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A U.S. Marine with Black Sea Rotational Force 18.1 provides cover during a patrolling exercise (PEX) at U.S. Army base Nova Selo Forward Operating Site, Bulgaria, May 9, 2018. PEX enhances platoon readiness and increases the ability to conduct patrols at the squad level. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by LCpl. Angel D. Travis)

U.S. Marines with Black Sea Rotational Force 18.1 advance to their objective during a patrolling exercise (PEX) at U.S. Army base Nova Selo Forward Operating Site, Bulgaria, May 10, 2018. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by LCpl. Angel D. Travis)

A U.S. Marine with Black Sea Rotational Force 18.1 secures a role player during a patrolling exercise (PEX) at U.S. Army base Nova Selo Forward Operating Site, Bulgaria, May 10, 2018. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by LCpl. Angel D. Travis)

A U.S. Marine with Black Sea Rotational Force 18.1 regroups with his squad during a patrolling exercise (PEX) at U.S. Army base Nova Selo Forward Operating Site, Bulgaria, May 10, 2018. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by LCpl. Angel D. Travis)

A U.S. Marine with Black Sea Rotational Force 18.1 provides cover during a patrolling exercise (PEX) at U.S. Army base Nova Selo Forward Operating Site, Bulgaria, May 10, 2018. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by LCpl. Angel D. Travis)

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Armament and avionics maintainers with Task Force Viper, 1st Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, prepare an AH-64 Apache helicopters at the Baumholder Airfield, Baumholder Military Training Area, Germany, May 7-9, 2018.
The unit was conducting gunnery to improve combat readiness. The gunnery was also supported by Joint Terminal Attack Controllers from Europe Air Ground Operations School, Kaiserslautern, Germany (U.S. Army photo by Erich Backes).

















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During Security Reaction Force Basic (SRF-B) training conducted on Naval Support Activity Bethesda May 11, Sailors and Soldiers were sprayed with oleoresin capsicum (OC) spray while completing a obstacle course testing the skills they learned throughout the two week course. (U.S. Navy photos by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Julio Martinez Martinez/Released)











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The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds practice aerial maneuvers at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, May 15, 2018. The Thunderbirds are scheduled to resume their 2018 air show season during the Airpower Over Hampton Roads JBLE Air and Space Expo, May 19 - 20. (U.S. Air Force photos by Staff Sgt. Areca T. Bell)











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Finnish Army’s mechanised exercise Arrow 18 in Pohjankangas, Niinisalo, Finland, from 7 to 18 May 2018.

The training objective of the exercise is to train joint interoperability between Army’s mechanised units and service branches as part of mechanised units’ offensive as well as in joint firing. The exercise also aims at enhancing interoperability in cooperation with foreign detachments.
Apart from the participating Finnish training units, this exercise will bring to Finland the US Army Europe (USAREUR) 2nd Cavalry Regiment’s mechanised infantry, an armoured fighting vehicle combat team from the Marine Corps Forces Europe and Africa (MARFOREUR/AF), and an intelligence platoon from the Norwegian Armed Forces. Alltogether, the strenght of the exercise is 3,200 soldiers and the exercise equipment consists of approximately 150 armoured vehicles and 300 other vehicles.

 

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Finnish Army’s mechanised exercise Arrow 18 in Pohjankangas, Niinisalo, Finland, from 7 to 18 May 2018.

 

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Finnish Army’s mechanised exercise Arrow 18 in Pohjankangas, Niinisalo, Finland, from 7 to 18 May 2018.

 

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MEDITERRANEAN SEA (May 2, 2018) Marines assigned to Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit, participate in speed reload drills aboard the San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock USS New York (LPD 21) May 2, 2018. The speed reload drills enhance the Marines’ weapon skills and tactical proficiency while deployed to U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations. U.S. 6th Fleet, headquartered in Naples, Italy, conducts the full spectrum of joint and naval operations, often in concert with allied and interagency partners, in order to advance U.S. national interests and security and stability in Europe and Africa. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Cpl. Juan A. Soto-Delgado/Released)

180502-M-DL117-0178 by Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet, on Flickr

180502-M-DL117-0072 by Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet, on Flickr

180502-M-DL117-0093 by Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet, on Flickr

180502-M-DL117-0103 by Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet, on Flickr

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180502-M-DL117-0103 by Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet, on Flickr

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Which is that optic sight??? its for the grenade launcher ???

 

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A U.S. Army Reserve military police Soldier with the 346th Military Police Company fires an M240B Machine Gun mounted on a Humvee turret during a night fire qualification at Fort Riley, Kansas, May 17, 2018. The 346th MP Company hosted and conducted a 3-week gunnery training and range for approximately 30 vehicle crews to qualify day and night on crew serve weapons that included the M2 .50-Caliber Machine Gun, the M240B Machine Gun, the MK19 Grenade Launcher and the Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station (CROWS) at Fort Riley, Kansas, May 3-22, 2018. Soldiers from the 603rd MP Company also participated in the training and qualification lanes. Each crew was assigned to one specific weapon system and a vehicle for qualification. Vehicles included both the up-armored Humvee and the Armored Security Vehicle (ASV), which was equipped with both the M2 and the MK19. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Master Sgt. Michel Sauret)

Spc. Felix Guerrero, a U.S. Army Reserve Soldier from the 346th Military Police Company, waits in a Humvee turret for his crew's turn to qualify on an M2 .50-Caliber Machine Gun during night fire at Fort Riley, Kansas, May 18, 2018. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Master Sgt. Michel Sauret)

Spc. Felix Guerrero, a U.S. Army Reserve Soldier from the 346th Military Police Company, fires an M2 .50-Caliber Machine Gun during night fire qualification at Fort Riley, Kansas, May 18, 2018. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Master Sgt. Michel Sauret)

A gunnery crew from the 603rd Military Police Company, out of Belton, Missouri, poses for a potrait after finishing a gunnery lane at Fort Riley, Kansas, May 18, 2018. The crew consists of Spc. Jonathan Cox (left), driver; Sgt. Brooke Grether, truck commander; and Spc. Vincent Armato, gunner, all U.S. Army Reserve military police Soldiers. On the civilian side, Cox is studying to become a biological and agricultural engineer, Grether is an emergency medic technician working to become a firefighter paramedic, and Armato is a natural bodybuilder who wants to become an officer and an Army Ranger. This gunnery range was hosted by the 346th MP Company for approximately 30 vehicle crews to qualify day and night on crew serve weapons that included the M2 .50-Caliber Machine Gun, the M240B Machine Gun, the MK19 Grenade Launcher and the Common Remotely Operated Weapon Station (CROWS) at Fort Riley, Kansas, May 3-22, 2018. Each crew was assigned to one specific weapon system and a vehicle for qualification. Vehicles included both the up-armored Humvee and the Armored Security Vehicle (ASV), which was equipped with both the M2 and the MK19. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Master Sgt. Michel Sauret)

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Sorry santana..I'm no GRUNT.. I don't have a clue. sorry...

Marine Aircraft Group 12 forces deployed several F-35B Lightning ll's for a regularly scheduled aviation training relocation at Misawa Air Base, Japan, May 9, 2018. ATR's are designed to increase operational readiness and bilateral interoperability for both U.S. and Japanese forces. The MAG-12 ATR is a concrete example of the strength of the U.S.-Japan alliance - the foundation of peace and security in the Indo-Pacific for more than 50 years. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexia Lythos)











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U.S. Marines host Marine Day as part of Fleet Week New York at Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York, May 26, 2018. Fleet Week New York is an opportunity for the American public to meet their Marine Corps, Navy and Coast Guard teams and experience America’s sea services. (U.S. Marine Corps photos by Sgt. Samuel Guerra)











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1st Battalion, 155th Infantry Regiment pull perimeter patrol during their training exercise near Camp McGregor, N.M. May 20, 2018. The 1-155 are preparing for a deployment to the Middle East in support of Operation Spartan Shield. (U.S. Army National Guard photos by Sgt. Brittany Johnson.)









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Today is the Memorial Day holiday in the USA. Memorial Day is a day of remembering the men and women who died while serving in the US Military.



President Donald Trump lays a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, Monday, May 28, 2018, in Arlington, Va. (Photo:Evan Vucci/AP)



President Donald Trump pauses at the podium as he arrives for a ceremony at the Memorial Amphitheater in Arlington National Cemetery on Memorial Day, Monday, May 28, 2018, in Arlington, Va.(Photo: Alex Brandon/AP)



A U.S. Marine Corps walks with a small girl through headstones prior to a Memorial Day commemoration at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in Belleau, France, Sunday, May 27, 2018. The cemetery contains more that 2,000 American dead. (Photo: Virginia Mayo/AP)



U.S. Army soldiers of the 3rd United States Infantry Regiment arrive with sacks of U.S. flags to place on Arlington National Cemetery graves in advance of Memorial Day in Arlington, Va., May 24, 2018. (Photo: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)



U.S. Army soldiers of the 3rd United States Infantry Regiment place U.S. flags on graves at Arlington National Cemetery in advance of Memorial Day in Arlington, Va., May 24, 2018. (Photo: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

 

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Hammered by Japanese anti-aircraft fire off the shores of New Guinea, the B-24 Liberator bomber became engulfed in flames, breaking apart in midair. The co-pilot gave one final salute before the plane plunged toward the waters of the South Pacific on March 11, 1944, as others watched in anguish from a nearby aircraft.

That was the last contact anyone had with the aircraft nicknamed "Heaven Can Wait" -- until now.

Researchers announced this week that with a combination of underwater electronic gadgetry and old-school detective work, they had found the wreckage of the aircraft more than a mile out to sea.

Among the 11 servicemen who went down with the plane was 2nd Lieutenant Donald W. Sheppick of Roscoe, Pa., an hour south of Pittsburgh in Washington County.

"I was awestruck," said nephew Rich Sheppick, of Charleroi, Pa., after learning of the find. "This all was like a revelation."

The discovery was made in October by Project Recover, a partnership among researchers at the University of Delaware's College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment; the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego; and the nonprofit BentProp Project. The group then communicated its findings to the Pentagon agency that tracks missing servicemen.

Project Recover does not disclose whether any servicemen's remains have been recovered, deferring to the Pentagon. The team also generally is not cleared to contact family members, but in this case they were recently permitted to notify the family of 2nd Lieutenant Thomas V. Kelly Jr., which had contributed years of research that helped guide the quest for the plane.

More: https://www.military.com/daily-news...-found-south-pacific.html?ESRC=navy_180529.nl

Lt. Tom Kelly, lower right, and other members of his B-24 crew, circa 1943. The bomber was later shot down in Hansa Bay in what is now Papua New Guinea during World War II. (US Army Air Force/Kelly Family Research Project via AP)

 

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OLONGAPO CITY, Republic of the Philippines—Military Sealift Command’s maritime prepositioning ship USNS 1st LT Jack Lummus (T-AK 3011) arrives at the pier in Subic Bay, Olongapo City, Republic of the Philippines, May 24 to conduct a backload of Marine Corps equipment that was used in support of exercise Balikatan (BK) 2018. This year's BK is the 34th iteration of the exercise between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the United States Pacific Command. (Navy photo by Grady T. Fontana/Released)

OLONGAPO City, Republic of the Philippines—U.S. Soldiers guide a UH-60 Black Hawk into Military Sealift Command’s general purpose, heavy-lift vessel MV Ocean Jazz at the pier in Subic Bay, Olongapo City , Republic of the Philippines, May 26 during a backload of equipment that was used in support of exercise Balikatan (BK) 2018. (US Navy photo by Grady T. Fontana/Released)

OLONGAPO City, Republic of the Philippines—Assault Amphibious Vehicles are arranged inside the deck of Military Sealift Command’s maritime prepositioning ship USNS 1st LT Jack Lummus (T-AK 3011) in Subic Bay, Olongapo, Philippines, May 25 during a backload of Marine Corps equipment that was used in support of exercise Balikatan (BK) 2018. (US Navy photo by Grady T. Fontana/Released)

OLONGAPO City , Republic of the Philippines —An Assault Amphibious Vehicle rolls off the ramp of Military Sealift Command’s maritime prepositioning ship USNS 1st LT Jack Lummus (T-AK 3011) in Subic Bay, Olongapo City, Republic of the Philippines, May 24 during a backload of Marine Corps equipment that was used in support of exercise Balikatan (BK) 2018. (Navy photo by Grady T. Fontana/Released)

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Major Brian “Chewy” Lewis, 79th Fighter Squadron, returns from an F-16 training mission, May 10, 2018, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The unit from Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, participated in a Weapons System Evaluation Program, or WSEP, exercise conducted by the 86th Fighter Weapons Squadron, a Hill tenant unit. (U.S. Air Force photo by Todd Cromar)



Airman 1st Class Krystin Bartelt, 79th Fighter Squadron, provides recovery support for an F-16 from Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, after a training mission, May 10, 2018, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. (U.S. Air Force photo by Todd Cromar)



Staff Sgt. Jeremy Andrews and Staff Sgt. Brian Staller, both with 79th Tactical Fighter Squadron, provide recovery support for an F-16 from Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, after a training mission, May 10, 2018, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. (U.S. Air Force photo by Todd Cromar)



Staff Sgt. Jeremy Andrews, 79th Fighter Squadron, provides recovery support to Major Brian Lewis, “Chewy”, after returning from an F-16 training mission, May 10, 2018, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. (U.S. Air Force photo by Todd Cromar)



Three F-16’s from 79th Fighter Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, sit on the ramp after returning from a training mission, May 10, 2018, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. (U.S. Air Force photo by Todd Cromar )

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U.S. Air Force loadmasters assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron and air transportation personnel load pallets onto a C-17 Globemaster III at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, May 10, 2018. The C-17 transported troops and cargo to forward operating locations throughout the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility in support of Operation Freedom Sentinel mission. The C-17 is not only proficient in transporting troops and supplies, but can also perform tactical airlift and airdrop missions and transport ambulatory patients during aeromedical evacuations. (U.S. Air Force photos by Staff Sgt. Keith James)







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A Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, provides security at the Jungle Warfare Training Center, Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, May 22, 2018. During the training, Marines and Sailors with the battalion learned essential jungle survival skills in order to better support operations in the Indo-Pacific region. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps' only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible force ready to perform a wide-range of military operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kealii De Los Santos/Released

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, plan a movement during a simulated firefight at the Jungle Warfare Training Center, Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, May 23, 2018. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kealii De Los Santos/Released)

Lance Cpl. William Ethridge, a military policeman with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, provides security at the Jungle Warfare Training Center, Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, May 23, 2018. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kealii De Los Santos/Released)

Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, carry a simulated casualty at the Jungle Warfare Training Center, Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, May 24, 2018. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kealii De Los Santos/Released)

A Marine with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, commando crawls across a wire during the Endurance Course at the Jungle Warfare Training Center, Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, May 24, 2018. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kealii De Los Santos/Released)

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180607-N-TJ319-0083 by Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet, on Flickr

180607-N-PC620-0019 by Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet, on Flickr

180607-N-PC620-0063 by Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet, on Flickr

Mass Communication Specialist by Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet, on Flickr

180606-N-PC620-0224 by Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th Fleet, on Flickr