The first cyclone of the 2008 season in the northern Indian Ocean was a devastating one for Burma. Cyclone Nargis hit the land with sustained winds of 130 mph and gusts of 150-160 mph, equivalent to a strong Category 3 or minimal Category 4 hurricane. On the 5th news reports stated that several thousand...

Over the weekend I was able to get sometime at the paintball courses out here in Thailand. The courses are actually just jungle with some forts and miscellaneous vehicles for reference points. Paintball is a huge hobby for military guys and a great way to hone your military skills. Most bases offer paintball...

During a family member’s, who is a former Marine, recent vacation in the Richmond area, he met a family who had pulled into the same motel. They had a Marine Corps sticker on their vehicles so obviously he was interested to learn when he had served. He said that he hadn’t but that his son...

Great video clip, from the cockpit of a U.S. Military Jet turbo-prop, of a fighter pilots naval aviator’s view when landing on a runway flight deck of a military nuclear powered aircraft carrier during a military exercise in the middle of the ocean. Can anyone give us any information on the...

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It is often said that amphibious assaults are the hardest of all military operations to coordinate. High Speed Amphibians enable a transformation of operational maneuvers from the sea to the land like never before. An amphibious operation is a military operation launched from the sea by naval and landing...

I came across some great Naval pictures of the USN I wanted to post real quick. Eventually I want to add update the photo gallery and get some of these pics up. Naval Fleet Crusing Near Guam PACIFIC OCEAN (June 18, 2006) — USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) and USS Ronald Reagan...

The “Cobra Gold” live-fire military exercises, the largest US war games in Asia, are set for May 8 to 18 in eastern Thailand with a focus on multinational peacekeeping operations. The war games were launched 26 years ago and originally limited to US and Thai troops. This year, 3,090 personnel...