German Battle Coy practised live firing

 

2d CEB MAAWS Range

 

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Matthew Zedalis, a native of San Clemente, Calif., and a combat engineer with 2d Combat Engineer Battalion, 2d Marine Division, fires an M3E1 multipurpose anti-armor anti-personnel weapon system (MAAWS) on Camp Lejeune, N.C., Dec. 9, 2021. The MAAWS, also known as the Carl Gustaf, is a man-portable, reusable, breech-loading, 84 mm recoilless rifle capable of destroying armored targets. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brian Bolin Jr.)

Steel Knight 22: Assault to Fort Hunter Liggett

 

U.S. Marines with 1st Marine Division (1st MARDIV), conduct an air assault in MV-22B Ospreys during Exercise Steel Knight 22 (SK-22) at Fort Hunter Liggett, California, Dec. 5, 2021. SK-22 is a 1st MARDIV-led annual training exercise which enables the Navy-Marine Corps team to operate in a realistic, combined-arms environment to enhance naval warfighting tactics, techniques and procedures. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Frank Webb)

Steel Knight 22: V3/4 Conducts Range 401

 

U.S. Marines with India Company, 3d Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division (1st MARDIV), conduct a night live-fire range during Exercise Steel Knight 22 (SK-22) at Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Dec. 2, 2021. SK-22 is a 1st MARDIV-led annual training exercise which enables the Navy-Marine Corps team to operate in a realistic, combined-arms environment to enhance naval warfighting tactics, techniques and procedures. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Brayden Daniel)

Steel Knight 22: Amphibious Landing on Red Beach

 Such a weak effort here I wonder why they even bothered. Amphibious landings are dead in the USMC.  Luckily (or not...can't wrap my brain around it) the US Army's 25th ID is stepping into the void.

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Blake Wyrick, a rifleman with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 1st Marine Division (1st MARDIV), posts security on Red Beach during Exercise Steel Knight 22 (SK-22) on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Dec. 6, 2021. SK-22 is a 1st MARDIV-led annual training exercise which enables the Navy-Marine Corps team to operate in a realistic, combined-arms environment to enhance naval warfighting tactics, techniques and procedures. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Alexandra Munoz)

Ukrainian Army soldiers assault objectives during U.S. Army-led Combined Resolve XVI exercise

 

Covered and concealed, soldiers of the Ukrainian Mechanized Company, 92nd Mechanized Brigade set up in defensive posture and await possible enemy forces in a BTR-4 armored personnel carrier during Combined Resolve XVI (CBR XVI) at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) in Hohenfels, Germany, Dec. 10, 2021. CBR XVI is a 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division force-on-force exercise that integrates units from several European ally and partner nation militaries. CBR XVI includes approximately 4,600 soldiers from Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, United Kingdom and the United States. The operations are being conducted by integrated battalions with multinational units operating under a unified command and control element, allowing the U.S., its allies and partners to experience invaluable training alongside each other. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Tommie Berry/Released)

U.S. Army’s king of combat: field artillery controls the hills at Combined Resolve XVI

Sgt. Justin Jimenez, a cannon crew member in Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 5th Artillery Regiment “Hamilton’s Own,” 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division (1/1ID), scans his sector of fire behind a .50-caliber machine gun on top of an M992 Field Artillery Ammunition Supply Vehicle during Combined Resolve XVI (CBR XVI) at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center (JMRC) in Hohenfels, Germany, Dec. 7, 2021. CBR XVI is a United States Army Europe and Africa directed, 7th Army Training Command conducted, JMRC hosted training event for the U.S. Army’s 1/1ID from Nov. 17 to Dec. 20, 2021. Combined Resolve XVI includes approximately 4,600 soldiers from Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Serbia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Ukraine, United Kingdom and the United States. Integrated battalions are conducting operations with multinational units operating under a unified command and control element, allowing the U.S., its allies and partners to experience invaluable training alongside each other. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Tommie Berry/Released)

U.S. Army fire support elements support field artillery movements during Combined Resolve XVI B-ROLL

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LAR Platoon Attack.... by Lance Cpl. Pedro Arroyo Jr.

An LAV-25 Light Armored Vehicle with 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, stages prior to a simulated light armored reconnaissance platoon attack at range 400 during Integrated Training Exercise 1-22 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, Oct. 3, 2021. ITX creates a challenging, realistic training environment involving the combined elements of the Marine Air Ground Task Force in order to produce proficient, combat-ready forces ready for worldwide deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Pedro Arroyo Jr.)

Covid regulations have officially turned .... WEIRD!

Never one to deprive the public of urgent information, New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern has assured people that Christmas orgies are back on the menuhttps://t.co/PmUTk4GfNh pic.twitter.com/eCWSC9d9Xg

— RT (@RT_com) December 14, 2021

Wow.  I mean.  Wow.  NZ will be mocked worldwide for this.