Artem, a machine gunner with a mobile fire group of the Anti-Aircraft Missile Odesa Brigade, just downed his sixth target — a Shahed drone. “While we were on the move, we spotted an enemy drone. And although it’s harder to focus in bright sunlight, I locked onto the target through the optical sight and opened fire. As a result, the Shahed was shot down and crashed in a field,” Artem says.
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#Marines with @1st_Marine_Div take part in a Fire Support Coordination Exercise in support of Service Level Training Exercise (STLE) 4-25 at @MCAGCC29Palms.
SLTE 4-25 is designed to be a challenging, realistic training environment that produces combat-ready forces capable of operating as an integrated Marine Air Ground Task Force across all domains of military operations.
#USMC #SemperFi #Training
A testament to the power of the @NationalGuard State Partnership Program! 🇨🇿➡️🇺🇸 Czech firefighters and search dogs deployed to Texas to aid in flood rescue efforts, working alongside the National Guard.
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@PacificMarines fly UH-1Y Venoms & AH-1Z Vipers from HMLA-169 in a large formation off the coast of Okinawa to sharpen flight leadership & rotary-wing attack #readiness in the #FreeAndOpenIndoPacific.
📍#Okinawa
📸 Cpl Jeremiah Barksdale
USS George Washington (CVN 73) conducts flight operations while underway in the Timor Sea during Talisman Sabre 2025.
Talisman Sabre is the largest bilateral U.S.-Australia military exercise, enhancing interoperability and strengthening partnerships in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.
#USNavy #TalismanSabre25 #Warfighting #Readiness
Russian troops have now entered the centre of the Strategically Crucial city of Pokrovsk in Ukraine, with its invaluable railway junctions and one of the biggest Coal mines in the region.
Pokrovsk was originally named Grishino, it was founded in 1875 by the Russian Ministry of Railways to establish a station that grew to make it a crucial strategic hub.
The town grew around this station and by 1881, a locomotive depot was built, in 1883, the station was enlarged, spurring further development and investment. The city now looks set to return to Russian control after a long absence.