07 March 2016 Stennis Strike Group Wraps Up Routine Operations in the South China Sea PHILIPPINE SEA (NNS) -- The John C. Stennis Strike Group (JCSSG) has completed routine operations in the South China Sea, and transited into the Philippine Sea through the Luzon Strait. The JCSSG operated in the South China Sea, March 1 through March 6. It was the crew's first time operating...
04 March 2016 The Great Green Fleet Operates in the South China Sea SOUTH CHINA SEA – The John C. Stennis Strike Group (JCSSG) is conducting routine operations in the South China Sea. The ships transited the Luzon Strait March 1 and have maintained a location in the eastern half of these international waters for four days.USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), USS Chung-Hoon...
04 March 2016 Hawaii Guardsman and Indonesian Soldiers Share Military Tactics Abroad BANDUNG, Indonesia, (March 2, 2016) Six members of the Hawaii Army National Guard visited the city of Bandung, Indonesia, to participate in Hawaii's State Partnership Program's seventh Noncommissioned Officer Subject Matter Expert Exchange, Feb. 22-26.The NCO exchange is designed for military...
04 March 2016 Safe Soaring for Sorties KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- The air traffic control tower oversees the base's entire flight line and its height allows air traffic controllers to see aircraft flying within the base's immediate air space. The Air Force entrusts these 19 Airmen with the responsibility of ensuring that...
04 March 2016 Equipment Backload completes success of Exercise Cobra Gold LAEM CHABANG, Thailand (NNS) -- Civilian mariners, contractors and Marines from Combat Logistics Battalion 3 began conducting a backload of equipment used in Exercise Cobra Gold 2016 (CG-16) from Military Sealift Command (MSC) USNS 1st Lt. Jack Lummus (T-AK 3011), Feb. 29, bringing a successful...
04 March 2016 69th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron to Continue Pacific Presence GUAM -- Airmen assigned to the 69th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, deployed from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, to Andersen AFB, Guam to replace their sister unit, the 23rd EBS, in support of the U.S. Pacific Command’s continuous bomber presence.Since March 2004, Andersen AFB has hosted the CBP...
04 March 2016 USS Blue Ridge Arrives in Manila, Strengthens Old Ties MANILA, Republic of the Philippines — U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) and the embarked 7th Fleet staff arrived in Manila, Republic of the Philippines for a regularly scheduled port visit March 4.During the port visit, 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin will host bilateral...
03 March 2016 Expeditionary Strike Group 7 Arrives in Republic of Korea BUSAN, Republic of Korea - Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 7, including three ships and more than 4,000 Sailors and Marines, arrived in Republic of Korea ports March 3 for scheduled port visits. The Strike Group’s flagship, the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) with embarked 3D...
03 March 2016 Operation Tomodachi: Five Years Later WASHINGTON (NNS) -- At 2:46 p.m. March 11, 2011 a 9.0 magnitude earthquake hit the city of Tohoku in the Iwate prefecture of Japan, triggering tsunami waves reaching heights up to 133 feet. In the days following the Japan Self Defense Force (JSDF) brought relief supplies to those affected with...
03 March 2016 Commentary: PACAF Projects Power Throughout the Pacific JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Airpower’s greatest strategic strength lies in its speed, range, flexibility, precision and lethality. Airmen exploit the third dimension, and no one else can ensure rapid power projection at a time and place of our nation’s choosing like the U.S. Air...
07 March 2016 Stennis Strike Group Wraps Up Routine Operations in the South China Sea PHILIPPINE SEA (NNS) -- The John C. Stennis Strike Group (JCSSG) has completed routine operations in the South China Sea, and transited into the Philippine Sea through the Luzon Strait. The JCSSG operated in the South China Sea, March 1 through March 6. It was the crew's first time operating...
04 March 2016 The Great Green Fleet Operates in the South China Sea SOUTH CHINA SEA – The John C. Stennis Strike Group (JCSSG) is conducting routine operations in the South China Sea. The ships transited the Luzon Strait March 1 and have maintained a location in the eastern half of these international waters for four days.USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74), USS Chung-Hoon...
04 March 2016 Hawaii Guardsman and Indonesian Soldiers Share Military Tactics Abroad BANDUNG, Indonesia, (March 2, 2016) Six members of the Hawaii Army National Guard visited the city of Bandung, Indonesia, to participate in Hawaii's State Partnership Program's seventh Noncommissioned Officer Subject Matter Expert Exchange, Feb. 22-26.The NCO exchange is designed for military...
04 March 2016 Safe Soaring for Sorties KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- The air traffic control tower oversees the base's entire flight line and its height allows air traffic controllers to see aircraft flying within the base's immediate air space. The Air Force entrusts these 19 Airmen with the responsibility of ensuring that...
04 March 2016 Equipment Backload completes success of Exercise Cobra Gold LAEM CHABANG, Thailand (NNS) -- Civilian mariners, contractors and Marines from Combat Logistics Battalion 3 began conducting a backload of equipment used in Exercise Cobra Gold 2016 (CG-16) from Military Sealift Command (MSC) USNS 1st Lt. Jack Lummus (T-AK 3011), Feb. 29, bringing a successful...
04 March 2016 69th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron to Continue Pacific Presence GUAM -- Airmen assigned to the 69th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, deployed from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, to Andersen AFB, Guam to replace their sister unit, the 23rd EBS, in support of the U.S. Pacific Command’s continuous bomber presence.Since March 2004, Andersen AFB has hosted the CBP...
04 March 2016 USS Blue Ridge Arrives in Manila, Strengthens Old Ties MANILA, Republic of the Philippines — U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) and the embarked 7th Fleet staff arrived in Manila, Republic of the Philippines for a regularly scheduled port visit March 4.During the port visit, 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Joseph Aucoin will host bilateral...
03 March 2016 Expeditionary Strike Group 7 Arrives in Republic of Korea BUSAN, Republic of Korea - Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 7, including three ships and more than 4,000 Sailors and Marines, arrived in Republic of Korea ports March 3 for scheduled port visits. The Strike Group’s flagship, the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) with embarked 3D...
03 March 2016 Operation Tomodachi: Five Years Later WASHINGTON (NNS) -- At 2:46 p.m. March 11, 2011 a 9.0 magnitude earthquake hit the city of Tohoku in the Iwate prefecture of Japan, triggering tsunami waves reaching heights up to 133 feet. In the days following the Japan Self Defense Force (JSDF) brought relief supplies to those affected with...
03 March 2016 Commentary: PACAF Projects Power Throughout the Pacific JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Airpower’s greatest strategic strength lies in its speed, range, flexibility, precision and lethality. Airmen exploit the third dimension, and no one else can ensure rapid power projection at a time and place of our nation’s choosing like the U.S. Air...