01 March 2016 Top Republic of Korea Naval Training Officer Tours Great Lakes GREAT LAKES (NNS) -- Rear Adm. Stephen C. Evans, commander, Naval Service Training Command (NSTC) hosted the Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy's commander of Naval Education and Training on a tour of Recruit Training Command (RTC), Feb. 29.During the visit, Vice Adm. Jin-Sup Jung observed recruit...
01 March 2016 Expeditionary Strike Group 7 Embarks USS Bonhomme Richard WHITE BEACH, Okinawa -- Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 7 embarked amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), flagship of the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), for a patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations.Bonhomme Richard arrived in White Beach, Okinawa Feb. 28 to...
01 March 2016 C-17 Airmen Expand Global Reach AGRA AIR FORCE STATION, India (AFNS) -- Forging combat mobility forces is something that the aircrew instructors of the C-17 Globemaster III take extremely serious, but that mission is not just limited to skies over the U.S.A team of Airmen from Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, and Joint Base...
01 March 2016 New York Air National Guard Aids Australian Antarctic Researchers MCMURDO STATION, Antarctica - New York Air National Guard Airmen who fly the only ski-equipped aircraft in the American military gave a lift to 35 Australian Antarctic researchers heading back home on Saturday, Feb. 27.Eight members of the 109th Airlift Wing flew one of six LC-130s, which have been...
01 March 2016 USS Ashland Completes South China Sea Patrol SOUTH CHINA SEA (NNS) -- Amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) conducted a routine patrol in international waters of the South China Sea Feb. 26 after participating in exercise Cobra Gold 16.In recent months, other U.S. Navy ships have conducted similar operations in the 7th Fleet area...
01 March 2016 Yokota Enhances Rescue Capabilities YOKTOA AIR BASE, Japan -- The 459th Airlift Squadron recently outfitted two of their UH-1N Hueys with new rescue hoists, improving their search and rescue capabilities that support airlift operations across the Kanto Plains region."It allows us to now go to places where we can't land," said Staff...
29 February 2016 The Korean Theater of Operations is the Proving Ground for Sustainers Every day in the Republic of Korea (ROK), the 19th Expeditionary Sustainment Command (ESC), also known as Team 19, synchronizes and executes sustainment operations in support of the Eighth Army and U.S. Forces Korea (USFK). The sustainers of Team 19 are challenged to continuously improve their...
29 February 2016 Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit Complete Certification Exercise USS BONHOMME RICHARD, At Sea — Amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), flag ship of the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group (BHRARG), and amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42), arrived in White Beach, Okinawa after completing a 9-day certification exercise (CERTEX)...
29 February 2016 Ammunition Operations in Korea U.S. Army ammunition operations within the Korean theater of operations (KTO) are unique from those conducted in other locations. This uniqueness is due in large part to the Korean Armistice Agreement, which ended Korean War operations in 1953. An armistice is a ceasefire between military forces,...
29 February 2016 Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit Arrive in 7th Fleet area of operations USS BOXER, Pacific Ocean – The Boxer Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (13th MEU) team began operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations Feb. 27. "The BOXER ARG, 13th MEU team has trained hard and is ready to enter the complex 7th Fleet operating area," said...
01 March 2016 Top Republic of Korea Naval Training Officer Tours Great Lakes GREAT LAKES (NNS) -- Rear Adm. Stephen C. Evans, commander, Naval Service Training Command (NSTC) hosted the Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy's commander of Naval Education and Training on a tour of Recruit Training Command (RTC), Feb. 29.During the visit, Vice Adm. Jin-Sup Jung observed recruit...
01 March 2016 Expeditionary Strike Group 7 Embarks USS Bonhomme Richard WHITE BEACH, Okinawa -- Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 7 embarked amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), flagship of the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), for a patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations.Bonhomme Richard arrived in White Beach, Okinawa Feb. 28 to...
01 March 2016 C-17 Airmen Expand Global Reach AGRA AIR FORCE STATION, India (AFNS) -- Forging combat mobility forces is something that the aircrew instructors of the C-17 Globemaster III take extremely serious, but that mission is not just limited to skies over the U.S.A team of Airmen from Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, and Joint Base...
01 March 2016 New York Air National Guard Aids Australian Antarctic Researchers MCMURDO STATION, Antarctica - New York Air National Guard Airmen who fly the only ski-equipped aircraft in the American military gave a lift to 35 Australian Antarctic researchers heading back home on Saturday, Feb. 27.Eight members of the 109th Airlift Wing flew one of six LC-130s, which have been...
01 March 2016 USS Ashland Completes South China Sea Patrol SOUTH CHINA SEA (NNS) -- Amphibious dock landing ship USS Ashland (LSD 48) conducted a routine patrol in international waters of the South China Sea Feb. 26 after participating in exercise Cobra Gold 16.In recent months, other U.S. Navy ships have conducted similar operations in the 7th Fleet area...
01 March 2016 Yokota Enhances Rescue Capabilities YOKTOA AIR BASE, Japan -- The 459th Airlift Squadron recently outfitted two of their UH-1N Hueys with new rescue hoists, improving their search and rescue capabilities that support airlift operations across the Kanto Plains region."It allows us to now go to places where we can't land," said Staff...
29 February 2016 The Korean Theater of Operations is the Proving Ground for Sustainers Every day in the Republic of Korea (ROK), the 19th Expeditionary Sustainment Command (ESC), also known as Team 19, synchronizes and executes sustainment operations in support of the Eighth Army and U.S. Forces Korea (USFK). The sustainers of Team 19 are challenged to continuously improve their...
29 February 2016 Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit Complete Certification Exercise USS BONHOMME RICHARD, At Sea — Amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6), flag ship of the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group (BHRARG), and amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown (LSD 42), arrived in White Beach, Okinawa after completing a 9-day certification exercise (CERTEX)...
29 February 2016 Ammunition Operations in Korea U.S. Army ammunition operations within the Korean theater of operations (KTO) are unique from those conducted in other locations. This uniqueness is due in large part to the Korean Armistice Agreement, which ended Korean War operations in 1953. An armistice is a ceasefire between military forces,...
29 February 2016 Boxer Amphibious Ready Group, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit Arrive in 7th Fleet area of operations USS BOXER, Pacific Ocean – The Boxer Amphibious Ready Group (ARG), 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (13th MEU) team began operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations Feb. 27. "The BOXER ARG, 13th MEU team has trained hard and is ready to enter the complex 7th Fleet operating area," said...