23 September 2019 New Chief of Naval Operations Visits Japan YOKOSUKA, Japan -- Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday met with 7th Fleet Sailors during a regional visit to Fleet Activities Yokosuka (CFAY), Sept. 23.During the visit, Gilday spent time aboard the 7th Fleet flagship, USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) and met with the fleet’s new commander, Vice...
23 September 2019 Marine Rotational Force – Darwin Marines Conduct Trans-Pacific Flight in MV-22 Ospreys MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII -- U.S. Marines with Marine Rotational Force – Darwin completed a trans-Pacific flight in MV-22 Ospreys for the fourth time, transiting from Darwin, Australia to their home station on Marine Corps Base Hawaii on September 19.The flight consisted of four MV-22 Ospreys from...
23 September 2019 Wolf Pack Honors POW/MIAs Who Are Gone but Not Forgotten KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- The 8th Fighter Wing came together to pay a special tribute to service members who are, and were, prisoners of war and missing in action (POW/MIA) during a week-long memorial from Sept. 16 to 20.“People associate POW/MIA with U.S. military only, but we are not...
20 September 2019 Navy, Marine Corps Achieve First in Arctic Exercise SEWARD, Alaska -- Sailors and Marines from Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 3 and Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force Alaska successfully used a critical naval system in the Arctic region for the first time, Sept. 16, as part of Arctic Expeditionary Capabilities Exercise (AECE) 2019.The...
20 September 2019 G-8: Army Operations in the Pacific Crucial to Future Battlefield Success WASHINGTON -- As the Army prepares to potentially allocate $8.6 billion toward its six modernization priorities in fiscal year 2020, a senior Army leader said the service should recognize Soldiers' ongoing work in the Pacific.Lt. Gen. James Pasquarette, the Army's G-8, said during an Association of...
20 September 2019 USS Emory S. Land trains with Royal Australian Navy Submarine Service FREMANTLE, Australia -- The submarine tender USS Emory S. Land (AS 39) participated in a bilateral training evolution with the Australian Collins-class submarine HMAS Sheean (SSG 77), Sept. 13, as part of the ship’s fall deployment to foster positive relations with regional partners.The training...
20 September 2019 Spencer, Secretary of the Navy, Visits Sailors, Marines in Arctic Exercise SEWARD, Alaska -- Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spencer and Commandant of the Coast Guard Adm. Karl Schultz visited military forces participating in Arctic Expeditionary Capabilities Exercise (AECE) 2019 in Seward, Alaska, Sept. 17.About 3,000 Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard personnel are...
20 September 2019 Pearl Harbor Sailor Laid to Rest in Kansas After 78 Years PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (NNS) -- Almost 78 years after he died in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Dec. 7, 1941, Navy Seaman 2nd Class Wilbur Clayton Barrett was finally laid to rest Saturday in his hometown of El Dorado, Kansas.Barrett was among 380 Sailors and Marines lost aboard the...
20 September 2019 Papua New Guinea Dentist Mentors Local, US Medics LAE, Papua New Guinea -- Forty-four years ago, Bais Gwale was a young captain serving in the Australian Army as a dentist. In September 1974, Papua New Guinea declared its independence and just like that he was no longer a soldier serving Australia. His duties were now in support of the newly-formed...
19 September 2019 U.S. and Indian Armies Complete Yudh Abhyas 19 JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. – Soldiers with the U.S. Army’s 7th Infantry Division and the Indian army concluded its 15th year iteration of exercise Yudh Abhyas 19 with a closing ceremony at the Soldiers Field House here, Sept.18, 2019.The exercise is rotated each year between the U.S. and India...