Marines with 2nd Battalion, 11th Marines, 1st Marine Division, participate in an Assault Support Tactics One exercise in support of Weapons and Tactics Instructor Course aboard Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range, California.
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Troops to Access Wireless Networks Mounted on UAVs
Missions in remote, forward operating locations often suffer from a lack of connectivity to tactical operation centers and access to valuable intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) data. The assets needed for long-range, high-bandwidth communications capabilities are often unavailable to lower…
Navy’s Laser Weapon Ready for Summer Deployment
Navy engineers are making final adjustments to a laser weapon prototype that will be the first of its kind to deploy aboard a ship late this summer. The prototype, an improved version of the Laser Weapon System (LaWS), will be…
Navy to Deploy Electromagnetic Railgun Aboard Joint High Speed Vessel
The U.S. Navy plans to install and test a prototype electromagnetic railgun aboard a joint high speed vessel in fiscal year 2016, the service announced today. This test will mark the first time an electromagnetic railgun (EM railgun) has been…
VIDEO: The Battle of Najaf Revisited Ten Years Later
Former Force Recon Marine and Private Military Contractor Travis Haley recounts the Battle of Najaf, Iraq in April 2004. Be sure to watch the end.
U.S. Sending 2 More Aegis Ships to Japan to Counter N. Korea
For reasons a senior defense official said included North Korean provocations, treaty commitments to Japan and U.S. national security interests, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said today that the United States will send Japan two more Aegis-equipped ballistic-missile defense ships by…
