25 September 2015 Air Defense Leaders Mentor New Soldiers through Tactical Seminar OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea – Air Defense Artillery Fire Coordination officers from the 35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade held a tactical seminar Sept. 23-24 at Camp Carroll and Suwon Air Base to brief Information and Coordination Central/Engagement Control Station/Battery Command Post crews on...
25 September 2015 Soldiers Celebrate Ulchi Freedom Guardian Culmination with Republic of Korea Airmen SUWON AIR BASE, South Korea -- More than 600 Soldiers and family members of 6thBattalion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, along with 125 Republic of Koreaservice members and distinguished guests celebrated the culmination of theannual Ulchi-Freedom Guardian exercise with a victory party in...
25 September 2015 Gunsan City Fire Department Visits the Wolf Pack KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Members of the Gunsan City fire department visited the 8th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department here Sept. 16, 2015.The purpose of the visit was to work with Wolf Pack Airmen for interoperability and familiarization."It is always important for us to interact...
24 September 2015 Stepping Stones: An Airman’s Path to K-9 Career MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan: Face-to-face with an energetic German Shepherd, Senior Airman Alyssa Stamps, 35th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, makes a grab for the ball. Now holding the cherished reward, she chucks it across the yard and the dog stampedes after it. Instead of...
24 September 2015 Camp Humphreys Soldiers from 2nd Aviation Regiment Complete Combined Exercise CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea -- Rockets hit a mountainside like a traincrashing into a wall at full speed on one late September afternoon. The soundwas deafening and the dust clouds could be seen from a mile away. The rocketswere fired from two AH-64 Apache's providing a deep attack to support a...
24 September 2015 Annual Operation DEEP FREEZE to Commence Sept. 28 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- The U.S. military will kick off the 2015-2016 season of Operation DEEP FREEZE, the Department of Defense’s support of the U.S. Antarctic Program and the National Science Foundation, with operations commencing Sept. 28.This support is provided by Joint Task...
24 September 2015 Mortar Training Prepares Soldiers for Exercise Rising Thunder YAKIMA TRAINING CENTER, Wash. (Sept. 23, 2015) -- Waiting. Soldiers scan theexpansive, arid range, ready to fire, waiting for two magic words - "firemission!" Until then, they wait, preparing their equipment and thinking aboutthe task at hand. They stand ready to bombard the range with...
24 September 2015 US Marines, Allies Complete Tongan Exercise TONGATAPU ISLAND, Tonga - The sun reaches its zenith as U.S. Marines and their partner-nation soldiers go on day-long patrols, wading through impassable marshes and dense tropical vegetation. Their objectives lie in distance, promising to be safe havens as long as they keep a 360-degree security...
23 September 2015 Hawaii Soldiers from 25th Infantry Division Trains Jungle Experts FORT BENNING, Ga., -- The 25th Infantry Division at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, is building adaptive Soldiers through the JungleOperations Training Course.The unit had a display set up at the ManeuverWarfighter Conference to inform Soldiers of the relevance of jungle training tobuild smart, fast,...
23 September 2015 USS Columbia Presented the 2014 Arleigh Burke Fleet Trophy JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR HICKAM, Hawaii (NNS) -- The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Columbia (SSN 771) has been named the Pacific Fleet's recipient of the prestigious Arleigh Burke Fleet Trophy. The announcement was made June 16, 2015 by Adm. James F. Caldwell, Jr. in Washington, D.C.Adm...
25 September 2015 Air Defense Leaders Mentor New Soldiers through Tactical Seminar OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea – Air Defense Artillery Fire Coordination officers from the 35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade held a tactical seminar Sept. 23-24 at Camp Carroll and Suwon Air Base to brief Information and Coordination Central/Engagement Control Station/Battery Command Post crews on...
25 September 2015 Soldiers Celebrate Ulchi Freedom Guardian Culmination with Republic of Korea Airmen SUWON AIR BASE, South Korea -- More than 600 Soldiers and family members of 6thBattalion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, along with 125 Republic of Koreaservice members and distinguished guests celebrated the culmination of theannual Ulchi-Freedom Guardian exercise with a victory party in...
25 September 2015 Gunsan City Fire Department Visits the Wolf Pack KUNSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea -- Members of the Gunsan City fire department visited the 8th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department here Sept. 16, 2015.The purpose of the visit was to work with Wolf Pack Airmen for interoperability and familiarization."It is always important for us to interact...
24 September 2015 Stepping Stones: An Airman’s Path to K-9 Career MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan: Face-to-face with an energetic German Shepherd, Senior Airman Alyssa Stamps, 35th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, makes a grab for the ball. Now holding the cherished reward, she chucks it across the yard and the dog stampedes after it. Instead of...
24 September 2015 Camp Humphreys Soldiers from 2nd Aviation Regiment Complete Combined Exercise CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea -- Rockets hit a mountainside like a traincrashing into a wall at full speed on one late September afternoon. The soundwas deafening and the dust clouds could be seen from a mile away. The rocketswere fired from two AH-64 Apache's providing a deep attack to support a...
24 September 2015 Annual Operation DEEP FREEZE to Commence Sept. 28 JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii -- The U.S. military will kick off the 2015-2016 season of Operation DEEP FREEZE, the Department of Defense’s support of the U.S. Antarctic Program and the National Science Foundation, with operations commencing Sept. 28.This support is provided by Joint Task...
24 September 2015 Mortar Training Prepares Soldiers for Exercise Rising Thunder YAKIMA TRAINING CENTER, Wash. (Sept. 23, 2015) -- Waiting. Soldiers scan theexpansive, arid range, ready to fire, waiting for two magic words - "firemission!" Until then, they wait, preparing their equipment and thinking aboutthe task at hand. They stand ready to bombard the range with...
24 September 2015 US Marines, Allies Complete Tongan Exercise TONGATAPU ISLAND, Tonga - The sun reaches its zenith as U.S. Marines and their partner-nation soldiers go on day-long patrols, wading through impassable marshes and dense tropical vegetation. Their objectives lie in distance, promising to be safe havens as long as they keep a 360-degree security...
23 September 2015 Hawaii Soldiers from 25th Infantry Division Trains Jungle Experts FORT BENNING, Ga., -- The 25th Infantry Division at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, is building adaptive Soldiers through the JungleOperations Training Course.The unit had a display set up at the ManeuverWarfighter Conference to inform Soldiers of the relevance of jungle training tobuild smart, fast,...
23 September 2015 USS Columbia Presented the 2014 Arleigh Burke Fleet Trophy JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR HICKAM, Hawaii (NNS) -- The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Columbia (SSN 771) has been named the Pacific Fleet's recipient of the prestigious Arleigh Burke Fleet Trophy. The announcement was made June 16, 2015 by Adm. James F. Caldwell, Jr. in Washington, D.C.Adm...