25 July 2014 Partnering with the Japanese in Support of Pacific Pivot Army Field Support Battalion-Northeast Asia hosted the Honorable Itsunori Onodera, the Japanese Minister of defense, at the United States Army's Watercraft Equipment Base-Yokohama North Dock, June 27. "This visit was the culmination of several years of partnership between the Japan Ground Self...
25 July 2014 Mercy and NEPMU-6 offer Preventive Medicine Classes during RIMPAC Exercise 2014 Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit Six (NEPMU-6) conducted classes on environmental health, industrial hygiene and pest management throughout the week of July 21 to hospital corpsman aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during Rim of the Pacific...
25 July 2014 Reserve Sailors Bring Support During RIMPAC Reservist Sailors from around the nation are at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam to support Commander, Anti-Submarine Warfare Force, U.S. 3rd Fleet (CTF-34), participating in the world's largest international maritime exercise, the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), with activities situated in and around...
24 July 2014 USNS Mercy Hosts Multinational Trauma Courses during RIMPAC 2014 The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), in conjunction with Canadian military medical personnel, hosted three trauma care courses from July 21 to July 23.The courses included advanced trauma life support, advanced trauma care for nurses and pre-hospital trauma life...
24 July 2014 PACANGEL-Tonga Dental Clinic Treats and Educates Two tables pushed together and a stack of plastic chairs serve as an operating table. Men, women and children of all ages wait patiently for their turn to see a dentist.The dental clinic was one of four clinics set up in the auditorium of Mailefihi Siu'ilikutapu College in Neiafu, Vava'u. American,...
24 July 2014 Fitzgerald Fosters Friendship in Fukuoka Sailors from Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) played basketball with students from The Fukuoka Institute of Technology, July 19, during a goodwill port visit to Fukuoka."No matter what language you speak, sports unite people," said Seaman Zachary Curato, from...
24 July 2014 EOD Community Builds Bilateral Relations "Fire in the hole! Fire in the hole! Fire in the hole!"After these words are shouted, what is left to hear is the sound of a "KABOOM!" from a nearby explosion slowly overshadowed by the resonating splashes of the morning Pacific Ocean. It is just another day on the job if you ask any of Misawa Air...
24 July 2014 Exercise Malabar 2014 Kicks Off Naval forces from India, Japan and the United States will participate in exercise Malabar 2014, July 24 - 30.Malabar is a complex, high-end warfighting exercise that has grown in scope and complexity over the years. Malabar 2014 is the latest in a continuing series of exercises conducted to advance...
24 July 2014 RIMPAC Promotes Trust, Preparedness, Prosperity RIMPAC 2014 is the world's largest international maritime exercise designed to build cooperative and adaptive partnerships.With 22 participating and six observing nations, this biennial exercise demonstrates America's commitment to preserving and promoting peace in the Indo-Asia- Pacific region...
23 July 2014 96th ARS Refueling Capability Keeps Planes Flying High during RIMPAC 2014 With more than 200 aircraft participating in Rim of the Pacific 2014, the 96th Air Refueling Squadron will play an integral role in this year's exercise.The 96th ARS is partnering with the Hawaii Air National Guard's 203rd Air Refueling Squadron, as well as the 465th Air Refueling Squadron from...
25 July 2014 Partnering with the Japanese in Support of Pacific Pivot Army Field Support Battalion-Northeast Asia hosted the Honorable Itsunori Onodera, the Japanese Minister of defense, at the United States Army's Watercraft Equipment Base-Yokohama North Dock, June 27. "This visit was the culmination of several years of partnership between the Japan Ground Self...
25 July 2014 Mercy and NEPMU-6 offer Preventive Medicine Classes during RIMPAC Exercise 2014 Navy Environmental and Preventive Medicine Unit Six (NEPMU-6) conducted classes on environmental health, industrial hygiene and pest management throughout the week of July 21 to hospital corpsman aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during Rim of the Pacific...
25 July 2014 Reserve Sailors Bring Support During RIMPAC Reservist Sailors from around the nation are at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam to support Commander, Anti-Submarine Warfare Force, U.S. 3rd Fleet (CTF-34), participating in the world's largest international maritime exercise, the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), with activities situated in and around...
24 July 2014 USNS Mercy Hosts Multinational Trauma Courses during RIMPAC 2014 The Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), in conjunction with Canadian military medical personnel, hosted three trauma care courses from July 21 to July 23.The courses included advanced trauma life support, advanced trauma care for nurses and pre-hospital trauma life...
24 July 2014 PACANGEL-Tonga Dental Clinic Treats and Educates Two tables pushed together and a stack of plastic chairs serve as an operating table. Men, women and children of all ages wait patiently for their turn to see a dentist.The dental clinic was one of four clinics set up in the auditorium of Mailefihi Siu'ilikutapu College in Neiafu, Vava'u. American,...
24 July 2014 Fitzgerald Fosters Friendship in Fukuoka Sailors from Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) played basketball with students from The Fukuoka Institute of Technology, July 19, during a goodwill port visit to Fukuoka."No matter what language you speak, sports unite people," said Seaman Zachary Curato, from...
24 July 2014 EOD Community Builds Bilateral Relations "Fire in the hole! Fire in the hole! Fire in the hole!"After these words are shouted, what is left to hear is the sound of a "KABOOM!" from a nearby explosion slowly overshadowed by the resonating splashes of the morning Pacific Ocean. It is just another day on the job if you ask any of Misawa Air...
24 July 2014 Exercise Malabar 2014 Kicks Off Naval forces from India, Japan and the United States will participate in exercise Malabar 2014, July 24 - 30.Malabar is a complex, high-end warfighting exercise that has grown in scope and complexity over the years. Malabar 2014 is the latest in a continuing series of exercises conducted to advance...
24 July 2014 RIMPAC Promotes Trust, Preparedness, Prosperity RIMPAC 2014 is the world's largest international maritime exercise designed to build cooperative and adaptive partnerships.With 22 participating and six observing nations, this biennial exercise demonstrates America's commitment to preserving and promoting peace in the Indo-Asia- Pacific region...
23 July 2014 96th ARS Refueling Capability Keeps Planes Flying High during RIMPAC 2014 With more than 200 aircraft participating in Rim of the Pacific 2014, the 96th Air Refueling Squadron will play an integral role in this year's exercise.The 96th ARS is partnering with the Hawaii Air National Guard's 203rd Air Refueling Squadron, as well as the 465th Air Refueling Squadron from...