17 April 2015 U.S. Army's Top Pacific Commander Visits Chile Gen. Vincent K. Brooks, commanding general of U.S. Army Pacific, or USARPAC,conducted an official visit with the Chilean army at the invitation of theChilean army commander, Gen. Humberto Oviedo, April 15-16.While inSantiago, he met with military and government civilian officials to...
16 April 2015 Asia-Pacific Shift Creates Opportunities, Security Needs The Defense Department’s ongoing rebalance to the thriving Asia-Pacific region comes with many opportunities and a few pressing requirements: to upgrade security relationships, maintain specific military capabilities and redouble efforts to boost U.S. technological superiority, defense officials...
16 April 2015 18th Wing Conducted Large Scale Fuel Response Exercise The 18th Mission Support Group along with the 18th Civil Engineer Group and 18thMedical Group conducted a triennial fuel spill response exercise here April15.The exercise not only met the Defense Logistics Agency requirement topractice worst case discharge every three years, it also allowed the...
16 April 2015 Asymmetric Threat Division Trains 18th Security Forces Squadron on High Risk Response Instructors from the Asymmetric Threat Division of Analytic Services providedthe 18th Security Forces Squadron with a five-day Pacific Air Forces High RiskResponse Training here April 6 through 10.The training consisted ofinteractive academics covering the history of the active shooter,...
15 April 2015 USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) Returns to Singapore The littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) returned to Singapore April 15 after a two-month stint operating in Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia. Singapore is the maintenance and logistics hub for rotationally deployed LCSs and Fort Worth returned to port to conduct a planned maintenance...
15 April 2015 Eielson Air Force Base Retains Aggressor Mission Air Force officials announced April 14 that Eielson Air Force Base will retainthe 18th Aggressor Squadron and its assigned 18 F-16 Fighting Falcon aggressoraircraft.The aggressors are currently based at Eielson AFB, Alaska,which the Air Force announced last year is the preferred alternative for...
15 April 2015 Submarine Group 7 Participates in Simulated Submarine Casualty Exercise Sailors attached to Submarine Group 7 and the Indonesian navy (TNI-AL) participated in training for Simulated Submarine Casualty Exercise (SMASHEX) in Surabaya, Indonesia, April 13.SMASHEX is a table top exercise that tests the procedure for the very unlikely case of a submarine search, escape and...
15 April 2015 Marines Arrive Down Under to Train with Australian Counterparts Marines with 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, stationed out of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, arrived April 12 at the Royal Australian Air Force Base Darwin, Darwin Australia. The Marines arrived to begin the fourth evolution of Marine Rotational Force - Darwin 2015. MRF-D is the...
15 April 2015 Brian Allgood Army Community Hospital Trains for Simulated Ebola Case Medical personnel from the Brian Allgood Army Community Hospital (BAACH)along with the Korean Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDCP) recentlyparticipated in a Highly Infectious Disease Full Scale Exercise on March 31,2015. The exercise provided Republic of Korea (ROK) and US...
14 April 2015 Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Rescues Distressed Mariners off Guam Sailors from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 conducted a search-and-rescue (SAR) operation and retrieved five distressed mariners west of Apra Harbor on U.S. Naval Base Guam April 11.HSC-25 received a request from U.S. Coast Guard Sector Guam at approximately 7:25 p.m. about five people who...
17 April 2015 U.S. Army's Top Pacific Commander Visits Chile Gen. Vincent K. Brooks, commanding general of U.S. Army Pacific, or USARPAC,conducted an official visit with the Chilean army at the invitation of theChilean army commander, Gen. Humberto Oviedo, April 15-16.While inSantiago, he met with military and government civilian officials to...
16 April 2015 Asia-Pacific Shift Creates Opportunities, Security Needs The Defense Department’s ongoing rebalance to the thriving Asia-Pacific region comes with many opportunities and a few pressing requirements: to upgrade security relationships, maintain specific military capabilities and redouble efforts to boost U.S. technological superiority, defense officials...
16 April 2015 18th Wing Conducted Large Scale Fuel Response Exercise The 18th Mission Support Group along with the 18th Civil Engineer Group and 18thMedical Group conducted a triennial fuel spill response exercise here April15.The exercise not only met the Defense Logistics Agency requirement topractice worst case discharge every three years, it also allowed the...
16 April 2015 Asymmetric Threat Division Trains 18th Security Forces Squadron on High Risk Response Instructors from the Asymmetric Threat Division of Analytic Services providedthe 18th Security Forces Squadron with a five-day Pacific Air Forces High RiskResponse Training here April 6 through 10.The training consisted ofinteractive academics covering the history of the active shooter,...
15 April 2015 USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) Returns to Singapore The littoral combat ship USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) returned to Singapore April 15 after a two-month stint operating in Northeast Asia and Southeast Asia. Singapore is the maintenance and logistics hub for rotationally deployed LCSs and Fort Worth returned to port to conduct a planned maintenance...
15 April 2015 Eielson Air Force Base Retains Aggressor Mission Air Force officials announced April 14 that Eielson Air Force Base will retainthe 18th Aggressor Squadron and its assigned 18 F-16 Fighting Falcon aggressoraircraft.The aggressors are currently based at Eielson AFB, Alaska,which the Air Force announced last year is the preferred alternative for...
15 April 2015 Submarine Group 7 Participates in Simulated Submarine Casualty Exercise Sailors attached to Submarine Group 7 and the Indonesian navy (TNI-AL) participated in training for Simulated Submarine Casualty Exercise (SMASHEX) in Surabaya, Indonesia, April 13.SMASHEX is a table top exercise that tests the procedure for the very unlikely case of a submarine search, escape and...
15 April 2015 Marines Arrive Down Under to Train with Australian Counterparts Marines with 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, stationed out of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, arrived April 12 at the Royal Australian Air Force Base Darwin, Darwin Australia. The Marines arrived to begin the fourth evolution of Marine Rotational Force - Darwin 2015. MRF-D is the...
15 April 2015 Brian Allgood Army Community Hospital Trains for Simulated Ebola Case Medical personnel from the Brian Allgood Army Community Hospital (BAACH)along with the Korean Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDCP) recentlyparticipated in a Highly Infectious Disease Full Scale Exercise on March 31,2015. The exercise provided Republic of Korea (ROK) and US...
14 April 2015 Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Rescues Distressed Mariners off Guam Sailors from Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 25 conducted a search-and-rescue (SAR) operation and retrieved five distressed mariners west of Apra Harbor on U.S. Naval Base Guam April 11.HSC-25 received a request from U.S. Coast Guard Sector Guam at approximately 7:25 p.m. about five people who...