10 May 2016 USS Blue Ridge Departs Shanghai SHANGHAI (NNS) -- The U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) departed Shanghai after a regularly scheduled port visit May 10 during its 2016 patrol season. Shanghai marked Blue Ridge's ninth port-visit of its patrol, including stops in the Philippines, India, Hong Kong and Sri Lanka. The...
10 May 2016 USNS Mercy Set to Depart for Pacific Partnership SAN DIEGO - The hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) and embarked "Blackjacks" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 21 are scheduled to depart May 11 for a four-and-a-half-month deployment in support of the Navy's Pacific Partnership 2016. The eleventh iteration of the U.S. Pacific Fleet's annual...
10 May 2016 Driven by Island Heritage, Guam Native Serves Country, Community, Family ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Tano Y Chamorro, or “Land of the Chamorro” is written on every license plate on the island of Guam. For Guam natives, the island is not just a home, but a certain island spirit is pervasive to their way of life. With his eyes lit with excitement, Tech. Sgt. Rolando...
09 May 2016 U.S. Army Medical Activity-Japan, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Units Participate in Tactical Combat Casualty Care Training CAMP ZAMA, Japan (May 9, 2016) — Soldiers from U.S. Army Medical Activity-Japan conducted joint, tactical combat casualty care training with Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members April 28 at Camp Zama’s Dewey Park. Capt. James Primm, deputy chief information officer assigned to MEDDAC-Japan,...
09 May 2016 South Korean Special Forces Train with U.S. Soldiers to Direct Fire In first-of-its-kind training in the peninsula, special forces Soldiers from South Korea trained with U.S. Soldiers to direct fire from U.S. and NATO aircraft, artillery, and naval vessels from April 18 -28. Soldiers in the course also learned to provide close air support targeting information to...
09 May 2016 Pacific Air Force Airmen Complete Final Air Contingent Mission JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- As part of U.S. Pacific Command’s first iteration of the Air Contingent in the Philippines, four U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft and two HH-60G Pave Hawks flew a final mission April 28 in international waters west of the Philippines. The...
09 May 2016 Eighth Army Sends Forward Element to Camp Humphreys to Set Up Shop CAMP HUMPHREYS, Republic of Korea - Eighth Army will send more than 100 personnel to U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys near Pyeongtaek this summer to establish a forward headquarters element for its headquarters relocation next year under the Yongsan Relocation Plan and the Land Partnership Plan. The...
09 May 2016 Camp Fuji Hosts 2016 Fuji Friendship Festival Thousands of Japanese residents strolled through the gate of Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, despite the fog clouds sweeping through the installation, for its annual Friendship Festival May 7. The Fuji Friendship Festival is the largest of many community relations events for CATC Fuji...
10 May 2016 USS Blue Ridge Departs Shanghai SHANGHAI (NNS) -- The U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) departed Shanghai after a regularly scheduled port visit May 10 during its 2016 patrol season. Shanghai marked Blue Ridge's ninth port-visit of its patrol, including stops in the Philippines, India, Hong Kong and Sri Lanka. The...
10 May 2016 USNS Mercy Set to Depart for Pacific Partnership SAN DIEGO - The hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) and embarked "Blackjacks" of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 21 are scheduled to depart May 11 for a four-and-a-half-month deployment in support of the Navy's Pacific Partnership 2016. The eleventh iteration of the U.S. Pacific Fleet's annual...
10 May 2016 Driven by Island Heritage, Guam Native Serves Country, Community, Family ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- Tano Y Chamorro, or “Land of the Chamorro” is written on every license plate on the island of Guam. For Guam natives, the island is not just a home, but a certain island spirit is pervasive to their way of life. With his eyes lit with excitement, Tech. Sgt. Rolando...
09 May 2016 U.S. Army Medical Activity-Japan, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Units Participate in Tactical Combat Casualty Care Training CAMP ZAMA, Japan (May 9, 2016) — Soldiers from U.S. Army Medical Activity-Japan conducted joint, tactical combat casualty care training with Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members April 28 at Camp Zama’s Dewey Park. Capt. James Primm, deputy chief information officer assigned to MEDDAC-Japan,...
09 May 2016 South Korean Special Forces Train with U.S. Soldiers to Direct Fire In first-of-its-kind training in the peninsula, special forces Soldiers from South Korea trained with U.S. Soldiers to direct fire from U.S. and NATO aircraft, artillery, and naval vessels from April 18 -28. Soldiers in the course also learned to provide close air support targeting information to...
09 May 2016 Pacific Air Force Airmen Complete Final Air Contingent Mission JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- As part of U.S. Pacific Command’s first iteration of the Air Contingent in the Philippines, four U.S. Air Force A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft and two HH-60G Pave Hawks flew a final mission April 28 in international waters west of the Philippines. The...
09 May 2016 Eighth Army Sends Forward Element to Camp Humphreys to Set Up Shop CAMP HUMPHREYS, Republic of Korea - Eighth Army will send more than 100 personnel to U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys near Pyeongtaek this summer to establish a forward headquarters element for its headquarters relocation next year under the Yongsan Relocation Plan and the Land Partnership Plan. The...
09 May 2016 Camp Fuji Hosts 2016 Fuji Friendship Festival Thousands of Japanese residents strolled through the gate of Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, despite the fog clouds sweeping through the installation, for its annual Friendship Festival May 7. The Fuji Friendship Festival is the largest of many community relations events for CATC Fuji...