21 October 2015 USS Preble to Return from Independent Deployment PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - The guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) is scheduled to return from an independent deployment to the Western Pacific Ocean Oct. 23.Deployed since March, the crew of more than 300 Sailors steamed a total of 48,550 nautical miles across the U.S. 3rd and 7th Fleet areas...
21 October 2015 25th Infantry Division Soldier Receives Highest Peacetime Medal SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii - A Human Resource Soldier assigned to the 25th Special Troops Battalion, 25th Sustainment Brigade, received the Army's highest non-combat medal, Oct. 7, at Weyand Field.Sgt. Jonathan Westbrook was presented the Soldier's Medal by the 25th Infantry Division's Deputy...
20 October 2015 U.S. and The Philippines: Two Nations, One Goal for the Pacific CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii (Oct. 19, 2015) – Each year key members of the U.S. and Armed Forces of the Philippines and government assemble together to build a plan for sustaining their nations’ alliance over the next year. This year, Gen. Hernando Iriberri, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces...
20 October 2015 USS Lassen Arrives in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia (NNS) -- Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82) arrived in Kota Kinabalu for a port visit Oct. 19, after conducting a routine South China Sea patrol."With the natural splendor Kota Kinabalu has to offer, I am privileged and eager for Lassen to...
20 October 2015 Yokota Fuels Relationship with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Yokota technicians responded immediately to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's urgent request to support four of their recently acquired C-130R Hercules, Oct. 8, 2015.With the assistance from the 459th Airlift Squadron, three technicians with the 374th Maintenance...
20 October 2015 U.S., Republic of Singapore Air Forces to Participate in Commando Sling 16 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- U.S. Air Force and Republic of Singapore air force personnel will train together during the annual, bilateral exercise Commando Sling 16 at Paya Lebar Air Base, Singapore. Six F-15 Eagles from the 44th Fighter Squadron at Kadena Air Base, Japan, will kick...
20 October 2015 U.S. Participates in 28th Iteration of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Fleet Review YOKOTA AIR FORCE BASE, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan -- Hurricane-force winds gust through the air base from the downdraft of a U.S. Marine MV-22B Osprey lifting off. As it climbs higher, the air temperature plummets, and the Osprey joins a massive Japanese and U.S. formation of fixed and...
20 October 2015 U.S. Air Power on Display at Seoul Aerospace and Defense Exhibition 2015 OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Approximately 150 U.S. military service members from the U.S. Air Force and Army are scheduled to participate in the Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition (ADEX) 2015, scheduled from Oct. 19-25 at the Seoul K-16 airport. U.S. static displays will...
19 October 2015 Navy Leaders Reaffirm Commitment to Maritime Security of Asia BUSAN, Republic of Korea (NNS) -- Naval leaders and subject matter experts from around the Asia-Pacific region gathered to share experiences and discuss the maritime security environment throughout East Asia during the 12th International Seapower Symposium (ISS) in Busan, Republic of Korea (ROK),...
19 October 2015 Theodore Roosevelt Wraps Up Malabar 2015 BAY OF BENGAL (NNS) -- The tri-lateral exercise Malabar came to a close as Indian, Japanese and U.S. naval forces completed training, Oct. 19. The annual high-end war fighting exercise, which began in 1992, featured maritime patrol and reconnaissance operations, surface and anti-submarine warfare,...
21 October 2015 USS Preble to Return from Independent Deployment PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii - The guided-missile destroyer USS Preble (DDG 88) is scheduled to return from an independent deployment to the Western Pacific Ocean Oct. 23.Deployed since March, the crew of more than 300 Sailors steamed a total of 48,550 nautical miles across the U.S. 3rd and 7th Fleet areas...
21 October 2015 25th Infantry Division Soldier Receives Highest Peacetime Medal SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii - A Human Resource Soldier assigned to the 25th Special Troops Battalion, 25th Sustainment Brigade, received the Army's highest non-combat medal, Oct. 7, at Weyand Field.Sgt. Jonathan Westbrook was presented the Soldier's Medal by the 25th Infantry Division's Deputy...
20 October 2015 U.S. and The Philippines: Two Nations, One Goal for the Pacific CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii (Oct. 19, 2015) – Each year key members of the U.S. and Armed Forces of the Philippines and government assemble together to build a plan for sustaining their nations’ alliance over the next year. This year, Gen. Hernando Iriberri, Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces...
20 October 2015 USS Lassen Arrives in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia (NNS) -- Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Lassen (DDG 82) arrived in Kota Kinabalu for a port visit Oct. 19, after conducting a routine South China Sea patrol."With the natural splendor Kota Kinabalu has to offer, I am privileged and eager for Lassen to...
20 October 2015 Yokota Fuels Relationship with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan -- Yokota technicians responded immediately to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's urgent request to support four of their recently acquired C-130R Hercules, Oct. 8, 2015.With the assistance from the 459th Airlift Squadron, three technicians with the 374th Maintenance...
20 October 2015 U.S., Republic of Singapore Air Forces to Participate in Commando Sling 16 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- U.S. Air Force and Republic of Singapore air force personnel will train together during the annual, bilateral exercise Commando Sling 16 at Paya Lebar Air Base, Singapore. Six F-15 Eagles from the 44th Fighter Squadron at Kadena Air Base, Japan, will kick...
20 October 2015 U.S. Participates in 28th Iteration of Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Fleet Review YOKOTA AIR FORCE BASE, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan -- Hurricane-force winds gust through the air base from the downdraft of a U.S. Marine MV-22B Osprey lifting off. As it climbs higher, the air temperature plummets, and the Osprey joins a massive Japanese and U.S. formation of fixed and...
20 October 2015 U.S. Air Power on Display at Seoul Aerospace and Defense Exhibition 2015 OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Approximately 150 U.S. military service members from the U.S. Air Force and Army are scheduled to participate in the Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition (ADEX) 2015, scheduled from Oct. 19-25 at the Seoul K-16 airport. U.S. static displays will...
19 October 2015 Navy Leaders Reaffirm Commitment to Maritime Security of Asia BUSAN, Republic of Korea (NNS) -- Naval leaders and subject matter experts from around the Asia-Pacific region gathered to share experiences and discuss the maritime security environment throughout East Asia during the 12th International Seapower Symposium (ISS) in Busan, Republic of Korea (ROK),...
19 October 2015 Theodore Roosevelt Wraps Up Malabar 2015 BAY OF BENGAL (NNS) -- The tri-lateral exercise Malabar came to a close as Indian, Japanese and U.S. naval forces completed training, Oct. 19. The annual high-end war fighting exercise, which began in 1992, featured maritime patrol and reconnaissance operations, surface and anti-submarine warfare,...