04 July 2016 As Nation Celebrates Independence Day, Carter Thanks DoD Personnel WASHINGTON — As Americans prepare to celebrate Independence Day, Defense Secretary Ash Carter issued a message today thanking the men and women of the Defense Department for upholding the principles upon which the nation was founded...
01 July 2016 Pacific Partnership 2016 Conducts Cooperative Health Engagement in Ligao City LIGAO CITY, Philippines (NNS) -- Pacific Partnership 2016 visited Ligao West Central Elementary School June 28-29, as part of a cooperative health engagement (CHE), promoting health education and providing services led by Filipino health officials of Daraga in Albay Province.The CHE participants...
01 July 2016 U.S. Air Force, Nepal Exchange Disaster Relief Best Practices KATHMANDU, Nepal -- Ten Airmen assigned to the 36th Contingency Response Group at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, participated with various Nepali organizations in a subject-matter expert exchange at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu June 24 to July 9.More than 20 members from the Nepal...
30 June 2016 US, ROK Navies Coordinate on Anti-submarine Warfare BUSAN, Republic of Korea - Senior leaders from the U.S. and Republic of Korea navies met at the Republic of Korea Fleet (ROKFLT) base in Busan to discuss continued cooperation efforts regarding anti-submarine warfare (ASW).The ASW Cooperation Committee, created after the signing of the original...
30 June 2016 Great Green Fleet arrives at Pearl Harbor for RIMPAC PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - The USS John C. Stennis Strike Group (JCSSG) arrived in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii June 28 and 29 to participate in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise.JCSSG, also known as the Navy’s first Great Green Fleet (GGF) strike group, consists of USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) with...
30 June 2016 Annual Bilateral Exercise, Hanuman Guardian under Way in Thailand FORT ADISORN, Thailand - Soldiers from the Lancer Brigade, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, and the Royal Thai Army Cavalry Center stand together in ceremony, here, June 27, for the opening of the fifth annual bilateral exercise, Hanuman Guardian.Hanuman Guardian 2016...
30 June 2016 Arizona Guard Helps Alaska Guard Sustain the Force FORT GREELY, Alaska -- A mobile maintenance small-arms repair team from the Arizona Army National Guard completed a weapons and night vision goggles inspection mission at Fort Greely, Alaska, for the Alaska National Guard's 49th Missile Defense Battalion June 22-25, to assist the Alaska Guard and...
30 June 2016 Task Force Koa Moana to Start Training Exercise in Fiji and Tonga Approximately 200 Marines, Sailors and Coast Guardsmen from I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF), U.S. Navy 7th Fleet, and U.S. Coast Guard's 14th District enforcement staff and Maritime Safety and Security Team, Honolulu personnel will participate in...
30 June 2016 Airmen, Soldiers Tackle Joint Jungle Training ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Veiled in darkness, two MH-60 Seahawks cut through the humid night air heading toward a landing zone in an abandoned military building complex.Inside each helicopter, Airmen and Soldiers take deep final breaths attempting to calm their nerves. A crew chief turns his...
30 June 2016 25th Aircraft Maintenance Unit from Osan Air Base Airmen keep Thunderbolts Flying OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Airmen often list off a variety of reasons for joining their specific career field, such as “I like to work on computers,” or “I like to get my hands dirty.” Childhood admiration might have played the biggest role for Senior Airman Jarred Sozzi, 25th Aircraft...
04 July 2016 As Nation Celebrates Independence Day, Carter Thanks DoD Personnel WASHINGTON — As Americans prepare to celebrate Independence Day, Defense Secretary Ash Carter issued a message today thanking the men and women of the Defense Department for upholding the principles upon which the nation was founded...
01 July 2016 Pacific Partnership 2016 Conducts Cooperative Health Engagement in Ligao City LIGAO CITY, Philippines (NNS) -- Pacific Partnership 2016 visited Ligao West Central Elementary School June 28-29, as part of a cooperative health engagement (CHE), promoting health education and providing services led by Filipino health officials of Daraga in Albay Province.The CHE participants...
01 July 2016 U.S. Air Force, Nepal Exchange Disaster Relief Best Practices KATHMANDU, Nepal -- Ten Airmen assigned to the 36th Contingency Response Group at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, participated with various Nepali organizations in a subject-matter expert exchange at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu June 24 to July 9.More than 20 members from the Nepal...
30 June 2016 US, ROK Navies Coordinate on Anti-submarine Warfare BUSAN, Republic of Korea - Senior leaders from the U.S. and Republic of Korea navies met at the Republic of Korea Fleet (ROKFLT) base in Busan to discuss continued cooperation efforts regarding anti-submarine warfare (ASW).The ASW Cooperation Committee, created after the signing of the original...
30 June 2016 Great Green Fleet arrives at Pearl Harbor for RIMPAC PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - The USS John C. Stennis Strike Group (JCSSG) arrived in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii June 28 and 29 to participate in the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) exercise.JCSSG, also known as the Navy’s first Great Green Fleet (GGF) strike group, consists of USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) with...
30 June 2016 Annual Bilateral Exercise, Hanuman Guardian under Way in Thailand FORT ADISORN, Thailand - Soldiers from the Lancer Brigade, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, and the Royal Thai Army Cavalry Center stand together in ceremony, here, June 27, for the opening of the fifth annual bilateral exercise, Hanuman Guardian.Hanuman Guardian 2016...
30 June 2016 Arizona Guard Helps Alaska Guard Sustain the Force FORT GREELY, Alaska -- A mobile maintenance small-arms repair team from the Arizona Army National Guard completed a weapons and night vision goggles inspection mission at Fort Greely, Alaska, for the Alaska National Guard's 49th Missile Defense Battalion June 22-25, to assist the Alaska Guard and...
30 June 2016 Task Force Koa Moana to Start Training Exercise in Fiji and Tonga Approximately 200 Marines, Sailors and Coast Guardsmen from I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF), U.S. Navy 7th Fleet, and U.S. Coast Guard's 14th District enforcement staff and Maritime Safety and Security Team, Honolulu personnel will participate in...
30 June 2016 Airmen, Soldiers Tackle Joint Jungle Training ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Veiled in darkness, two MH-60 Seahawks cut through the humid night air heading toward a landing zone in an abandoned military building complex.Inside each helicopter, Airmen and Soldiers take deep final breaths attempting to calm their nerves. A crew chief turns his...
30 June 2016 25th Aircraft Maintenance Unit from Osan Air Base Airmen keep Thunderbolts Flying OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Airmen often list off a variety of reasons for joining their specific career field, such as “I like to work on computers,” or “I like to get my hands dirty.” Childhood admiration might have played the biggest role for Senior Airman Jarred Sozzi, 25th Aircraft...