03 March 2020 Intel Airman’s Quick Action Saves a Contractor’s Life JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Despite an unprecedentedly hot summer and the plume of wildfire smoke that engulfed Anchorage, Alaska, it was a typical work-day for Senior Airman Alaina Armentrout. As a Cryptologic Language Analyst for the 381st Intelligence Squadron, she was helping the...
02 March 2020 Cobra Gold: Partner Nations Practice Noncombatant Evacuation Operations UTAPAO, Kingdom of Thailand -- Civilians stream through the gates into view of Department of State personnel and military service members welcoming them with clear directions. A military working dog sniffs for hazardous materials, and a bilateral chemical response team stands by to decontaminate...
02 March 2020 III Marine Expeditionary Force and 7th Fleet Join for Staff Talks at Sea Aboard Flagship SOUTH CHINA SEA -- Leaders and staff from U.S. 7th Fleet and III Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) met at sea to discuss naval integration aboard 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19).The focus of naval integration is to ensure the Navy and Marine Corps are aligned with the National Defense...
02 March 2020 Arctic Warriors Face the Bitter Cold During Arctic Edge 20 FORT WAINWRIGHT, Alaska -- In the early morning hours of February 28th, 2020 soldiers and marines gathered in the historic shell of Hangar 1 on Ladd Army Air Field, Fort Wainwright, Alaska for the final test of their capabilities in Arctic Edge 20 (AE20). Their mission: to conduct an air movement...
02 March 2020 U.S., Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Team Up for Humanitarian Exercise in Komaki YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Primed and ready for potential calls to action, Yokota Airmen integrated with Japanese Self-Defense Forces to support Japan’s joint bilateral disaster relief exercise, dubbed the “Tomodachi Rescue Exercise,” on Feb. 21 to 23.Tomodachi means “friend” in Japanese, and our...
02 March 2020 US Air Force Academy Grad Enhanced Interoperability at COPE North 20 ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- U.A. Air Force 2d Lt Megan Barrick is one of the approximately 2,000 military personnel that honed their skills to increase combat readiness and interoperability during the annual trilateral field training exercise of COPE NORTH 2020, Feb.12-28. Barrick is a Materiel...
02 March 2020 CG20: U.S., Thai Military Strengthen Relationships through Coordinated Amphibious Beach Landing HAT YAO BEACH, Kingdom of Thailand -- Roaring overhead, a pair of Royal Thai Air force F-16 Fighting Falcons flew over the designated beach as U.S. and Thai forces moved from ship to shore in an integrated beach landing. The Kingdom of Thailand and the United States participated in a bilateral...
28 February 2020 U.S. Navy, JMSDF Strengthen Alliance through Bilateral Advanced Warfighting Training YOKOSUKA, Japan -- Units and personnel from the U.S. Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) will kick off a bilateral advanced warfighting training (BAWT) exercise Feb. 29.BAWT is a bilateral training exercise that improves interoperability between U.S. and Japanese forces. The focus...
28 February 2020 Civil Support Team Conducts Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Training with Agencies FAIRBANKS, Alaska -- Members of the Alaska National Guard's 103rd Civil Support Team participated in a joint training exercise alongside local, state, and federal partners Feb. 24-25 as part of Arctic Eagle 20.The exercise, which involved responding to a simulated Chemical, Biological, Radiological,...
28 February 2020 31st MEU Debuts Lifesaving Expeditionary Blood Bank while Embarked Aboard America Expeditionary Strike Group, Cobra Gold 20 HAT YAO BEACH, Kingdom of Thailand -- The 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit commits to improving lifesaving combat medicine through its Expeditionary Blood Bank, or EBB, the first employed on a MEU. The EBB is designed to keep the MEU forward-deployed, and self-sufficient in combat and crisis relief...