28 January 2014 7th Fleet Ballistic Missile Team Supports JMSDF in Exercise Keen Edge U.S. 7th Fleet, U.S. Forces Japan and Japan Self Defense Force (JMSDF) operators will hone their Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) skills in exercise Keen Edge 2014 which runs through Jan. 31.Throughout the exercise, Japanese and U.S. headquarter staffs will simulate the tactical defensive steps that...
27 January 2014 Japan Air Self-Defense Force General Tours MCAS Futenma, Osprey The purpose of the visit was to familiarize Sugiyama and JASDF supporters with MCAS Futenma’s role in supporting the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, and the Ospreys operated by Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st MAW.“(The visit helps)...
27 January 2014 Koa Kai Trains Sea Warriors, Enhances Readiness Now getting underway near the Hawaiian Islands (now through January 2014), is an opportunity for our Sailors and their ships to participate in individual and integrated training to make them better sea warriors.Koa Kai offers skill development and assessment in key domains – surface, air and...
24 January 2014 ROTC Program Molds Future U.S.-South Korea Alliance Leaders The Eighth Army deputy commander for sustainment said the Reserve Officers' Training Corps program molds the future leaders who will defend freedom on the Korean Peninsula.At a ceremony attended by more than 800 South Korean business leaders, assembly members and military officials Jan. 23, Eighth...
24 January 2014 Rumble in Jungle: 31st MEU Marines Engage Targets in Okinawan Undergrowth A fire team of Marines move methodically down a wet gorge, up a slick stone ledge and through a widening valley. Small missteps cause Marines to fall knee deep in mud, but they climb out and continue forward. When the patrol leader yells, “One! Two! Three!” the Marines raise their rifles and the...
23 January 2014 USS Makin Island Successfully Completes Sea Trials USS Makin Island (LHD 8) completed a nine-day scheduled sea trials on Jan. 17, after coming out of a 13-month Phased Maintenance Availability (PMA). During the nine-day underway period, Makin Island crew members tested a number of shipboard systems, including communication circuits, damage control...
23 January 2014 National Training Center Hosts Japanese Unit for Their First Decisive Action Rotation The first Stryker brigade ever activated in the Army is now conducting its first decisive action rotation with a unit from the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, Calif.The 3-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division, arrived to the NTC...
23 January 2014 The Cold War legacy of the F-102A From 1956 to 1970, F-102A Delta Daggers were America's premier fighter interceptor, and the first serious air defense weapon in Alaska. An F-102 static display stands in Heritage Park at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson as a reminder of its service here. Aircraft like F-35 Lightning IIs and F-22...
23 January 2014 Locklear: PACOM Keys Capabilities to 21st-century Asia-Pacific America's rebalance to the Asia-Pacific region is on track, and U.S. Pacific Command is staying on top of the growing sophistication of today's weapon systems in what PACOM commander Navy Adm. Samuel J. Locklear III calls “the most militarized region in the world.” Locklear briefed the press at the...
22 January 2014 Republic of Korea Air Force Cadets Learn U.S. Patriot Missile Anatomy Nearly 100 ROK Air Force cadets visited Delta Battery of the 6th Battalion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment here, January 21 as part of the ongoing 7th Air Force partnership program."This is the second time I have had the privilege of hosting the alliance program between the ROK Air Force cadets...
28 January 2014 7th Fleet Ballistic Missile Team Supports JMSDF in Exercise Keen Edge U.S. 7th Fleet, U.S. Forces Japan and Japan Self Defense Force (JMSDF) operators will hone their Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) skills in exercise Keen Edge 2014 which runs through Jan. 31.Throughout the exercise, Japanese and U.S. headquarter staffs will simulate the tactical defensive steps that...
27 January 2014 Japan Air Self-Defense Force General Tours MCAS Futenma, Osprey The purpose of the visit was to familiarize Sugiyama and JASDF supporters with MCAS Futenma’s role in supporting the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, III Marine Expeditionary Force, and the Ospreys operated by Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 262, Marine Aircraft Group 36, 1st MAW.“(The visit helps)...
27 January 2014 Koa Kai Trains Sea Warriors, Enhances Readiness Now getting underway near the Hawaiian Islands (now through January 2014), is an opportunity for our Sailors and their ships to participate in individual and integrated training to make them better sea warriors.Koa Kai offers skill development and assessment in key domains – surface, air and...
24 January 2014 ROTC Program Molds Future U.S.-South Korea Alliance Leaders The Eighth Army deputy commander for sustainment said the Reserve Officers' Training Corps program molds the future leaders who will defend freedom on the Korean Peninsula.At a ceremony attended by more than 800 South Korean business leaders, assembly members and military officials Jan. 23, Eighth...
24 January 2014 Rumble in Jungle: 31st MEU Marines Engage Targets in Okinawan Undergrowth A fire team of Marines move methodically down a wet gorge, up a slick stone ledge and through a widening valley. Small missteps cause Marines to fall knee deep in mud, but they climb out and continue forward. When the patrol leader yells, “One! Two! Three!” the Marines raise their rifles and the...
23 January 2014 USS Makin Island Successfully Completes Sea Trials USS Makin Island (LHD 8) completed a nine-day scheduled sea trials on Jan. 17, after coming out of a 13-month Phased Maintenance Availability (PMA). During the nine-day underway period, Makin Island crew members tested a number of shipboard systems, including communication circuits, damage control...
23 January 2014 National Training Center Hosts Japanese Unit for Their First Decisive Action Rotation The first Stryker brigade ever activated in the Army is now conducting its first decisive action rotation with a unit from the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force at the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, Calif.The 3-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 7th Infantry Division, arrived to the NTC...
23 January 2014 The Cold War legacy of the F-102A From 1956 to 1970, F-102A Delta Daggers were America's premier fighter interceptor, and the first serious air defense weapon in Alaska. An F-102 static display stands in Heritage Park at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson as a reminder of its service here. Aircraft like F-35 Lightning IIs and F-22...
23 January 2014 Locklear: PACOM Keys Capabilities to 21st-century Asia-Pacific America's rebalance to the Asia-Pacific region is on track, and U.S. Pacific Command is staying on top of the growing sophistication of today's weapon systems in what PACOM commander Navy Adm. Samuel J. Locklear III calls “the most militarized region in the world.” Locklear briefed the press at the...
22 January 2014 Republic of Korea Air Force Cadets Learn U.S. Patriot Missile Anatomy Nearly 100 ROK Air Force cadets visited Delta Battery of the 6th Battalion, 52nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment here, January 21 as part of the ongoing 7th Air Force partnership program."This is the second time I have had the privilege of hosting the alliance program between the ROK Air Force cadets...