10 December 2015 Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division Hosts Missile Defense Agency, Japanese for Live-fire Test of SM-3 Block IIA Missile POINT MUGU, California (NNS) -- Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division at Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, California hosted a live-fire test of the Standard Missile-3 Block IIA missile, a 21-inch diameter Standard Missile variant cooperatively developed by the United States and Japan for...
10 December 2015 Aircraft with a Cold Shoulder JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- If driving in snow is a hassle, imagine flying. Instead of every turn being a skidding accident waiting to happen, blocky wings couldn't get the right lift and flying straight would be an impossible task.While the roads and parking lots on base have snow...
10 December 2015 Army Fields Streamlined Network Initialization Tool to Korea ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (December 9, 2015) -- Before the Army's mission command and networked tools can be put to work, these advanced capabilities must first be able to communicate with each other.This important step, known as initialization, is getting easier with the new Initialization Tool...
10 December 2015 U.S. Army Garrison Japan Commander Tours Local Hospital for Future Use CAMP ZAMA, Japan (Dec 10, 2015) -- Col. William B. Johnson and Command Sgt. Maj. Rosalba Dumont-Carrion, commander and command sergeant major of U.S. Army Garrison Japan, respectively, along with Mikio Endo, mayor of Zama City, toured Zama General Hospital Dec. 1 to see construction progress...
10 December 2015 Red Bulls Participate in Yama Sakura JOINT BASE LEWIS MCCHORD, Wash. - Soldiers of the 34th "Red Bull" Infantry Division headquarters based out of Rosemount, Minnesota, traveled to Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington, in late November to conduct a premier military-to-military training exercise with the Japanese army in support of the...
10 December 2015 Nirai Fire Department Partners with Kadena First Responders for Humanitarian Relief Exercise KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Nirai Fire department partnered with Kadena first responders in a humanitarian relief exercise Dec. 3 at Kadena.This is the first exercise in which the Nirai Fire Department partnered with Kadena to get to parts of the surrounding area that would have been previously be...
09 December 2015 U.S. Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Launch Operation Christmas Drop 2015 ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- With the holiday season now in full swing, C-130 Hercules aircrews and support personnel from Japan Air Self-Defense Force, Royal Australian Air Force and 374th Airlift Wing, Yokota Air Base, Japan, began spreading cheer and joy while practicing critical...
09 December 2015 PACAF Airmen Demonstrate C-17 Medical Capability during Indian Defense Minister Visit JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Pacific Air Forces Airmen showcased aeromedical evacuation capabilities of the C-17 Globemaster III as they hosted India Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar and Indian Ambassador to the U.S. Arun K. Singh Dec. 7, as a part of a U.S. Pacific Command visit...
09 December 2015 I Corps and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force come Together for Clean Up CHITOSE, Japan - I Corps soldiers participating in Yama Sakura 65 joined forces with members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Northern Army to clean up litter around the city of Chitose, Japan, Dec. 4.With garbage bags in hand, more than 100 uniformed personnel, descended onto the banks of...
09 December 2015 The Day We Were Forever Changed FORT DERUSSEY, HAWAII -- "No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people will, through their righteous might, win through to absolute victory." -- President Franklin D. Roosevelt.With these now-famous words, Roosevelt ensured victory to the American...
10 December 2015 Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division Hosts Missile Defense Agency, Japanese for Live-fire Test of SM-3 Block IIA Missile POINT MUGU, California (NNS) -- Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division at Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu, California hosted a live-fire test of the Standard Missile-3 Block IIA missile, a 21-inch diameter Standard Missile variant cooperatively developed by the United States and Japan for...
10 December 2015 Aircraft with a Cold Shoulder JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- If driving in snow is a hassle, imagine flying. Instead of every turn being a skidding accident waiting to happen, blocky wings couldn't get the right lift and flying straight would be an impossible task.While the roads and parking lots on base have snow...
10 December 2015 Army Fields Streamlined Network Initialization Tool to Korea ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (December 9, 2015) -- Before the Army's mission command and networked tools can be put to work, these advanced capabilities must first be able to communicate with each other.This important step, known as initialization, is getting easier with the new Initialization Tool...
10 December 2015 U.S. Army Garrison Japan Commander Tours Local Hospital for Future Use CAMP ZAMA, Japan (Dec 10, 2015) -- Col. William B. Johnson and Command Sgt. Maj. Rosalba Dumont-Carrion, commander and command sergeant major of U.S. Army Garrison Japan, respectively, along with Mikio Endo, mayor of Zama City, toured Zama General Hospital Dec. 1 to see construction progress...
10 December 2015 Red Bulls Participate in Yama Sakura JOINT BASE LEWIS MCCHORD, Wash. - Soldiers of the 34th "Red Bull" Infantry Division headquarters based out of Rosemount, Minnesota, traveled to Joint Base Lewis McChord, Washington, in late November to conduct a premier military-to-military training exercise with the Japanese army in support of the...
10 December 2015 Nirai Fire Department Partners with Kadena First Responders for Humanitarian Relief Exercise KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Nirai Fire department partnered with Kadena first responders in a humanitarian relief exercise Dec. 3 at Kadena.This is the first exercise in which the Nirai Fire Department partnered with Kadena to get to parts of the surrounding area that would have been previously be...
09 December 2015 U.S. Air Force, Royal Australian Air Force and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Launch Operation Christmas Drop 2015 ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam -- With the holiday season now in full swing, C-130 Hercules aircrews and support personnel from Japan Air Self-Defense Force, Royal Australian Air Force and 374th Airlift Wing, Yokota Air Base, Japan, began spreading cheer and joy while practicing critical...
09 December 2015 PACAF Airmen Demonstrate C-17 Medical Capability during Indian Defense Minister Visit JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- Pacific Air Forces Airmen showcased aeromedical evacuation capabilities of the C-17 Globemaster III as they hosted India Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar and Indian Ambassador to the U.S. Arun K. Singh Dec. 7, as a part of a U.S. Pacific Command visit...
09 December 2015 I Corps and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force come Together for Clean Up CHITOSE, Japan - I Corps soldiers participating in Yama Sakura 65 joined forces with members of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force’s Northern Army to clean up litter around the city of Chitose, Japan, Dec. 4.With garbage bags in hand, more than 100 uniformed personnel, descended onto the banks of...
09 December 2015 The Day We Were Forever Changed FORT DERUSSEY, HAWAII -- "No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people will, through their righteous might, win through to absolute victory." -- President Franklin D. Roosevelt.With these now-famous words, Roosevelt ensured victory to the American...