24 December 2015 Republic of Korea - U.S. Alliance Continue Progress through Transformation and Force Relocation USAG Humphreys, Republic of Korea – Lt. Gen. Bernard S. Champoux, United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command, United States Forces Korea chief of staff and commander Eighth U.S. Army, held a bilateral press conference with Director General Kim Kie Soo, Director General of the Korean Ministry of...
24 December 2015 Okinawa Service Members Bring Christmas Joy to Okinawa Residents OKINAWA, Japan - Okinawa residents at the Enobi No Sato home for the mentally disabled received a visit from Santa Claus and his helpers Dec. 19 in Uruma City.Status of forces agreement personnel volunteered to visit the home and spread Christmas joy to its residents. “This is an annual tradition...
23 December 2015 Misawa, Kadena Airmen Strengthen Bilateral Ties MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan (AFNS) -- Aircraft and personnel from Kadena Air Base, Misawa AB and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force participated in Aviation Training Relocation Dec. 1-18 here.The exercise gave all aircrew members involved the opportunity to demonstrate interoperability between...
23 December 2015 Alaskan Soldier is a Face of the Guard in His Small Rural Community JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON - More than 400 miles west of Anchorage lies Bethel, Alaska’s largest western community. Although only accessible by air and water, approximately six thousand residents call this city home. This includes the Alaska Army National Guard’s full-time Bethel armory supply...
23 December 2015 Distribution Management Office Keeps the Corps Moving OKINAWA, Japan - Transportation of military personnel and gear to mission critical locations is crucial to maintaining Marine Corps Installations Pacific and III Marine Expeditionary Force role as the tip of the spear in the Marine Corps’ mission in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.In order for the...
23 December 2015 Oklahoma National Guard Practices Bomb Builds with 18th Munitions Storage KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Thousands of miles away from friends, family and home, Air National Guardsmen from the 138th Fighter Wing practice building live bombs in the munitions storage area of Kadena Air Base."We're here to build bombs as part of a Theater Security Package on Kadena Air Base," said...
23 December 2015 Adaptability of Coast Guard Divers Increases Recovery and Salvage Operations Efficiency HAWAII -- Imagine being 40 feet below the water’s surface working with something as cumbersome as a hammer and pliers. Now, imagine you have zero visibility.As a diver, sometimes hearing is a more necessary sense than sight. Prodding the sand with a steel rod, Petty Officer 2nd Class Nicholi Zapara...
22 December 2015 USS Fort Worth: Reliable, Ready, and Rotationally Deployed for More Than a Year After her first full year operating forward, it’s time to pause and examine – and, I dare say, appreciate – what USS Fort Worth has accomplished during her maiden overseas deployment.On Nov 17, 2014, Crew 104 sailed Fort Worth across the Pacific from San Diego to Singapore, via stops in Hawaii, Guam...
22 December 2015 USS Texas Visits Yokosuka During Indo-Asia-Pacific Deployment YOKOSUKA, Japan -- Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Texas (SSN 775) arrived at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, Dec. 22 for a visit as part of its Indo-Asia-Pacific deployment.The visit strengthens the already positive alliance between the U.S. and Japan through the crews' interaction with...
22 December 2015 Military Sealift Command Far East, USNS Walter S. Diehl Delivers Books, Holiday Cheer to Thai Children CHANTHABURI, Thailand – Military Sealift Command Far East (MSCFE) and the Singapore Area Coordinator Community collected more than 1,200 used English children’s books in Singapore and delivered the offerings to the Pong Nam Ron, Pliu and Ban Trok Nong elementary schools here as part of a community...
24 December 2015 Republic of Korea - U.S. Alliance Continue Progress through Transformation and Force Relocation USAG Humphreys, Republic of Korea – Lt. Gen. Bernard S. Champoux, United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command, United States Forces Korea chief of staff and commander Eighth U.S. Army, held a bilateral press conference with Director General Kim Kie Soo, Director General of the Korean Ministry of...
24 December 2015 Okinawa Service Members Bring Christmas Joy to Okinawa Residents OKINAWA, Japan - Okinawa residents at the Enobi No Sato home for the mentally disabled received a visit from Santa Claus and his helpers Dec. 19 in Uruma City.Status of forces agreement personnel volunteered to visit the home and spread Christmas joy to its residents. “This is an annual tradition...
23 December 2015 Misawa, Kadena Airmen Strengthen Bilateral Ties MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan (AFNS) -- Aircraft and personnel from Kadena Air Base, Misawa AB and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force participated in Aviation Training Relocation Dec. 1-18 here.The exercise gave all aircrew members involved the opportunity to demonstrate interoperability between...
23 December 2015 Alaskan Soldier is a Face of the Guard in His Small Rural Community JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON - More than 400 miles west of Anchorage lies Bethel, Alaska’s largest western community. Although only accessible by air and water, approximately six thousand residents call this city home. This includes the Alaska Army National Guard’s full-time Bethel armory supply...
23 December 2015 Distribution Management Office Keeps the Corps Moving OKINAWA, Japan - Transportation of military personnel and gear to mission critical locations is crucial to maintaining Marine Corps Installations Pacific and III Marine Expeditionary Force role as the tip of the spear in the Marine Corps’ mission in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.In order for the...
23 December 2015 Oklahoma National Guard Practices Bomb Builds with 18th Munitions Storage KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Thousands of miles away from friends, family and home, Air National Guardsmen from the 138th Fighter Wing practice building live bombs in the munitions storage area of Kadena Air Base."We're here to build bombs as part of a Theater Security Package on Kadena Air Base," said...
23 December 2015 Adaptability of Coast Guard Divers Increases Recovery and Salvage Operations Efficiency HAWAII -- Imagine being 40 feet below the water’s surface working with something as cumbersome as a hammer and pliers. Now, imagine you have zero visibility.As a diver, sometimes hearing is a more necessary sense than sight. Prodding the sand with a steel rod, Petty Officer 2nd Class Nicholi Zapara...
22 December 2015 USS Fort Worth: Reliable, Ready, and Rotationally Deployed for More Than a Year After her first full year operating forward, it’s time to pause and examine – and, I dare say, appreciate – what USS Fort Worth has accomplished during her maiden overseas deployment.On Nov 17, 2014, Crew 104 sailed Fort Worth across the Pacific from San Diego to Singapore, via stops in Hawaii, Guam...
22 December 2015 USS Texas Visits Yokosuka During Indo-Asia-Pacific Deployment YOKOSUKA, Japan -- Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Texas (SSN 775) arrived at Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, Dec. 22 for a visit as part of its Indo-Asia-Pacific deployment.The visit strengthens the already positive alliance between the U.S. and Japan through the crews' interaction with...
22 December 2015 Military Sealift Command Far East, USNS Walter S. Diehl Delivers Books, Holiday Cheer to Thai Children CHANTHABURI, Thailand – Military Sealift Command Far East (MSCFE) and the Singapore Area Coordinator Community collected more than 1,200 used English children’s books in Singapore and delivered the offerings to the Pong Nam Ron, Pliu and Ban Trok Nong elementary schools here as part of a community...