The SITREP: Navy Kicks Off Maritime Exercise, Soldier Humbled by Military Care & More

The amphibious assault ship USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) transits the Atlantic Ocean. Iwo Jima is underway with Amphibious Squadron (PHIBRON) FOUR and the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) conducting PHIBRON-MEU Integrated Training in preparation for their upcoming deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Dary Patten)

From the military services and around the DoD, here’s your SITREP for Thursday, July 20, 2017.

  • When this soldier completed her first day of clinical training at the Armed Forces Retirement Home, the most important lesson the future Army nurse learned was how the military takes care of its own.
  • Three KC-10 Extenders flew from Hawaii and Wake Island Airfield to refuel five C-17 Globemaster IIIs carrying more than 300 coalition paratroopers across the Pacific Ocean.
  • Naval maritime forces from 19 countries are gathering in Lima, Peru, to kick off the 58th iteration of the annual multilateral exercise UNITAS.
  • Watch as the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit trains to stay mission ready.

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