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Credit: Ryan Carter | Date Taken: 08/03/2023 230803-N-TF680-1001 NORFOLK, Va. (August 3, 2023) -The crane from the dry cargo ammunition ship USNS William McLean (T-AKE 12) sends simulated ordnance to the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer USS Porter (DDG 78) to be stowed in the DDG's MK 71 Vertical Launch System (VLS) during a VLS re-arm demonstration, held pier-side on Naval Station Norfolk, Aug. 3. The VLS demonstration was part of U.S. Fleet Forces Command's Large Scale Exercise 2023 which provides a venue to test and refine current and new technologies and platforms to reinforce our current position as a supreme maritime force and provide feedback used to inform future innovation. (U.S. Navy video by Ryan Carter)

Credit: Staff Sgt. Leo Jenkins | Date Taken: 08/04/2023 U.S. Army Central's 2023 best squad competitors' six-week training in preparation for the U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM) competition. (U.S. Army video production by (Sgt. Egypt Johnson, Sgt. Amber Cobena and Sgt. Dwayne Bryant)

Credit: Cpl. Stephen Holland | Date Taken: 08/07/2023 U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Cory Calkins, a motor transport operator with 3rd Marine Division, speaks about Typhoon Khanun recovery efforts during a debris cleanup on Camp Courtney, Aug. 7, 2023. Typhoon Khanun moved through Okinawa as a category 4 hurricane equivalent storm, bringing strong winds, heavy rain, and high waves, marking one of the strongest storms to affect the island in recent years. Immediately after the storm, crews from across Marine Corps Installation Pacific and III MEF began assessing damage and initiating repair work to ensure the Marines on Okinawa remain operationally ready. Calkins is a native of Auburn, New York. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Stephen Holland)

Credit: Cpl. Stephen Holland | Date Taken: 08/07/2023 U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Daniel Dugger, a motor transport maintenance chief with 3rd Marine Division, speaks about Typhoon Khanun recovery efforts during a debris cleanup on Camp Courtney, Aug. 7, 2023. Typhoon Khanun moved through Okinawa as a category 4 hurricane equivalent storm, bringing strong winds, heavy rain, and high waves, marking one of the strongest storms to affect the island in recent years. Immediately after the storm, crews from across Marine Corps Installation Pacific and III MEF began assessing damage and initiating repair work to ensure the Marines on Okinawa remain operationally ready. Dugger is a native of Pensacola, FL. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Stephen Holland)

Credit: Lance Cpl. Diego Garcia | Date Taken: 07/28/2023 U.S. Marines meet with Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Soldiers during Artillery Relocation Training Program 23.2 at The Fuji School, Fuji, Japan, July 21, 2023. ARTP provides Marines the opportunity to coordinate with JGSDF allies and develop relationships. These Marines are with 3d Battalion, 12th Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Diego Garcia)

Credit: Courtesy | Date Taken: 08/03/2023 Retirement Ceremony in honor of Sergeant Major of the Army Michael E. Grinston.

Credit: Kristen Pittman | Date Taken: 08/01/2023 Members of U.S. Army Security Assistance Command's G2 highlight the importance of reporting suspicious or uncharacteristic behavior during Antiterrorism Awareness Month at Redstone Arsenal, Ala. (U.S. Army video by Kristen Pittman)

Credit: Petty Officer 2nd Class Danilo Reynoso | Date Taken: 08/01/2023 26th MEU Marines Ruck March aboard USS Bataan

Credit: Robert DeBerry | Date Taken: 08/04/2023 Training operation with the Alaska Army National guard Golf Company 2-211th, General Support Aviation Battalion at Bryant Army Airfield on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, August o4, 2023.

Credit: Sgt. Gary Singleton | Date Taken: 08/04/2023 Segment exploring the sights and sounds of the Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden, Kāne'ohe, Oahu, Hawaii, Aug. 7, 2023. The garden covers approximately 400 acres beneath the Ko'olau Mountain Range. (U.S. Army video by Sgt. Gary Singleton)

Karine Jean-Pierre Gaggle Aboard Air Force One Credit: Courtesy | Date Taken: 08/07/2023 Karine Jean-Pierre Gaggle Aboard Air Force One en route to Grand Canyon Village, AZ.

Credit: Sgt. ZaBarr Jones | Date Taken: 07/17/2023 U.S. Army air defenders from 1-1 Air Defense Artillery Battalion, 38th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, deployed from Japan to the Republic of Palau to conduct a Patriot live-fire exercise at Roman Tmetuchl International Airport as part of Northern Edge Exercise 23-2, July 17, 2023. Alpha Battery, 1-1 ADA Battalion successfully engaged a cruise missile surrogate target with a MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile designed to intercept long-range air threats such as missiles and aircraft. For a second year, the 38th ADA Brigade out of Japan deployed a Patriot Battery to Palau in order to exercise its combat capabilities. Leadership from the brigade worked closely with the Palau government to ensure the exercise was conducted safely by notifying locals through the U.S. Embassy and clearing the impact area of bystanders before engagement. The Patriot live-fire in Palau is part of a more extensive brigade exercise called “Talon Lighting,” which consist of a series of deployments throughout the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, such as a 1-1 ADA Battalion Patriot launcher to Tinian; a Sentinel X-Band Radar and two Avenger air defense systems from Echo Battery, 6-52 Air Defense Artillery Battalion equipped with Stinger missiles to Yap; and to Rota, where E-3 Terminal High Altitude Area Defense Battery deployed a THAAD Remote Launch Kit to test their remote firing capabilities. The Talon Lighting exercise falls underneath the greater Pacific Air Force-led Northern Edge 23-2. Northern Edge 23-2 is a multilateral exercise that enhances interoperability and cooperation and tests defensive readiness in the Indo-Pacific region. This B-roll also contains an interview of Lt. Col. Catalina Rosales, the 1-1 Air Defense Artillery battalion commander. (U.S. Army video by Maj. Trevor Wild and Sgt. ZaBarr Jones)

Credit: Master Sgt. Arthur Wright | Date Taken: 07/28/2023 Members of the 113th Wing, District of Columbia Air National Guard, deployed to Nellis Air Force Base, in support of exercise Red Flag 23-3, 17 July - 4 Aug., 2023. Red Flag emphasizes Airman and Guardians’ readiness for high-end warfighting, defensive counter air, offensive counter air suppression of enemy air defenses, and offensive counter air-air interdiction. Additionally, the large force air combat training exercise centers on enhancing proficiency in agile combat employment and interoperability between joint and allied forces. (U.S. Air Force video by Master Sgt. Arthur Wright)

Credit: David Poe | Date Taken: 08/07/2023 It’s time for your August Fort Report — video news from Fort Bliss, Texas. In this edition: 1 Soldiers from the 1st Armored Division, the 593rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, and the Australian Joint Logistics Command prepared tanks for follow-on transport to Townsville Field Training Area to participate in exercise Talisman Sabre last month. This was the first time U.S. Army tanks and members of the 1st Armored Division will participate in exercise Talisman Sabre. U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Leon Lewis, operations sergeant, 593rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command; and Australian Army Pve. Tahnee Clark, movements operator, Joint Movement Section South Queensland; discussed port operations and the importance of Talisman Sabre. Talisman Sabre was a large-scale, bilateral military exercise between Australia and the United States that strengthens relationships and interoperability among key allies while enhancing our collective capabilities to respond to a wide array of potential security concerns. This exercise was the tenth iteration of the exercise. (U.S. Army video by Pfc. Samarion Hicks, 24th TPASE) 2 Soldiers from Comanche Company, 4th Battalion, 6th Infantry Regiment offload M1A2 Abrams tanks from trailers at Townsville Field Training Area, Australia, July 20. The tanks were delivered to the training area as the company prepares to participate in exercise Talisman Sabre 23. Talisman Sabre is the largest bilateral military exercise between Australia and the United States advancing a free and open Indo-Pacific (U.S. Army video by Sgt. Jason Greaves, 1st Armored Division) (Narration by David Poe, USAG Fort Bliss) 3 The luchadors of Lucha Frontera, a regional Lucha Libre wrestling stable, recorded their latest television show in front of Soldiers and families at Fort Bliss, Texas, July 21, 2023. Fort Bliss is home to approximately 30,000 Soldiers and 65,000 family members. (U.S. Army video by David Poe, USAG Fort Bliss)

Credit: Master Sgt. Mike Lahrman | Date Taken: 08/06/2023 The 26th and 74th Aerial Port Squadrons worked with members of the San Antonio Police Department SWAT to load and secure vehicles onto a C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Aug. 6, 2023. (U.S. Air Force video by Master Sgt. Mike Lahrman)

Credit: Master Sgt. Joe Davis | Date Taken: 08/07/2023 Innovation Readiness Training Program's Monroe Wellness Mission 2023. Monroe Civic Center Media Day. Interviewees: Mayor Friday Ellis, City of Monroe, Louisiana U.S. Air Force Maj. Bradley Stone is the Mission Commander of Monroe Wellness 2023. _ Monroe Wellness is a two-week mission that provides No-Cost medical services to Monroe and West Monroe, Louisiana.

Fort McCoy RTS-Maintenance Wheeled Vehicle Recovery Operations Course 2023 Training: Winching out a mired vehicle, Part V Credit: Scott Sturkol | Date Taken: 07/25/2023 Soldiers at Fort McCoy, Wis., for training in the Regional Training Site-Maintenance Wheeled-Vehicle Recovery Operations Course work together to winch out a military vehicle from a mire pit during training July 25, 2023, at the installation Vehicle Recovery Site on North Post. The 17-day course covers operation and maintenance of recovery vehicles and use of standard procedures to rig and recover military wheeled vehicles. Related training tasks include oxygen and acetylene gas welding; boom and hoist operations; winch operations; and recovery of mired, overturned, and disabled vehicles. RTS-Maintenance holds several sessions of the Wheeled-Vehicle Operations Course each year and trains Soldiers from both active- and reserve-component forces. (U.S. Army Video by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)

Credit: Spc. Jayden Woods | Date Taken: 08/05/2023 Soldiers assigned to 39th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team,101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), build an engagement area as part of their training during Operation Lethal Eagle III on Fort Campbell, Ky., Aug. 5, 2023. (U.S. Army video by Spc. Jayden Woods)

Credit: Charles Delano | Date Taken: 08/05/2023 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Louisville District park rangers along with Kentucky Fish and Wildlife officers cordon off a "drop zone" for paratroopers to jump into Green River Lake, Aug. 5, 2023 in Campbellsville, Kentucky. Soldiers with the Kentucky National Guard and other units practiced water jumps from a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter as family members and Green River Lake visitors watched from the dam and shoreline. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers video by Charles Delano)

Credit: Keith Wright | Date Taken: 08/01/2023 Mission video for the Air Force Safety Center, where we safeguard Airmen and Guardians and protect resources while enabling mission success. We have a diverse team of over 150 people engaged to develop, train, implement, execute, and evaluate Air Force and Space Force mishap prevention programs and policy for the broad spectrum of aviation, occupational, weapons, and space operations.

Credit: Spc. Jayden Woods | Date Taken: 08/05/2023 Soldiers assigned to 39th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team,101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), builds an engagement area as part of their training during Operation Lethal Eagle III on Fort Campbell, Ky., Aug. 5, 2023. (U.S. Army video by Spc. Jayden Woods, 40th PAD)

Fort McCoy RTS-Maintenance Wheeled Vehicle Recovery Course 2023 Training: Winching out a mired vehicle, Part IV Credit: Scott Sturkol | Date Taken: 07/25/2023 Soldiers at Fort McCoy, Wis., for training in the Regional Training Site-Maintenance Wheeled-Vehicle Recovery Operations Course work together to winch out a military vehicle from a mire pit during training July 25, 2023, at the installation Vehicle Recovery Site on North Post. The 17-day course covers operation and maintenance of recovery vehicles and use of standard procedures to rig and recover military wheeled vehicles. Related training tasks include oxygen and acetylene gas welding; boom and hoist operations; winch operations; and recovery of mired, overturned, and disabled vehicles. RTS-Maintenance holds several sessions of the Wheeled-Vehicle Operations Course each year and trains Soldiers from both active- and reserve-component forces. (U.S. Army Video by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)

Credit: Audrey Gossett | Date Taken: 08/03/2023 U.S. Army Colonel Calvin A. Kroeger assumed command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, during an Assumption of Command ceremony, Aug. 3, 2023, at the Fort Worth Club.