05 January 2016 Soldiers Test Robotics on 'Battlefield' SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HAWAII (Jan. 4, 2016) -- Picture a hot summer day in Afghanistan, and a company of 25th Infantry Division Soldiers preparing to move to a new area of operation. Instead of using their legs and backs, these Soldiers are fortunate enough to have a small robot to help them on the...
05 January 2016 Leaders Hold New Year's Bell-tolling Ceremony in South Korea DAEGU, SOUTH KOREA -- Community leaders, including the commander of the 19th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, or ESC, rang in the New Year in Gukchae-bosang Memorial Park here at midnight, Dec. 31. The most significant part of the ceremony occurred at midnight. Selected representatives from...
05 January 2016 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Completes MEU Exercise CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan -- “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit,” said Aristotle, an ancient Greek philosopher credited with laying much of the groundwork for Western philosophy.U.S. Marines and sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit put...
04 January 2016 Regional Health Command-Pacific, 2015 in Review HONOLULU -- 2015 was a monumental year for the Regional Health Command-Pacific (RHC-P); a year filled with transformation, development, growth and recommitment to excellence. The RHC-P will continue to be committed to excellence in the upcoming year. Here is a look back at what happened over the...
31 December 2015 7th Fleet 2015 Wrap Up: A Year of New Technology and Thriving Partnerships YOKOSUKA, Japan - As the ball dropped in Times Square to usher in 2015, more than 300 Sailors aboard USS Sampson (DDG 102) were busy conducting search and recovery operations in the Java Sea, following the crash of AirAsia Flight 8501 Dec. 28, 2014. Days later USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) also joined the...
31 December 2015 Green Dot to Roll Out Across the Air Force WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Airmen will take the first step of a five-year strategy to decrease interpersonal violence across the service in January when 1,500 Airman implementers attend one of 22 Green Dot prep sessions worldwide.The Air Force contracted the non-profit Green Dot organization to provide...
31 December 2015 Into Thin Air: Liquid Oxygen Keeps Pilots Flying ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- As an aircraft reaches a higher altitude, the air pressure decreases, sometimes leaving aircrews little air to breathe. When this happens, pilots and crew members are able to utilize the liquid oxygen provided by Airmen from the 36th Maintenance Squadron, thus...
30 December 2015 Load Crew Airmen Race Against the Clock MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airmen from the 35th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron competed in a quarterly weapons load crew competition here, Dec. 30. teams composed of three Airmen raced against the clock, and each other, to arm an F-16 Fighting Falcon with three different weapons systems, all with...
30 December 2015 US Navy Families Make New Home in Busan Korea BUSAN, Republic of Korea - The streets are still damp with rain left the night before as apartment lights begin to pierce the night sky, dawn is still hours away but the city of Busan is waking up. The routine is business as usual for the 3.4 million people who call the port city home, but for...
29 December 2015 U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command-Pacific Collaboration Efforts throughout the Asia-Pacific Region U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command scientists and engineers are stationed around the globe to explore international collaboration opportunities in scientific research and technology development, opportunities that will potentially close capability gaps for the U.S. Army. Three...
05 January 2016 Soldiers Test Robotics on 'Battlefield' SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HAWAII (Jan. 4, 2016) -- Picture a hot summer day in Afghanistan, and a company of 25th Infantry Division Soldiers preparing to move to a new area of operation. Instead of using their legs and backs, these Soldiers are fortunate enough to have a small robot to help them on the...
05 January 2016 Leaders Hold New Year's Bell-tolling Ceremony in South Korea DAEGU, SOUTH KOREA -- Community leaders, including the commander of the 19th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, or ESC, rang in the New Year in Gukchae-bosang Memorial Park here at midnight, Dec. 31. The most significant part of the ceremony occurred at midnight. Selected representatives from...
05 January 2016 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Completes MEU Exercise CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan -- “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit,” said Aristotle, an ancient Greek philosopher credited with laying much of the groundwork for Western philosophy.U.S. Marines and sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit put...
04 January 2016 Regional Health Command-Pacific, 2015 in Review HONOLULU -- 2015 was a monumental year for the Regional Health Command-Pacific (RHC-P); a year filled with transformation, development, growth and recommitment to excellence. The RHC-P will continue to be committed to excellence in the upcoming year. Here is a look back at what happened over the...
31 December 2015 7th Fleet 2015 Wrap Up: A Year of New Technology and Thriving Partnerships YOKOSUKA, Japan - As the ball dropped in Times Square to usher in 2015, more than 300 Sailors aboard USS Sampson (DDG 102) were busy conducting search and recovery operations in the Java Sea, following the crash of AirAsia Flight 8501 Dec. 28, 2014. Days later USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) also joined the...
31 December 2015 Green Dot to Roll Out Across the Air Force WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- Airmen will take the first step of a five-year strategy to decrease interpersonal violence across the service in January when 1,500 Airman implementers attend one of 22 Green Dot prep sessions worldwide.The Air Force contracted the non-profit Green Dot organization to provide...
31 December 2015 Into Thin Air: Liquid Oxygen Keeps Pilots Flying ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- As an aircraft reaches a higher altitude, the air pressure decreases, sometimes leaving aircrews little air to breathe. When this happens, pilots and crew members are able to utilize the liquid oxygen provided by Airmen from the 36th Maintenance Squadron, thus...
30 December 2015 Load Crew Airmen Race Against the Clock MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airmen from the 35th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron competed in a quarterly weapons load crew competition here, Dec. 30. teams composed of three Airmen raced against the clock, and each other, to arm an F-16 Fighting Falcon with three different weapons systems, all with...
30 December 2015 US Navy Families Make New Home in Busan Korea BUSAN, Republic of Korea - The streets are still damp with rain left the night before as apartment lights begin to pierce the night sky, dawn is still hours away but the city of Busan is waking up. The routine is business as usual for the 3.4 million people who call the port city home, but for...
29 December 2015 U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command-Pacific Collaboration Efforts throughout the Asia-Pacific Region U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command scientists and engineers are stationed around the globe to explore international collaboration opportunities in scientific research and technology development, opportunities that will potentially close capability gaps for the U.S. Army. Three...