POTD: Reconnaissance U.S. Marines With Polaris MRZR & MMX Bikes

Welcome to TFB’s Photo Of The Day! The way the military is using vehicles is changing, and today we’re going to take a look at some of the vehicles in use by the U.S. Marines assigned to Reconnaissance Company, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. Here you see a Reconnaissance U.S. Marine riding an MMX motorcycle en-route to a raid site.

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POTD: M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle in Amphibious Assault

Photo Of The Day: Established in 2014 this is TFB’s way to show carefully selected photographs on a daily basis together with a brief story. Hopefully, you’ll learn something new and interesting. We also welcome comments in the intended section below. Today we go to Brooke’s Point, Philippines. We have U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Tyler Bradsher, a native of Foley, Mo., and a rifleman assigned to Charlie Company, Battalion Landing Team, 1/1, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), setting security with an M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle.

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POTD: Sky Soldiers in V-22 Ospreys

In today’s Photo Of The Day, we’re looking at transportation into the Hohenfels Training Area, Germany for the Exercise Saber Junction 2020, by means of V-22 Ospreys flown by the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit. They also used CH-47 Chinooks and UH-60 Black Hawks flown by 12th Combat Aviation Brigade.

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POTD: SWESOCOM – Swedish Special Forces with U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Operators

SWESOCOM in our Photo Of The Day, where details of the firearms are kind of secluded. Throwback to November 2020 when U.S. Special Operations Forces were drilling with military responder units in Sweden to rehearse how they would jointly confront an enemy force in the Baltics. Above you can see Swedish Special Forces with U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Operators, assigned to the 352d Special Operations Wing, study map overlays on a Swedish C-130H, for an MRZR vehicle dismount training.

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POTD: U.S. Marines Dismount an MV-22B Osprey

As usual, TFB has selected a few pictures for you. By this time you know it, it’s TFB’s Photo Of The Day to keep you in a good mood. Get a coffee, take a break and enjoy a few minutes off. Here we have Australian Army soldiers together with U.S. Marines with the Marine Rotational Force – Darwin as they dismount an MV-22B Osprey during Exercise Koolendong at Bradshaw Field Training Area, NT, Australia. This happened at the end of August of this year.

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POTD: U.S. Marines & Japanese Military Train Together