Latvian & American Armor at Winter Shield 21 (Mega Pic Thread)

 

‘Burt’s Knights’ participate in an integrated company live-fire exercise during Winter Shield 2021

 

Soldiers with 3rd Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment “Burt’s Knights,” 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division drive an M2A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle during an integrated company live-fire exercise for Winter Shield 2021 at Camp Ādaži, Ādaži, Latvia, Nov. 30, 2021. Exercise Winter Shield provides ready and postured, combat-credible forces through multinational training and security cooperation activities. (U.S. Army photo by Cpl. Max Elliott/Released)

31st MEU: Jungle Warfare Training

 

U.S. Marines with Combat Logistics Battalion 31, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), experience jungle warfare training and tactics at Jungle Warfare Training Center (JWTC), Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 17, 2021. Marines practiced rappelling, land navigation, and patrolling at JWTC to increase jungle warfare proficiency in the Indo-Pacific region. The 31st MEU, the Marine Corps’ only continuously forward-deployed MEU, provides a flexible and lethal force ready to perform a wide range of military operations as the premiere crisis response force in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Cesar Ronaldo Alarcon)

Coxswain Skills Course at CFAO White Beach Naval Facility

WHITE BEACH, Japan (Nov. 30, 2021) Marines participating in the Coxswain Skills Course practice maneuvers with the Combat Rubber Raiding Craft on Commander, Fleet Activities Okinawa (CFAO) White Beach Naval Facility, Okinawa, Japan Nov. 30, 2021. The course, lasting 20 training days, teaches students how to safely drive the craft in support of a small boat company. CFAO maintains and operates facilities to support the U.S. Navy’s naval and aviation assets in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jessica Ann Hattell)

100 Russian battalion tactical groups with an estimated 175,000 personnel poised to strike Ukraine early next year

"U.S. intelligence has found the Kremlin is planning a multi-front offensive as soon as early next year involving up to 175,000 troops"
"The plans involve extensive movement of 100 battalion tactical groups with an estimated 175,000 personnel"https://t.co/05B5kC3iLb pic.twitter.com/PD1XMyUYxj

— Rob Lee (@RALee85) December 4, 2021

Light Armored Reconnaissance Company, 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division execute Exercise Iron Sky 21.2

U.S. Marines with Light Armored Reconnaissance Company, 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division execute Exercise Iron Sky 21.2 on Wake Island, Nov. 5, 2021. Iron Sky demonstrated joint integration and operational mobility with stand-in forces (Marine Defense Battalion) and allowed the Marines to fine-tune expeditionary airfield security operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joshua Brittenham)

Open Comment Post. 2 Dec 21

 

Stay with Disqus or switch back to Google comments?

 

Quick and dirty.

I've noticed increasing frustration with Disqus as a comment platform.  

Do you think we should switch back to Google?  Is this just a problem on this blog or is it happening on other sites?

Beyond curious and to be honest I'm more than happy to switch back to Google as I BELIEVE they won't require ads IN THE COMMENTS like Disqus does to use their comment section.

Either way I'm good.  Let me know.

Open Comment Post. 1 Dec 21

 

eFP Battle Group Poland highlighting Slovak Ground Forces new Zuzana 2s

Caption:Slovak Ground Forces brought their new Zuzana 2s outside of Slovakia for the first time to Battle Group Poland to train alongside US Army Dark Rifles (editor's note...THOSE GUYS AGAIN! They're busy!) making a pit stop on their way to NATO enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group Latvia!

1st Jungle Fuzileiros Company @ Operation Munuruku

A small token to my Brazilian friends. I do far too few blog posts about their forces.

 

Fuji Viper DZ B-roll

 

U.S. Marines with 2d Battalion, 8th Marines, conduct an air delivery during Fuji Viper 22.1 at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, Oct. 5, 2021. During this exercise Marines sharpened critical combined arms skills, ensuring they are ready and capable to execute a wide range of missions anywhere in the world. 2/8 is forward-deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Lance Cpl. Jerry Edlin)

Fuji Viper 22.1

U.S. Marines with 2d Battalion, 8th Marines, return from a force-on-force training mission in a Navy MH-60S SeaHawk during Fuji Viper 22.1 at Combined Arms Training Center, Camp Fuji, Japan, Nov. 8, 2021. This unscripted force-on-force exercise tested and strengthened the Marines’ ability to operate in distributed environments, while adapting to a thinking peer-level adversary. 2/8 is forward-deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division, as a part of the Unit Deployment Program. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jerry Edlin)

Latvian Mechanized Brigade @ Winter Shield 2021 (really enjoying their pic coverage of this exercise)