Tag: USS America

POTD: M4A1 Small Arms Live-Fire on USS America

Posted March 13, 2023 in AR-15, MIL/LE, Photo Of The Day by Eric B with No Comments

Photo Of The Day – A Marine assigned to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) fires an M4A1 carbine during in a live-fire small arms exercise in the hangar bay of the forward-deployed amphibious assault carrier USS America (LHA 6), in the Philippine Sea. USS [Read More…]

POTD: Get Some! Tail Gunnery Shoot in South China Sea

Posted May 31, 2022 in Defense, Machine Guns, Photo Of The Day by Eric B with No Comments

Imagine loading your M2 Browning .50 caliber heavy machine gun, as you hear the rotors of the heavy CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter increase in intensity as you take off above the South China Sea. You’re the door gunner! Sometimes it might be worth getting [Read More…]