Riley-Caldwell fires an Mk13 Mod7 sniper rifle on Jan. 28, 2021, during a pre-sniper qualification course at Camp Hansen, Okinawa. (Lance Cpl. Juan Carpanzano/Marine Corps)

 

[michaelmaltby]

Nordic Allies Help Navy Improve Ship Ops in Icy Waterways as Arctic Competition Heats Up

 

[michaelmaltby]

Iraq rescue: SAS, Delta Force in skydiving mishap

 

[michaelmaltby]

Japan holds the key to Biden's China containment strategy

 

[SaparotRob]

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Japan holds the key to Biden's China containment strategy

I really like this picture. How times have changed!

 

[michaelmaltby]

AFT: Sailors perform maintenance on an MH-60R Sea Hawk on Jan. 27, 2021, on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) in the Atlantic Ocean. (Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Orion Shotton/Navy)

 

[michaelmaltby]

US can hit China's three big weaknesses to curb global ambition: report

 

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[michaelmaltby]

Biden ends military aid for Saudi war in Yemen. Ending the war is harder.

 

[vandee]

Are those F15EX new airframes? Not just reworked old Cs? John

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots guys!

 

[michaelmaltby]

Homecoming ...,.,

Navy Lt. VonHayes Switzer reunites with his wife Maddie at NAS Lemoore. (Kat Mellon/photo).
How COVID changed military homecomings — one spouse's perspective

 

[michaelmaltby]

AFT: Marines with 1st Marine Division carry track wheels during the Amphibious Combat Endurance Test on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 15, 2021. (Lance Cpl. Roxanna Ortiz/Marine Corps)