03 March 2016 Barry Enhances Defense, Strength by Joining 7th Fleet WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN - Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) entered 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific March 3. Barry’s presence in the 7th Fleet will increase the U.S. Navy's long range plan to send the most...
03 March 2016 1st Special Operations Squadron Performs Stray 59 Memorial Flight KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Time may pass, but the legacy of the crew and passengers of Stray 59 will never fade. Thirty five years later, the 1st Special Operations Squadron continues to honor those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. A 1st SOS crew conducted their 35th annual memorial flight...
03 March 2016 90th Fighter Squadron First Combat-operational F-22 Raptor Unit to Use AIM-9X Advanced Sidewinder JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson's 90th Fighter Squadron officially became the first combat-operational F-22 Raptor unit to equip an F-22 with an Air Intercept Missile-9X, March 1. The increased lethality of the AIM-9X coupled with the F-22's capabilities...
02 March 2016 Exercise Iron Fist 2016: Two Cultures, One Warrior Spirit MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - Forged in the wake of World War II, the U.S.-Japan security alliance has served as one of the Asia-Pacific Region's most important military relationships and as an anchor of U.S. engagement in the Pacific. Revised in 1960, the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation...
02 March 2016 "Ghost Brigade" Operations Touch All Corners of the World JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Washington -- In one corner of the world, in the sweltering heat, a U.S. Soldier instructs a Thai Soldier how to apply a tourniquet to a limb. In South Korea, U.S. Soldiers conduct gunneries with their Republic of Korea Army counterparts in the bitter cold. Misty rain...
02 March 2016 35th Civil Engineer Squadron Ensures Mission Success MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Every year Misawa gets struck with heavy snow from mid-November to the end of March, totaling approximately 160 inches, making the base one of the snowiest in the Air Force. Whether you forgot to start your car a few minutes early or you didn't give yourself enough time...
02 March 2016 One Team, One Fight: Japan Self-Defense Force JASDF, Marines Participate in Professional Military Exchange Program OKINAWA, Japan -- Marines with base operations welcomed Japan Air Self Defense Force Staff Sgt. Shinya Nishida to their unit through the professional military exchange program February 17-26 on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan. The professional military exchange program allows...
02 March 2016 Alaska Air Guard C-17 Crews and Guardian Angels Train in Hawaii JOINT BASE ELMENDFORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Nearly 50 members of the Alaska Air National Guard's 176th Wing participated in a search and rescue (SAR) exercise in Hawaii from Feb. 16 to 26, strengthening the C-17 Globemaster III's standing in the SAR community, and enhancing coordination between the...
02 March 2016 Marine Aircraft Wing Provides Assets in Cobra Gold UTAPAO, Thailand -- Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 167 is among one of the squadrons aiding in the air-ground capabilities. HMLA 167 is currently supporting Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force in Thailand during Cobra Gold 16 as part of the...
01 March 2016 US Amphibious Assault Ship to Visit Busan BUSAN, Republic of Korea – The Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 7 commanded by Rear Adm. John B. Nowell, is scheduled to conduct a routine port visit to the Republic of Korea (ROK) beginning March 3.During the visit, Sailors and Marines will visit and engage with their ROK Navy...
03 March 2016 Barry Enhances Defense, Strength by Joining 7th Fleet WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN - Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry (DDG 52) entered 7th Fleet area of operations in support of security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific March 3. Barry’s presence in the 7th Fleet will increase the U.S. Navy's long range plan to send the most...
03 March 2016 1st Special Operations Squadron Performs Stray 59 Memorial Flight KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Time may pass, but the legacy of the crew and passengers of Stray 59 will never fade. Thirty five years later, the 1st Special Operations Squadron continues to honor those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. A 1st SOS crew conducted their 35th annual memorial flight...
03 March 2016 90th Fighter Squadron First Combat-operational F-22 Raptor Unit to Use AIM-9X Advanced Sidewinder JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson's 90th Fighter Squadron officially became the first combat-operational F-22 Raptor unit to equip an F-22 with an Air Intercept Missile-9X, March 1. The increased lethality of the AIM-9X coupled with the F-22's capabilities...
02 March 2016 Exercise Iron Fist 2016: Two Cultures, One Warrior Spirit MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - Forged in the wake of World War II, the U.S.-Japan security alliance has served as one of the Asia-Pacific Region's most important military relationships and as an anchor of U.S. engagement in the Pacific. Revised in 1960, the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation...
02 March 2016 "Ghost Brigade" Operations Touch All Corners of the World JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Washington -- In one corner of the world, in the sweltering heat, a U.S. Soldier instructs a Thai Soldier how to apply a tourniquet to a limb. In South Korea, U.S. Soldiers conduct gunneries with their Republic of Korea Army counterparts in the bitter cold. Misty rain...
02 March 2016 35th Civil Engineer Squadron Ensures Mission Success MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Every year Misawa gets struck with heavy snow from mid-November to the end of March, totaling approximately 160 inches, making the base one of the snowiest in the Air Force. Whether you forgot to start your car a few minutes early or you didn't give yourself enough time...
02 March 2016 One Team, One Fight: Japan Self-Defense Force JASDF, Marines Participate in Professional Military Exchange Program OKINAWA, Japan -- Marines with base operations welcomed Japan Air Self Defense Force Staff Sgt. Shinya Nishida to their unit through the professional military exchange program February 17-26 on Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japan. The professional military exchange program allows...
02 March 2016 Alaska Air Guard C-17 Crews and Guardian Angels Train in Hawaii JOINT BASE ELMENDFORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska - Nearly 50 members of the Alaska Air National Guard's 176th Wing participated in a search and rescue (SAR) exercise in Hawaii from Feb. 16 to 26, strengthening the C-17 Globemaster III's standing in the SAR community, and enhancing coordination between the...
02 March 2016 Marine Aircraft Wing Provides Assets in Cobra Gold UTAPAO, Thailand -- Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 167 is among one of the squadrons aiding in the air-ground capabilities. HMLA 167 is currently supporting Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force in Thailand during Cobra Gold 16 as part of the...
01 March 2016 US Amphibious Assault Ship to Visit Busan BUSAN, Republic of Korea – The Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 7 commanded by Rear Adm. John B. Nowell, is scheduled to conduct a routine port visit to the Republic of Korea (ROK) beginning March 3.During the visit, Sailors and Marines will visit and engage with their ROK Navy...