DefenseScoop’s Brandi Vincent interviews Gen. Jackie Van Ovost on Sept. 17, 2024, on the sidelines of AFA’s Air, Space and Cyber conference at National Harbor, Maryland. (Photo by Natalie Powell. Public Affairs Specialist, U.S. Transportation Command)
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III greets First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., Sept. 13, 2024. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley)
PHILIPPINE SEA (Feb. 3, 2024) Three EA-18G Growlers, assigned to the “Rooks” of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 137, fly over the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71), Feb. 3, 2024. Theodore Roosevelt, flagship of Carrier Strike Group Nine, is underway conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. An integral part of U.S. Pacific Fleet, U.S. 7th Fleet operates naval forces in the Indo-Pacific and provides the realistic, relevant training necessary to execute the U.S. Navy’s role across the full spectrum of military operations – from combat operations to humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. U.S. 7th Fleet works together with our allies and partners to advance freedom of navigation, the rule of law, and other principles that underpin security for the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Aaron Haro Gonzalez)
Sailors assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Carney (DDG 64) stand watch in the ship’s Combat Information Center during an operation in the Red Sea to defeat a combination of Houthi missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles, Oct. 19, 2023. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron Lau)
An MQ-9 Reaper contracted from General Atomics, is parked at Camp Wilson, Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, June 15, 2024. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Anna Higman)
U.S. Air Force Col. Larry Fenner Jr., 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing commander, stands at attention after rendering his first salute to the wing after taking command at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, July 9, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Benjamin Aronson)
U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 2d Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division stand by after conducting a simulated force-on-force exercise as part of a Marine Corps Combat Readiness Evaluation (MCCRE) on Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue, North Carolina, Dec. 5, 2023. The MCCRE involves a range of scenarios and challenges that test the unit’s ability to plan, coordinate, and execute complex missions, including offensive and defensive operations, logistics, and communications. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Eric Dmochowski)
An F-15E Strike Eagle assigned to the 366th Fighter Wing, Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, takes off for a night mission during Red Flag-Nellis 24-2 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, March 21, 2024. Red Flag participants conduct a variety of scenarios, including defensive counterair, offensive-counterair suppression of enemy air defenses and offensive counterair-air interdiction. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Jimmy Cummings)
Soldiers with the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, operate various military vehicles at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, July 18, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Rebeca Soria)
Members of the 106th Rescue Wing Communication Flight stand in formation at F.S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base, Westhampton Beach, New York National Guard, during their unit’s redesignation ceremony to become the 106th Communications Squadron, February 4, 2024. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Kevin Donaldson)