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PACAF, PACFLT Coordinate Arrival of Electronic Attack Squadron Detachment in Philippines
June 20, 2016
In this file photo, an EA-18G Growler assigned to the Yellow Jackets of Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 138 lands on the runway of Kunsan Air Base, South Korea. (U.S. Navy/MC1 Frank L. Andrews)

John C. Stennis Hosts Indian Naval Liaison Officer
June 20, 2016
160615-N-MY174-189 PHILIPPINE SEA (June 15, 2016) - Visiting media interview Rear Adm. Marcus Hitchcock, commander, John C. Stennis Strike Group, and Capt. Greg Huffman, USS John C. Stennis' (CVN 74) commanding officer, on the flag bridge during Malabar 2016. Twenty-one members of international media came aboard to learn about carrier operations. A trilateral maritime exercise, Malabar is designed to enhance dynamic cooperation between the Indian Navy, Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and U.S. Navy forces in the Indo-Asia-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Tomas Compian/Released)

Two Carrier Strike Groups Double Down in Western Pacific
June 17, 2016
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PHILIPPINE SEA (June 18, 2016) - The Nimitz-class aircraft carriers USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) and USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) conduct dual aircraft carrier strike group operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific. The operations mark the U.S. Navy’s continued presence throughout the area of responsibility.  (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Jake Greenberg / Released)

VAQ-138 Detachment Arrives at Clark Air Base
June 17, 2016
A Marine from Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team Pacific (FASTPAC) stands watch for Electronic Attack Squadron (VAQ) 138 at Kunsan Air Base in the Republic of Korea. VAQ-138 is in Kunsan participating in Max Thunder, an exercise that integrates U.S. and Republic of Korea forces to train for air-to-air and air-to-ground missions to ensure mutual understanding and cooperation between the two nations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Frank L. Andrews/Released)

USCGC Healy Visits Honolulu Before Summer Arctic Deployment
June 16, 2016
The Kigluaik Mountains are visible as the Coast Guard Cutter Healy breaks ice for the Russian tanker Renda near Nome Jan. 13, 2012. The Healy and crew are approximately seven nautical miles away from Nome. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Charly Hengen/Released)

First-Receiver Operations Training Ensures 7th Fleet Sailors’ Readiness Against CBRN Attacks
June 16, 2016
U.S. Navy Sailors from the Robert M. Casey Medical and Dental Clinic assess a simulated victim during first-receiver operations training at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, June 9, 2016. Provided by the Decontamination, Education and Consulting on Nuclear, Biological and Chemical Limited Liability Company, the course educates first receivers in conducting decontamination, field treatment and saving victims from chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats. The training included testing the sailors’ abilities when dealing with CBRN patients by donning disposable-toxicological-agent-protective suits to assemble a three-line articulating frame shelter system that enables victims to be processed as quickly as possible. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Aaron Henson/Released)

Pearl Harbor Welcomes USS Bremerton Home
June 16, 2016
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PEARL HARBOR (June 15, 2016) The Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Bremerton (SSN 698) moored pierside at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam after successfully completing a six-month deployment to the Western Pacific Ocean June 14. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael H. Lee/Released)

Okinawa Airman's Quick Thinking Saves Two From Horrific Crash
June 16, 2016
Senior Airman Ja’Mesha Pratt, 18th Operations Support Squadron airfield systems technician, poses for a photo June 15, 2016, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Pratt heroically saved the lives of two local Okinawans after witnessing them involved in a terrible accident. She pulled them from their overturned vehicle and applied Self-Air Buddy care until first-responders arrived. (U.S. Air Force photo by Naoto Anazawa)

Three Nations Set Sail for Exercise Malabar 2016
June 15, 2016
160615-N-GZ947-047 PHILIPPINE SEA (June 15, 2016) Aviation Boatswain's Mate (Handling) 3rd Class Jarrett Hopkins, from Houston, directs an E-2C Hawkeye assigned to the Golden Hawks of Airborne Early Warning Squadron (VAW) 112 on USS John C. Stennis' (CVN 74) flight deck during Malabar 2016. A trilateral maritime exercise, Malabar is designed to enhance dynamic cooperation between the Indian Navy, Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) and U.S. Navy forces in the Indo-Asia-Pacific. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kenneth Rodriguez Santiago/Released)

U.S. Sailors and Marines Aim to Enhance Cooperation with Royal Thai Armed Forces During CARAT 2016
June 15, 2016
Official U.S. Navy file photo of Official U.S. Navy file photo of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Thailand 2015.

Exercise Koa Moana: U.S. Naval Ship to Visit Port Moresby
June 15, 2016
The USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE 2) is anchored in the port of Darwin during exercise Talisman Sabre 15, Northern Territory, Australia, July 7. Talisman Sabre provides an invaluable opportunity to conduct operation in a combined, joint, and interagency environment that will increase the U.S and Australia’s ability to plan and execute contingency responses, from combat missions to humanitarian efforts. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by MCIPAC Combat Camera Lance Cpl. Eric C. Clayton/Released)

Executive Observer Program Offers Valuable Insight to PACAF Leaders
June 15, 2016
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jerry Boomers, left, assigned to the 3rd Maintenance Group, interacts with Japan Air Self Defense Force Lt. Gen. Hiroaki Maehara, center, the vice commander of Air Defense Command, and Royal New Zealand Air Force Air Commodore Darryn Webb, air component commander, during a static display presentation for RED FLAG-Alaska (RF-A) 16-2, Executive Observer Program at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 10, 2016. Senior air leaders, from Bangladesh, Canada, Finland, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Mongolia, New Zealand, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Thailand and the U.S., were on JBER to observe RED FLAG-Alaska, a series of Pacific Air Forces commander-directed training exercises for U.S. and international forces to provide joint offensive, counter-air, interdiction, close air support, and large force employment in a simulated combat environment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Alejandro Pena)

25th Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) Begins June 30
June 14, 2016
140728-N-UL721-192 MARINE CORPS BASE HAWAII (July 28, 2014) Royal Australian Navy sailors participate in a simulated beach assault during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) Exercise 2014. Twenty-two nations, 49 ships, six submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC from June 26 to Aug. 1, in and around the Hawaiian Islands and Southern California. The world's largest maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity that helps participants foster and sustain the cooperative relationships that are critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world's oceans. RIMPAC 2014 is the 24th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Corey T. Jones/Released)

Navy Sends Third Red Hill Update Letter to Stakeholders
June 14, 2016
150630-N-DT805-030 PEARL HARBOR (June 30, 2015) U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono, from Hawaii, receives a briefing from Lt. Cmdr. Andrew Lovgren, fuel director and actions officer at Navy Supply Fleet Logistics Center, during a tour of Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility. The Red Hill facility was built between 1940 and 1943. Each of its 20 cylindrical tanks is 250 feet tall and 100 feet in diameter. Each can hold up to 12.5 million gallons of fuel. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist John M. Hageman/Released)

Joint Terminal Attack Controllers Integrate with U.S. Army During RED FLAG-Alaska 16-2
June 14, 2016
A U.S. Air Force A-10 Warthog from the 354th Fighter Squadron out of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., deployed to Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, in support of RED FLAG-Alaska 16-2 provides close air support to U.S. Soldiers in the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex (JPARC), June 8, 2016. The exercise provides unique opportunities to integrate various forces into joint, coalition and multilateral training scenarios from simulated forward operating bases in the JPARC, which at more than 67,000 square miles is the largest instrumented air, ground and electronic combat training range in the world. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shawn Nickel/Released)

USARPAC Celebrates Army’s 241th Birthday
June 14, 2016
The 25th Infantry Division Tropic Lightning Band was on hand to provide inspirational melodies and music for the crowd over 700 attendees at the Army Commemoration event at the Hilton Hawaiian Village, in Honolulu, June 10. The band concluded the evening with their rendition of unit songs from each of 10 active divisions in the Army, followed by the "Army Song," an invocation by the USARPAC chaplain, Col. Michael W. Dugal, and the retiring of the colors. (U.S. Army picture by Staff Sgt. Chris McCullough, U.S. Army Pacific Public Affairs)

First Female ROK Army Officer Earns Expert Infantry Badge
June 14, 2016
1st Lt. Jung Ji Eun - an infantryman and a Seoul native - 2nd Company, 115th Mechanized Infantry Battalion, 90th Mech. Inf. Brigade, 30th Mech. Inf. Division is pinned as the first female ROK Army officer to earn the U.S. Expert Infantry Badge, on Camp Casey, South Korea, May 26. (U.S. Army photos by Mr. Pak, Chin-U, 2nd Infantry Division/ROK-U.S. Combined Division Public Affairs Office)

Frank Cable Arrives in Puerto Princesa, Philippines for Port Visit
June 13, 2016
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PACIFIC OCEAN (May 14, 2016) –  Emory S. Land-class Submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS 40) transits the Pacific Ocean.  Frank Cable, forward deployed to the island of Guam, conducts maintenance and support of submarines and surface vessels deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. 
(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Allen Michael McNair/Released)

Mississippi Visits Busan During Western Pacific Deployment
June 13, 2016
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FLEET ACTIVITIES YOKOSUKA, Japan -- The Virginia-class attack submarine USS Mississippi (SSN 782) is moored at Fleet Activities Yokosuka. Mississippi is visiting Yokosuka for a port visit. U.S. Navy port visits represent an important opportunity to promote stability and security in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region, demonstrate commitment to regional partners and foster relationships. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Brian G. Reynolds/Released)

Battle of Midway Pacific Commemorations Wind Down
June 13, 2016
160603-N-VR008-019 SAN DIEGO (June 3, 2016) The ceremonial color guard of the amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) parades the colors before the start of a remembrance ceremony for the 74th anniversary of the Battle of Midway in the ship’s hangar bay. Retired Lt. Cmdr. Richard Nowatzki, second from right, who served on board the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV 8) during the 1942 Battle of Midway, spoke at this year’s remembrance ceremony. Hornet was later sunk in the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands. America is the first ship of its class and is optimized for Marine Corps aviation. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kyle Goldberg/Released)