Tuesday, October 30, 2012

South Bend and Mishawaka, Indiana; October 30, 2012

Philippines - An integrated squad of Marines from Company G., Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, and Philippine Marines of the 33rd Battalion, 33rd Marine Company, rush for cover after being inserted by helicopters from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron-262 (REIN) during a helicopter raid exercise here, Oct. 14. The training was part of the 29th iteration of the annual Philippines Bilateral Amphibious Landing Exercise, designed to increase interoperability between U.S. and Philippine forces while strengthening their long standing bond.


Monday, October 29, 2012

South Bend and Mishawaka, Indiana; October 29, 2012

Morning mist                                                                            
Maintainer’s preflight a C-17 Globemaster III in the rain for a late morning flight at Stewart Air National Guard Base, N.Y., Oct. 19, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Michael OHalloran)



Sunday, October 28, 2012

South Bend and Mishawaka, Indiana; October 28, 2012



The guided-missile destroyer USS Ross (DDG 71) departs Naval Station Norfolk in advance of Hurricane Sandy. Adm. Bill Gortney, commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command, ordered the sortie of Navy ships in the Hampton Roads, Va., area. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Lolita Lewis (Released) 121026-N-YT478-078


Friday, October 26, 2012

Thursday, October 25, 2012

South Bend and Mishawaka, Indiana; October 25, 2012

The Military Honor Park at the South Bend Regional Airport recently acquired this new exhibit. The pair of Talos missiles were manufactured at the Bendix Missile Plant on Beiger Street in Mishawaka from 1955-79 and saw service on U.S. Navy cruisers in the Vietnam War. (Photo by Ron Garrett)