22 June 2016 U.S. Navy, Marines Increase Complexity, Enhance Cooperation during CARAT Thailand SATTAHIP, Thailand -- 22nd annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise between the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and the Royal Thai Armed Forces concluded today with closing ceremonies held at the Royal Thai Navy Base in Sattahip.CARAT Thailand 2016 consisted of eight days of...
22 June 2016 Airmen Join Multinational Effort, Offer Medical Care in Cambodia KAMPOT, Cambodia (AFNS) -- Medical professionals from several nations and agencies recently came together in Pacific Angel 16-2 to promote interoperability with partner nations while delivering humanitarian aid to Cambodians in the Kampot province.The Royal Cambodian Armed Forces worked alongside...
22 June 2016 USS Spruance Patrols South China Sea SOUTH CHINA SEA - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) is on a routine patrol in the South China Sea as part of a Pacific Surface Action Group (PAC SAG) deployment to the Indo-Asia-Pacific.“Spruance is currently operating in the South China Sea in support of...
22 June 2016 Ordnance Marine Leads Teams, Loads Bombs EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- With engines screaming and timelines crunching, U.S. Marines prepare F/A-18C Hornet fighter jets for their missions.Part of preparing the aircraft is loading them with ordnance for the mission. A team of six U.S. Marines physically carry missiles and bombs from the...
22 June 2016 Pacific-Wide Exchange Program on Non-communicable Diseases Prevention As a testament to the urgent need for effectively tackling the non-communicable diseases (NCDs) crisis in the Pacific, the United States sent two high level speakers to this week’s inaugural Pacific NCD Summit in Tonga. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human...
22 June 2016 National Guard Chief Nominee Says New World Requires Agile Forces WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Today’s National Guard is in the best shape it’s been in for its almost 380 years of history, President Barack Obama’s nominee to lead the National Guard Bureau told the Senate Armed Services Committee here June 21.Air Force Lt. Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel has been nominated to...
21 June 2016 Hawaii Air National Guard Tankers Return from Deployment JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- More than 50 members of the Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG) and three KC-135 Stratotankers, based at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPH-H) have returned home following a four-month deployment in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. The three KC-135...
21 June 2016 Pacific Partnership 2016 Concludes Mission Stop to Timor Leste DILI, Timor-Leste -- Pacific Partnership 2016 departed Timor Leste June 21, after completing two weeks of subject matter expert exchanges (SMEE) in civil-military disaster response preparedness, cooperative health engagements (CHE) and engineering projects. "At every level we've continued to build...
21 June 2016 USS Howard Hosts Vietnam War 'Battle of Hill 488' Survivors SAN DIEGO, California -- History was made June 17 pierside at Naval Base San Diego during a touching reunion 50 years in the making.Sailors aboard guided-missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83) were treated to a firsthand account history lesson from the remaining survivors of the Battle of Hill 488, a...
21 June 2016 Linking Research and Development to the Operator RODRIGUEZ LIVE FIRE COMPLEX, Republic of Korea -- At the end of every Army platform is a warrior who needs a functional, practical and tested system. The Army Materiel Command encompasses a large enterprise dedicated to keeping the warfighter operational, and that enterprise looks for feedback from...
22 June 2016 U.S. Navy, Marines Increase Complexity, Enhance Cooperation during CARAT Thailand SATTAHIP, Thailand -- 22nd annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) exercise between the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and the Royal Thai Armed Forces concluded today with closing ceremonies held at the Royal Thai Navy Base in Sattahip.CARAT Thailand 2016 consisted of eight days of...
22 June 2016 Airmen Join Multinational Effort, Offer Medical Care in Cambodia KAMPOT, Cambodia (AFNS) -- Medical professionals from several nations and agencies recently came together in Pacific Angel 16-2 to promote interoperability with partner nations while delivering humanitarian aid to Cambodians in the Kampot province.The Royal Cambodian Armed Forces worked alongside...
22 June 2016 USS Spruance Patrols South China Sea SOUTH CHINA SEA - The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) is on a routine patrol in the South China Sea as part of a Pacific Surface Action Group (PAC SAG) deployment to the Indo-Asia-Pacific.“Spruance is currently operating in the South China Sea in support of...
22 June 2016 Ordnance Marine Leads Teams, Loads Bombs EIELSON AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- With engines screaming and timelines crunching, U.S. Marines prepare F/A-18C Hornet fighter jets for their missions.Part of preparing the aircraft is loading them with ordnance for the mission. A team of six U.S. Marines physically carry missiles and bombs from the...
22 June 2016 Pacific-Wide Exchange Program on Non-communicable Diseases Prevention As a testament to the urgent need for effectively tackling the non-communicable diseases (NCDs) crisis in the Pacific, the United States sent two high level speakers to this week’s inaugural Pacific NCD Summit in Tonga. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human...
22 June 2016 National Guard Chief Nominee Says New World Requires Agile Forces WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Today’s National Guard is in the best shape it’s been in for its almost 380 years of history, President Barack Obama’s nominee to lead the National Guard Bureau told the Senate Armed Services Committee here June 21.Air Force Lt. Gen. Joseph L. Lengyel has been nominated to...
21 June 2016 Hawaii Air National Guard Tankers Return from Deployment JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- More than 50 members of the Hawaii Air National Guard (HIANG) and three KC-135 Stratotankers, based at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam (JBPH-H) have returned home following a four-month deployment in support of Operation Inherent Resolve. The three KC-135...
21 June 2016 Pacific Partnership 2016 Concludes Mission Stop to Timor Leste DILI, Timor-Leste -- Pacific Partnership 2016 departed Timor Leste June 21, after completing two weeks of subject matter expert exchanges (SMEE) in civil-military disaster response preparedness, cooperative health engagements (CHE) and engineering projects. "At every level we've continued to build...
21 June 2016 USS Howard Hosts Vietnam War 'Battle of Hill 488' Survivors SAN DIEGO, California -- History was made June 17 pierside at Naval Base San Diego during a touching reunion 50 years in the making.Sailors aboard guided-missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83) were treated to a firsthand account history lesson from the remaining survivors of the Battle of Hill 488, a...
21 June 2016 Linking Research and Development to the Operator RODRIGUEZ LIVE FIRE COMPLEX, Republic of Korea -- At the end of every Army platform is a warrior who needs a functional, practical and tested system. The Army Materiel Command encompasses a large enterprise dedicated to keeping the warfighter operational, and that enterprise looks for feedback from...